House Notice of Public Hearing (Revision) — S/C on Workforce (April 8, 2025)

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House of Representatives notice of public hearing, marked REVISION, for the S/C on Workforce, set for 8:00 AM on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, in room E2.012, with Oscar Longoria as chair. Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes. The listed bills include HB 1691 on claims for benefits or compensation for certain cancer brought by firefighters or emergency medical technicians, HB 2545 on a Rural Workforce Training Grant Program, HB 3799 on the Apprenticeship Training Program Sponsorship Fund, and HB 5008 on the use of the skills development fund, which was added after the last posting.

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                                  ** REVISION **
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                          NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE:     S/C on Workforce
TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 8, 2025
PLACE:         E2.012
CHAIR:         Rep. Oscar Longoria

Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.

HB 1654        Canales
Relating to the employment of certain peace officers, detention officers,
county jailers, or firefighters who are injured in the course and scope of
duty.

HB 1691        Bumgarner | et al.
Relating to claims for benefits or compensation for certain cancer brought
by firefighters or emergency medical technicians.

HB 2545        Gerdes | et al.
Relating to the establishment of the Rural Workforce Training Grant
Program.

HB 2652        Ordaz
Relating to establishing a certified caregiver pilot program in the
Borderplex workforce development area.

HB 3799        Orr
Relating to the establishment of the Apprenticeship Training Program
Sponsorship Fund.

HB 4144        Turner
Relating to supplemental benefits for retired firefighters and peace
officers diagnosed with certain diseases or illnesses.

HB 5008        Bell, Keith
Relating to the use of the skills development fund by certain entities.

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=c477

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person
witness registration, can be found here:
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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:
HB 5008

  **         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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