Senate Notice of Public Hearing — Business & Commerce (March 18, 2025)

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Senate notice of public hearing for the Committee on Business & Commerce, set for 8:00 AM on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in room E1.012 (Hearing Room), with Senator Charles Schwertner as chair. The committee will meet to consider bills including SB 264 on dissolving the Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund, SB 1036 on residential solar retail transactions, SB 1057 on shareholder proposals submitted to certain domestic corporations, SB 1697 on a customer guide to home solar energy devices, and SJR 50 proposing a constitutional amendment on taxes on certain securities transactions. Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.

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Case: 89R Schedules C5102025031808001

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“Senate Notice of Public Hearing — Business & Commerce (March 18, 2025).” Original at capitol.texas.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/89r-schedules-c5102025031808001/, SHA-256 0053101e55251cc93df730b3bd15580e9ad9391c6d300e603b09e90c978a19ff.

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                                     SENATE
                         NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


COMMITTEE:     Business & Commerce
TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Tuesday, March 18, 2025
PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room)
CHAIR:         Senator Charles Schwertner



The Committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 264         Perry
Relating to discontinuing group self-insurance coverage and dissolving the
Texas self-insurance group guaranty fund and trust fund under the Texas
Workers' Compensation Act.

SB 542         Schwertner
Relating to the authority of a property owners' association to assess a
fine for discolored vegetation or turf during a period of residential
watering restriction.

SB 924         Hancock
Relating to entities that provide cable services or video services.

SB 1008        Middleton | et al.
Relating to state and local authority to regulate the food service
industry.

SB 1029        Nichols
Relating to the advertising of certain used motor vehicles.

SB 1036        Zaffirini
Relating to the regulation of residential solar retail transactions;
requiring an occupational registration; authorizing fees; providing civil
and administrative penalties.

SB 1057        Parker
Relating to shareholder proposals submitted to certain domestic
corporations.

SB 1058        Parker
Relating to the exclusion of certain securities transaction payments from
the total revenue of a taxable entity that is an exchange or a member of
an exchange for purposes of the franchise tax.




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SB 1185        Creighton
Relating to an exemption from boiler registration and inspection
requirements for certain boilers in medical equipment and autoclaves.

SB 1202        King
Relating to third-party review of property development documents and
inspections of improvements related to those documents, including home
backup power installations.

SB 1358        Parker
Relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and
overnight deliveries to food service establishments.

SB 1364        Nichols
Relating to the repeal of wheelbase and horsepower restrictions for the
state's passenger vehicle fleet.

SB 1376        Hughes
Relating to the supervision requirements of a code enforcement officer in
training.

SB 1569        King
Relating to the availability of certain personal information of a member
of the governing board of an institution of higher education, the chief
executive officer of the institution, or the chief executive officer of a
university system.

SB 1664        Schwertner
Relating to public information regarding the rates of a transmission and
distribution utility.

SB 1697        Zaffirini
Relating to a customer guide to home solar energy devices.

SJR 50         Parker
Proposing a constitutional amendment prohibiting the enactment of a law
imposing an occupation tax on certain entities that enter into
transactions conveying securities or imposing a tax on certain securities
transactions.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written
testimony, please provide 25 copies to the committee clerk with your name
and the bill number on each copy.




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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 OR PERSONAL
ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES, ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT THE SENATE
COMMITTEE COORDINATOR AT 512/463-0070, 72 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING SO
APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE.




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