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

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Senate notice of public hearing for the Committee on Business & Commerce, set for 8:00 AM on Thursday, April 3, 2025, in room E1.012 (Hearing Room), with Senator Charles Schwertner as chair. The committee will meet to consider bills including SB 231 on temporary emergency energy facilities, SB 668 on disclosure of information regarding artificial intelligence, SB 1960 on digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals, and SB 2026 on swipe fees on certain electronic payment transactions. Written testimony should come with 25 copies to the committee clerk, with name and bill number on each copy.

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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.


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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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