House & Senate Floor
The House will reconvene on Tuesday, February 28 at 2:00 PM
The Senate will reconvene on Tuesday, February 28 at 11:00 AM
Video Broadcasts: House | Senate
Upcoming Legislative Hearings
Please note hearing dates and times are subject to change and additional hearings dates may be added at any time.
Senate
Senate Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs – 2/27/2023 at 8:00 AM
The committee will hear invited testimony on the following agencies:
- Texas Water Development Board
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Public Utility Commission
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Texas Animal Health Commission
- Texas Parks and Wildlife
Senate State Affairs – 2/27/2023 at 11:00 AM
Committee will consider the following bills
- SB 2 (Hughes) Relating to conduct constituting the criminal offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
- SB 599 (Birdwell) Relating to the carrying or possession of a handgun by a district clerk and the issuance of a handgun license to a district clerk.
- SCR 17 (Hughes) Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification the “Keep Nine” amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
- SB 559 (Hughes) Relating to discrimination against or burdening certain constitutional rights of an applicant for or holder of a license to practice law in this state.
- SB 578 (Zaffirini) Relating to the confidentiality of certain personal information of an applicant for or a person protected by a protective order.
House
House Public Health – 2/27/2023 at 10:00 AM
The committee will meet to hear invited testimony from the State Board of Pharmacy, the Department of State Health Services, and the Health and Human Services Commission
House Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence – 3/1/2023 at 8:00 AM
The committee will hear invited testimony only to overview of agencies and issues under the committee’s jurisdiction
House Appropriations Subcommittees
House Appropriations subcommittees have scheduled multiple hearings on successive days. These hearings are listed below by budget article.
Subcommittee on Article II
February 27, 2023, at 10:00 AM
- Health and Human Services Commission & Office of Inspector General
- Texas Civil Commitment Office
- Department of State Health Services
- Department of Family and Protective Services
- Public testimony on Article II agencies
Subcommittee on Article III
- Higher Education Fund
- Available University Fund
- National Research University Fund
- Higher Education Group Insurance
- Junior Colleges and Community Colleges
- Texas State Technical College System & Institutions
- Texas Woman’s University System & Institutions
- Stephen F. Austin State University
- Texas Southern University
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Texas School for the Deaf
- Special Provisions for School for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Special Provisions for the School for the Deaf
- Texas Education Agency
- Texas Permanent School Corporation
- Teacher Retirement System
- Optional Retirement Program
Subcommittee on Art I, IV, & V
- Supreme Court of Texas
- Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney
- Court of Criminal Appeals & 14 Courts of Appeals
- Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
- Texas Indigent Defense Commission
- Comptroller’s Department, Judiciary Section
- Special Prosecution Unit
- Office of Capital and Forensic Writs
- State Law Library
- State Commission on Judicial Conduct
- Department of Public Safety
- Overview of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Correctional Populations
- Texas Juvenile Justice Department
- Texas Department of Criminal Justice
- Board of Pardons and Paroles
- Texas Military Department
- Texas Commission on Fire Protection
- Texas Commission on Jail Standards
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
- Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Subcommittee on Art VI, VII, & VIII
- Public Utility Commission of Texas & Office of Public Utility Counsel
- State Office of Administrative Hearings
- Funeral Service Commission
- Board of Professional Geoscientists
- Office of Injured Employee Counsel
- Texas Department of Insurance & Office of Public Insurance Counsel
- Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
- Board of Plumbing Examiners
- Texas Racing Commission
- Securities Board
- Texas Railroad Commission
- Department of Agriculture
- Texas Animal Health Commission
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- General Land Office and Veterans’ Land Board
- Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Texas Water Development Board
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Upcoming Agency Meeting Spotlight
Railroad Commission – February 29, 2023
Permanent School Fund Corporation – March 1, 2023