SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     State Affairs 

TIME & DATE:   9:00 AM, Thursday, May 15, 2025 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Bryan Hughes 

The Senate Committee on State Affairs will meet to discuss the following:

HB 186         Patterson | et al.       SP: Hinojosa, Adam
Relating to prohibiting use of social media platforms by children.

HB 201         Perez, Mary Ann          SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the financial crimes intelligence center.

HB 229         Troxclair | et al.       SP: Middleton
Relating to general definitions for and collection of governmental information regarding biological sex.

HB 796         Bell, Cecil | et al.     SP: Hall
Relating to the authority of the legislature or a state court to declare certain federal actions to be unconstitutional federal actions, including the effect and enforcement of such a declaration.

HB 1506        Ashby | et al.           SP: King
Relating to the issuance of a license to carry a handgun to certain retired county court judges.

HB 2702        Raymond | et al.         SP: Hinojosa, Adam
Relating to prohibiting certain limitations on the operation of certain organizations that benefit veterans during a declared state of disaster.

HB 2885        Gerdes                    SP: Schwertner
Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

HB 3225        Alders | et al.          SP: Hughes
Relating to the restriction of access by minors to sexually explicit materials in municipal public library collections; providing a civil penalty.

HB 3909        Hickland | et al.        SP: Zaffirini
Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

HB 4285        McQueeney | et al.       SP: Parker
Relating to the storage of alcoholic beverages by the holder of a passenger transportation permit.

HB 5138        Shaheen | et al.         SP: Hughes
Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

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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