Notice of Public Hearing — House Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development (May 21, 2025)

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Revised notice of public hearing of the Committee on Trade, Workforce & Economic Development of the House of Representatives, set for 8:00 AM on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, with Rep. Angie Button as chair. The Committee will meet to hear public testimony on listed bills, including SB 1361 by Alvarado, relating to a disaster recovery loan program for small and micro-businesses, and SB 2713 by Middleton, relating to preventing discrimination in membership in a professional or trade association. The notice also lists SCR 38 by Creighton, recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic and security interests of Texas and the United States, and SB 2637 and SB 2881 under bills added after the last posting.

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** REVISION ** HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Trade,
 Workforce & Economic Development TIME & DATE: 8:00 AM,
 Wednesday, May 21, 2025 PLACE: E2.014 CHAIR: Rep. Angie Button
The Committee will meet to hear public testimony on the
 following bill(s):
SB 1361 Alvarado
 | et al. Relating to a disaster recovery loan program for small and micro-businesses.
SB 2105 Blanco
 | et al. Relating to the authority of a county attorney or district attorney to
 enforce human trafficking awareness and prevention in commercial lodging
 establishments.
SB 2637 Johnson
 | et al. Posting Rule Suspended Relating to disclosures about certain automated posts on social media
 platforms; providing a civil penalty.
SB 2690 Hancock Relating to solicitations for the retrieval of certain documents from the
 secretary of state; providing a civil penalty.
SB 2713 Middleton
 | et al. Relating to preventing discrimination in membership in a professional or
 trade association.
SB 2881 Hughes
 | et al. Posting Rule Suspended Relating to the access and communications settings for accounts of minor
 users of digital services.
SCR 38 Creighton
 | et al. Recognizing the strategic importance of the Gulf of America to the economic
 and security interests of Texas and the United States.
The Chair may limit testimony to two (2) minutes.
Texas residents who wish to electronically submit
 comments related to agenda items on this notice without testifying in person
 can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c473
For those persons who will be testifying, information for
 in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available
 here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/ Instructions related to public access to the meeting
 location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/
Bills added after last posting: SB 2637 SB 2881
**
 See Committee Coordinator for previous versions ** of this notice.
NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS Persons with disabilities who plan to attend this meeting
 and who may need assistance, such as a sign language interpreter, are
 requested to contact Stacey Nicchio at (512) 463-0850, 72 hours prior to the
 meeting so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

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