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

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House of Representatives notice, marked REVISION, of a public hearing of the S/C on Workforce at 8:00 AM, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, in E2.012, with Rep. Oscar Longoria as Chair. Bills on the notice include HB 446 by Flores, relating to workplace heat illness prevention, HB 1609 by VanDeaver, relating to employment discrimination regarding an employee who is a volunteer emergency responder, and HB 4443 by Bhojani, relating to a pilot program of the Texas Workforce Commission to train workers for careers in energy-efficient technologies. The notice says HB 5476 was deleted after the last posting.

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Case: 89R Schedules C4772025041508001

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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/

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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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