** REVISION **
SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs 

TIME & DATE:   7:30 AM, Friday, May 19, 2023 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Charles Perry 

HB 238         Bernal | et al.          SP: Flores
Relating to the regulation of migrant labor housing facilities; changing the amount of a civil penalty.

HB 1598        Darby                   SP: Perry
Relating to local government and other political subdivision regulation of certain solid waste facilities.

HB 1646        King, Tracy O.           SP: Perry
Relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.

HB 1688        Murr                    SP: Flores
Relating to water quality protection areas.

HB 2442        Guillen                 SP: Flores
Relating to certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to certain retail public utilities.

HB 2851        Burns | et al.           SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to the composition of the board of directors of the Texas Agricultural Finance Authority and grant amounts under the young farmer grant program administered by the authority.

HB 2900        Leo-Wilson | et al.      SP: Creighton
Relating to the powers, duties, and use of funds of the Trinity Bay Conservation District.

HB 3232        Rogers                  SP: Perry
Relating to the suspension of an enforcement action against a regional water supply, sewer, or wastewater treatment service for a violation committed by a retail public utility being integrated into the regional service.

HB 3439        Johnson, Ann             SP: LaMantia
Relating to veterinary services performed on certain  animals in the care of a releasing agency.

HB 3604        Vasut                   SP: Huffman
Relating to the cleaning of a structure used to grow oysters for cultivated oyster mariculture.

HB 3744        Goldman                 SP: Perry
Relating to the regulation of water well drillers and water well pump installers.

HB 3810        Landgraf                SP: Perry
Relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by public water supply systems.

HB 4069        Meyer                   SP: Hancock
Relating to the required disclosure of prices by a veterinarian before providing emergency treatment to an ill or injured animal.

HB 4087        Kuempel                 SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the use of certain on-site sewage disposal systems.

HB 4106        Dean                    SP: Alvarado
Relating to the procedure for resolving certain customer complaints before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.

HB 4385        Guillen                 SP: Alvarado
Relating to the provision of sewer service without a certificate of public convenience and necessity.

HB 4538        Kacal                   SP: LaMantia
Relating to the regulation of beekeeping; imposing fees and authorizing other fees; expanding the applicability of an occupational permit.

HB 4609        Ashby                   SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to a study by the Texas A&M Forest Service of the potential effects of wildfires in this state.

HB 4644        Thimesch                SP: Kolkhorst
Relating to an alert system for dangerous plant and wildlife pests and diseases administered by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

HB 4659        Schofield               SP: Bettencourt
Relating to a study of the financing of regional facilities that convert groundwater to surface water.

HB 4820        Orr | et al.             SP: Alvarado
Relating to the eligibility requirements for grants under programs of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

HB 4856        Darby                   SP: Perry
Relating to the jurisdiction of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality over certain recharge injection wells.

HB 5025        Zwiener | et al.         SP: Campbell
Relating to the boundaries of the single-member districts for and vacancies on the board of directors of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.

HB 5271        Zwiener                 SP: Springer
Relating to the management of overpopulations of white-tailed deer in areas where recreational hunting is not feasible.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 15 hard copies to the committee clerk with your name or the name of your organization and the bill number on each copy. If only giving written testimony you still need to register.

Bills added after last posting:

HB 1598

HB 4659

** See Committee Coordinator for previous versions of the schedule **

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