HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs 

TIME & DATE:  10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Wednesday, March 26, 2025 

PLACE:       E2.016 
CHAIR:       Rep. Cole Hefner 

The length of public testimony and the number of witnesses may be limited at the discretion of the chair.

HB 1583        Hull                                                  
Relating to the peace officer's notification of emergency detention form for persons evidencing mental illness and retention of that form.

HB 1775        Howard                                                
Relating to reporting information regarding certain evidence collection kits.

HB 1832        Gerdes                                                
Relating to the punishment for certain criminal offenses involving illegal entry into or illegal presence in this state by a person who is an alien; increasing criminal penalties.

HB 1836        Guillen                                               
Relating to a study and report by the General Land Office on private landowner participation in border security.

HB 1837        Guillen | et al.                                       
Relating to the enforcement and prevention of offenses involving the manufacture or delivery of controlled substances listed in Penalty Group 1-B, law enforcement officer safety in handling those substances, and the manufacture and proper use of opioid antagonists.

HB 1866        Lujan | et al.                                         
Relating to the state law enforcement authority of federal National Park Service law enforcement officers.

HB 1983        Hickland                                              
Relating to creating the criminal offense of child endangerment involving smuggling across an international border.

HB 2029        Noble                                                 
Relating to vehicle safety inspections of certain travel trailers.

HB 2217        Wharton                                               
Relating to establishing a grant program to equip motor vehicles used by peace officers with certain bullet-resistant components.

HB 2318        Thompson                                              
Relating to the establishment of a statewide human trafficking data repository within the office of the attorney general and to reporting of human trafficking data to the office of the attorney general and by the attorney general.

HB 2363        Patterson                                             
Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

HB 2486        Hefner                                                
Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

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=c308

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