Notice of Public Hearing — S/C on Workforce (April 15, 2025)

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Revised notice of public hearing of the S/C on Workforce of the House of Representatives, set for 8:00 AM on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, with Rep. Oscar Longoria as chair. Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes. The notice lists HB 446 by Flores, relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a heat illness prevention advisory board, and HB 1609 by VanDeaver, relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder. It also lists HB 4735 by Ashby on rural development funds, and HB 5476 under bills deleted 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 15, 2025 PLACE: E2.012 CHAIR: Rep. Oscar Longoria
Public testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.
HB 446 Flores Relating to workplace heat illness prevention, including the creation of a
 heat illness prevention advisory board; imposing administrative penalties;
 providing a private cause of action.
HB 1609 VanDeaver Relating to the prohibition of certain employment discrimination regarding an
 employee who is a volunteer emergency responder.
HB 4443 Bhojani Relating to the establishment by the Texas Workforce Commission of a pilot
 program to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies.
HB 4464 González,
 Mary | et al. Relating to removing the requirement of provision of workers' compensation
 insurance coverage for Texas Task Force 1 members and members of intrastate
 fire mutual aid system teams and regional incident management teams.
HB 4735 Ashby
 | et al. Relating to rural development funds and insurance tax credits for certain
 investments in those funds; authorizing fees.
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: 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 deleted after last
 posting: HB 5476
**
 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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