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

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House of Representatives notice of public hearing, marked REVISION, for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee, set for 8:00 AM on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in room E2.014, with Angie Button as chair. The committee will hear public testimony on bills including SB 1361 on a disaster recovery loan program for small and micro- businesses, SB 2713 on discrimination in membership in a professional or trade association, and SCR 38 on the Gulf of America. SB 2637 and SB 2881 are listed as bills added after the last posting, and the chair may limit testimony to two (2) minutes.

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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:
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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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