Notice of Public Hearing — Senate Committee on Business & Commerce (April 3, 2025)

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Notice of public hearing of the Committee on Business & Commerce of the Senate, set for 8:00 AM on Thursday, April 3, 2025, with Senator Charles Schwertner as chair. The Committee will meet to consider listed bills, including SB 231 by King, relating to temporary emergency energy facilities, and SB 668 by Hughes, relating to the disclosure of information with regard to artificial intelligence. The notice also lists SB 1960 by Schwertner on digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals. Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes.

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SENATE NOTICE
 OF PUBLIC HEARING
COMMITTEE: Business
 & Commerce TIME & DATE: 8:00
 AM, Thursday, April 3, 2025 PLACE: E1.012
 (Hearing Room) CHAIR: Senator Charles Schwertner
The Committee will meet to consider the following:
SB 231 King Relating to temporary emergency energy facilities.
SB 584 West Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure
 compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.
SB 600 West Relating to the partition or voluntary sale of real property owned by certain
 cotenants; amending the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act.
SB 668 Hughes Relating to the disclosure of information with regard to artificial
 intelligence.
SB 841 Hughes Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection
 with an improvement on specific real property.
SB 986 Bettencourt Relating to procedures under the public information law, including expedited
 responses and charges for bad faith requests.
SB 1003 Blanco Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in
 certain areas outside of ERCOT.
SB 1244 Schwertner Relating to unclaimed securities and virtual currency that are presumed
 abandoned.
SB 1625 Johnson Relating to the reporting of certain security incidents by public water
 systems to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department
 of Information Resources.
SB 1960 Schwertner Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of
 individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.
SB 1963 Creighton Relating to a financing mechanism allowing electric utilities to obtain
 recovery of costs associated with a weather-related event or other natural
 disaster; granting authority to issue bonds.
SB 1964 Parker Relating to the regulation and use of artificial intelligence systems and the
 management of data by governmental entities.
SB 2026 Campbell Relating to the charging of swipe fees on certain electronic payment
 transaction; authorizing a civil penalty.
SB 2056 Hancock Relating to unlawful practices relating to credit card transactions;
 providing a civil penalty.
SB 2368 Campbell
 | et al. Relating to affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons
 working or participating in the electricity market; increasing an
 administrative penalty.
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.
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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