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Hearing dates and times are subject to change, the latest information can be found by visiting: House Committee Meetings By Date and Senate Committee Meetings By Date. Please note that additional hearings dates may also be added at any time. 

Monday – February 28, 2011

House Appropriations (PUBLIC HEARING) 

8:30 A.M., E1.030

  • State Office of Administrative Hearings
  • Board of Chiropractic Examiners
  • Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
  • Funeral Service Commission
  • Board of Professional Geoscientists
  • Health Professions Council
  • Office of Injured Employee Counsel
  • Department of Insurance
  • Office of Public Insurance Counsel
  • Board of Professional Land Surveying
  • Department of Licensing & Regulation
  • Texas Medical Board
  • Texas Board of Nursing
  • Optometry Board
  • Board of Pharmacy
  • Executive Council of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy
  • Board of Plumbing Examiners
  • Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
  • Board of Examiners of Psychologists
  • Racing Commission
  • Real Estate Commission
  • Securities Board
  • Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • Office of Public Utility Counsel
  • Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
  • Special Provisions Relating to All Regulatory Agencies
  • Pending Items 

Senate Nominations (PUBLIC HEARING)   

9:00 A.M., E1.028 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

Subcommittee on Public Education Funding

9:00 A.M., E1.012

           Invited testimony on public education funding. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)

Subcommittee on Medicaid

10:00 A.M., E1.036

           Invited testimony on SB 23 

Appropriations – S/C on Article II (Formal Meeting)

11:00 AM, JHR 100

The Subcommittee anticipates consideration of the House budget recommendations for the Department of State Health Services and pending items. 

Appropriations – S/C on Article III (Formal Meeting)

12:00 PM, JHR 131           

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:30 P.M. OR ADJ., E1.036

SB 1 – Ogden – Relating to appropriations for the 2012-2013 biennium.

Article VI – Natural Resources

  • Department of Agriculture
  • General Land Office and Veterans’ Land Board
  • Railroad Commission
  • Animal Health Commission
  • Soil and Water Conservation Board
  • Water Development Board
  • Debt Service Payments – Non-Self Supporting G.O. Water Bonds

Senate International Relations and Trade (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:00 a.m., e1.016

           Organizational matters, adoption of rules and introduction of staff.

House Border and Intergovernmental Affairs (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E1.010

           Organizational meeting and invited testimony. 

House Business and Industry (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E2.016

  • HB 681 – Kleinschmidt – Relating to an employee’s transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee’s employer.
  • HB 346 – Kleinschmidt – Relating to the award of costs and attorney’s fees in certain proceedings concerning mechanic’s, contractor’s, or materialman’s liens.
  • HB 663 – Kleinschmidt – Relating to procedures for amending restrictions governing certain residential subdivisions.
  • HB 362 – Solomons – Relating to the regulation by a property owners’ association of the installation of solar energy devices and certain roofing materials on property.
  • HB 565 – Solomons – Relating to the procedures required for the foreclosure of a property owners’ association’s assessment lien.
  • HB 44 – Menendez – Relating to the authority of a property owners’ association to regulate the use of certain lots for residential purposes.
  • HB 45 – Menendez – Relating to the release of a property owners’ association assessment lien.
  • HB 558 – Deshotel – Relating to payoff statements provided in connection with certain home loans.
  • HB 521 – Elkins – Relating to the applicability of certain laws governing corporations to limited liability companies. 

House Elections (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E2.028

The Committee will meet for an organizational meeting to hear testimony from various agencies. Invited testimony only.

House Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E2.010

           Agency Testimony – State Bar

  • HB 119 – Castro – Relating to protective orders against dating violence.
  • HB 229 – Solomons – Relating to the duties of the county tax assessor-collector and voter registrar regarding exemptions from jury service.
  • HB 245 – Gallego – Relating to limiting the liability of space flight entities.
  • HB 322 – Hartnett – Relating to the eligibility of a former or retired statutory probate court judge for assignment as a visiting judge.
  • HB 462 – Kleinschmidt – Relating to the assignment of special judges in county courts in certain counties.
  • HB 720 – Hartnett – Relating to the designation of a person as a vexatious litigant. 

House Land and Resource Management (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E2.012

           Invited testimony on eminent domain and the process of property condemnation. 

House Ways and Means (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E2.014

  • HB 234 – Otto – Relating to liability for interest on ad valorem taxes on improvements that escaped taxation in a previous year.
  • HB 241 – Parker – Relating to liability for interest if land appraised for ad valorem tax purposes as agricultural or open-space land is sold or diverted to a different use.
  • HB 252 – Hilderbran – Relating to eligibility for an exemption from ad valorem taxation of the residence homestead of a person.
  • HB 316 – Fletcher – Relating to a requirement that certain appraisal districts provide for electronic signing and filing of a form for the designation of an agent.
  • HB 328 – Guillen – Relating to information provided to a person applying for a state tax permit or license.
  • HB 361 – Otto – Relating to the composition of the agricultural advisory board of an appraisal district.
  • HB 654 – Solomons – Relating to a report regarding the municipality or county of origin of tax revenue collected by the comptroller.
  • HB 658 – Villarreal – Relating to the repeal of state sales tax and franchise tax refunds for certain ad valorem tax payers.
  • HB 717 – Miller, Sid – Relating to the selection of the board of directors of an appraisal district.
  • HB 744 – Raymond – Relating to exemptions from the sales tax for certain business entities during a limited period. 

Tuesday – March 1, 2011

House Appropriations (PUBLIC HEARING)   

7:00 a.m., E1.030

           The Committee anticipates consideration of the House budget recommendations

  • Adjutant General’s Department
  • Alcoholic Beverage Commission
  • Department of Criminal Justice
  • Commission on Fire Protection
  • Commission on Jail Standards
  • Juvenile Probation Commission
  • Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards & Education
  • Department of Public Safety
  • Youth Commission
  • Special Provisions Relating to Public Safety & Criminal
  • Justice Agencies
  • Pending Items 

House Agriculture and Livestock (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E1.014

  • HB 92 – Cook – Relating to the regulation of slaughterers by certain counties.
  • HB 94 – Cook – Relating to the applicability of regulations on the purchase of ammonium nitrate or ammonium nitrate material by certain purchasers.
  • HB 338 – Aycock – Relating to disclaimers by certain entities promulgating lists of noxious or invasive terrestrial plant species.
  • HB 414 – Aycock – Relating to the conducting of licensing examinations by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. 

Senate Education (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:30 A.M., E1.028

  • SB 79 – Nelson – Relating to the contents and applicability of a school district’s grading policy.
  • SB 140 – Shapiro – Relating to minimum public school attendance for class credit or a grade.
  • SB 155 – Huffman – Relating to the eligibility of certain school district employees to participate or be enrolled in certain group health benefit programs.
  • SB 296 – Wentworth – Relating to the mitigation of the impact of residential development in public school districts.
  • SB 391 – Patrick, Dan – Relating to the provision of electronic sample copies of a textbook adopted by the State Board of Education.
  • SB 570 – Shapiro – Relating to beginning teacher induction and mentoring programs for public schools.
  • SB 596 – Shapiro – Relating to transition planning for a public school student receiving special education services. 

House Natural Resources (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E2.010

  • HB 218 – Gallego – Relating to possessing a glass container within the boundaries of certain riverbeds; providing for criminal penalties.
  • HB 310 – King, Tracy – Relating to election procedures and qualifications of members of boards of directors for water supply or sewer service corporations.
  • HB 315 – Flynn – Relating to the creation of the Hunt County Municipal Utility District No. 1; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting a limited power of eminent domain.
  • HB 451 – Lucio III – Relating to the creation of a Don’t Mess with Texas Water program to prevent illegal dumping that affects the surface waters of this state.
  • HB 534 – Phillips – Relating to the powers and duties of the Gunter Municipal Utility Districts Nos. 1 and 2.
  • HB 612 – Hopson – Relating to the criminal penalty for failure of a trustee to pay the beneficiaries of the trust the purchase price for timber sold by the trustee.
  • HB 613 – Hopson – Relating to the unauthorized harvesting of standing timber.
  • HB 709 – Fletcher – Relating to the creation of the Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 524.
  • HB 725 – Callegari – Relating to the operation, powers, and duties of certain water districts.
  • HB 801 – Anderson, Charles – Relating to the territory and dissolution requirements of the Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.
  • HB 805 – Callegari – Relating to the requirement that certain water service providers ensure emergency operations during an extended power outage. 

House Select Committee on Voter ID and Fraud (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., JHR 140

  • SB 14 – Fraser – Relating to requirements to vote, including presenting proof of identification. 

Licensing and Administrative Procedures (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E2.012

  • HB 175 – Jackson, Jim – Relating to the on-premises consumption of certain alcoholic beverages; providing a penalty.
  • HB 378 – Guillen – Relating to stationary tow trucks on a highway.
  • HB 457 – Craddick – Relating to restrictions on the promotion and operation of charitable raffles.
  • HB 510 – Deshotel – Relating to the maximum capacity of a container of wine sold to a retail dealer. 

House Pensions/Investments/Financial Services (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E2.014

  • Organizational meeting and hear invited testimony. 

Senate Business and Commerce (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E1.016

  • SB 95- Lucio-Relating to required use by insurers of certain standard insurance policy forms for residential property insurance.
  • SB 97 – Lucio – Relating to rates charged for residential property and personal automobile insurance in certain rating territories.
  • SB 416 – Deuell – Relating to the amount of outstanding total liability of a mortgage guaranty insurer.
  • SB 425 – Carona – Relating to property and casualty certificates of insurance and approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms by the Texas Department of Insurance.
  • SB 503 -Jackson, Mike – Relating to coverage for certain towing and storage expenses under a motor vehicle insurance policy.
  • SB 690 ­– Carona – Relating to the enforcement of a self-service storage facility lien.
  • SB 735 – Carona – Relating to prohibition of certain extra hazardous coverages by title insurance companies.
  • SB 747 – Carona – Relating to the professions regulated by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
  • SB 748 – Carona – Relating to business entities and associations.
  • SB 763 – Ellis- Relating to the designation of certain areas as banking development districts to encourage the establishment of financial institution branches in those areas.
  • Pending business. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)

Subcommittee on Medicaid

9:00 A.M., Senate Chamber

           Invited testimony only. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

12:00 P.M OR ADJ., E1.036

SB 1 – Ogden – Relating to appropriations for the 2012-2013 biennium.

Article VII – Business and Economic Development

  • Department of Housing and Community Affairs
  • Department of Rural Affairs
  • Department of Motor Vehicles
  • Workforce Commission
  • Reimbursements to the Unemployment Compensation Benefit Account
  • Lottery Commission
  • Department of Transportation 

Senate Natural Resources (PUBLIC HEARING)   

9:00 A.M., E1.012

  • SB 332 – Fraser – Relating to the vested ownership interest in groundwater beneath the surface and the right to produce that groundwater.
  • SB 667 – Duncan – Relating to the management of groundwater resources in this state and the rights of landowners in groundwater. 

House Criminal Jurisprudence (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:30 A.M. or Adj., JHR 120

  • HB 545 – Dutton – Relating to an affirmative defense available to certain students who engage in sexual contact with another student at least 13 years of age.
  • HB 548 – Dutton – Relating to the penalties for possession of two ounces or less of marihuana and to the issuance of an occupational driver’s license.
  • HB 228 – Fletcher – Relating to the prosecution of the offense of criminal nonsupport.
  • HB 443 – Fletcher – Relating to the amount of the fee paid by a defendant for a peace officer’s services in executing or processing an arrest warrant, capias, or capias pro fine.
  • HB 739 – Fletcher – Relating to the elimination of the statute of limitations for certain felony offenses.
  • HB 27 – Guillen – Relating to the payment of fines and costs by indigent defendants in misdemeanor cases.
  • HB 331 – Guillen – Relating to the authority of the governing body of a municipality to create a municipal court equal justice and education fund and to require certain defendants to pay court costs for deposit in the fund.
  • HB 305 – Harless – Relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle.
  • HB 371 – Hochberg – Relating to prohibiting deferred adjudication community supervision for certain defendants convicted of murder.
  • HB 690 – Martinez Fischer – Relating to the punishment for the offense of graffiti.
  • HB 20 – Riddle – Relating to the punishment prescribed for burglary of a vehicle and to grants of community supervision to persons who commit that offense.
  • HB 172 – Veasey – Relating to a study regarding the effectiveness of the James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act. 

House Insurance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.026

  • HJR 26 – Legler – Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the use of the assets of certain associations established by the legislature of this state for the purpose of providing certain insurance coverage.
  • HB 194 – Walle – Relating to prohibiting the use of credit scoring in certain lines of personal insurance.
  • HB 438 – Thompson – Relating to health benefit plan coverage for orally administered anticancer medications.
  • HB 636 – Zerwas – Relating to creation of the Texas Health Insurance Connector. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

Subcommittee on Public Education Funding

11:00 A.M. or 30 mins. after Adj., E1.028

     Public testimony regarding public education funding. 

Senate Health and Human Services (PUBLIC HEARING)   

11:00 a.m., Senate Chamber

  • SB 177 – Huffman – Relating to the licensing and regulation of physicians.
  • SB 190 – Nelson – Relating to the licensing and regulation of physicians, physician assistants, acupuncturists, and surgical assistants.
  • SB 191 – Nelson – Relating to disposition of a contested case by the Texas Medical Board.
  • SB 192 – Nelson – Relating to patient advocacy activities by nurses and certain other persons; providing an administrative penalty.
  • SB 227 – Nelson – Relating to the nondisciplinary resolution of certain complaints filed against physicians.
  • SB 257 – Carona – Relating to the issuance of “Choose Life” license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general revenue fund.
  • SB 263 – Carona – Relating to the revocation or suspension of the license of a physician placed on deferred adjudication community supervision or arrested for certain offenses.
  • SB 355 – Ellis – Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places.
  • SB 510 – Van de Putte – Relating to a voluntary statewide diabetes mellitus registry.
  • SCR 9 – Lucio – Urging the United States Congress to amend the list of allowable foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to eliminate sweetened drinks and snack foods of minimal nutritional value.
  • Pending business. 

House Rules and Resolutions (FORMAL MEETING) 

On Adj., 3W.15

           Consider Resolutions for the Congratulatory and Memorial Calendars. 

House Appropriations (FORMAL MEETING)   

Subcommittee on Article II

1:00 P.M. or Adj. of full committee, JHR 100

           Consideration of budget recommendations for the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services, the Department of Family and Protective Services and pending items. 

Senate Criminal Justice (PUBLIC HEARING)   

1:30 P.M., E1.016

  • Invited testimony from Dr. Tony Fabelo regarding Texas Juvenile Reinvestment and consideration of the following:
  • SB 121 – Ellis – Relating to photograph and live lineup identification procedures in criminal cases.
  • SB 244 – Patrick, Dan – Relating to the continuing education requirements for certain peace officers.
  • SB 316 – Whitmire – Relating to criminal asset forfeiture, the disposition of proceeds and property from criminal asset forfeiture, and accountability for that disposition.
  • SB 321 – Hegar – Relating to an employee’s transportation and storage of certain firearms or ammunition while on certain property owned or controlled by the employee’s employer. 

House Human Services (PUBLIC HEARING)

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E2.030

  • HB 253 – Hilderbran – Relating to the protection of children by enforcing compulsory public school attendance requirements, ensuring reports of abuse, protecting children from abuse, ensuring that births are reported, and prosecuting bigamy.
  • HB 130 – Alvarado – Relating to the creation of an anti-bullying hotline.
  • HB 329 – Guillen – Relating to a pilot project to establish a comprehensive access point for long-term services and supports provided to older persons and persons with physical disabilities.
  • HB 502 – Kleinschmidt – Relating to foster care payments for certain children. 

House Public Education (PUBLIC HEARING)

2:00 P.M. OR ADJ., E2.036

  • HB 24 – Guillen – Relating to placement of a student in a disciplinary alternative education program for bullying or cyber-bullying.
  • HB 135 – Villarreal – Relating to field experience requirements for educator certification.
  • HB 224 – Strama – Relating to bullying, including cyberbullying, in public schools.
  • HB 233 – Hochberg – Relating to requirements for students to be assessed in certain subjects and in certain grades.
  • HB 336 – Marquez – Relating to the filing and posting on the Internet of reports of political contributions and expenditures required in connection with the office of member of the board of trustees of certain school districts.
  • HB 734 – Patrick, Diane – Relating to the jurisdiction of constitutional county courts over truancy cases and the appointment of magistrates to hear truancy cases in certain counties. 

House Homeland Security and Public Safety (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E1.026

           Organizational meeting with invited testimony only. 

House Redistricting (PUBLIC HEARING)

3:00 P.M., E1.004

           Invited testimony only from the Legislative Council and the Office of

State Demographer on the 2010 Census data. 

Wednesday – March 2, 2011 

House Appropriations (FORMAL MEETING)   

Subcommittee on Article II

7:00 A.M., JHR 100

           Budget recommendations for the Health and Human Services Commission and pending items. 

House Technology (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., JHR 120

           Organizational meeting and invited testimony. 

House Public Health (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E2.012

  • HB 411 – Laubenberg – Relating to the confidentiality of newborn screening information.
  • HB 549 – Dutton – Relating to prohibiting the disposition of a decedent’s remains by a person charged with certain criminal conduct against the decedent.
  • HB 670 – Crownover – Relating to the elimination of smoking in certain workplaces and public places. 

House Transportation (PUBLIC HEARING)   

8:00 A.M., E2.028

           Pending business and

  • HB 238 – Phillips – Relating to the issuance of “Choose Life” license plates and the creation of the Choose Life account in the general fund.
  • HB 422 – Guillen – Relating to certain oversize and overweight permits issued by the Texas Department of Transportation.
  • HB 441 – Guillen – Relating to the fees for certain commercial vehicles.
  • HB 478 – Orr – Relating to certain court costs associated with the offense of failing to secure a child passenger in a motor vehicle.
  • HB 598 – Jackson, Jim – Relating to requiring certain applicants for motor vehicle registration to provide proof that the applicant holds a valid driver’s license.
  • HB 630 –  Pickett – Relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Transportation, counties, and regional tollway authorities to enter into funding agreements to expedite environmental review duties related to certain projects.
  • HB 646 – Orr – Relating to reporting requirements for salvage motor vehicles by insurance companies.
  • HB 699 – Deshotel – Relating to the Port Authority Advisory Committee and funding of port security, transportation, and facility projects and port studies.
  • HB 787 – Kuempel – Relating to abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, discarded, and inoperable aircraft and watercraft. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

Subcommittee on Medicaid

9:00 A.M., Senate Chamber

           Invited testimony only. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)

Subcommittee on Public Education Funding

9:00 A.M., E1.036

           Invited testimony on public education funding 

Senate Intergovernmental Relations (PUBLIC HEARING)   

9:30 A.M., E1.028

  • SB 173 – West – Relating to civil remedy of violations of certain municipal health and safety ordinances.
  • SB 238 – West – Relating to the regulation of solar energy devices by a property owners’ association.
  • SB 472 – West – Relating to voting practices and elections of property owners’ associations. 

House Urban Affairs (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:30 A.M. or Adj., E2.016

     Organizational meeting and invited testimony only. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

12:00 p.m. or Adj., E1.036

           Article III – Education

  • Teacher Retirement System
  • Optional Retirement Program
  • Higher Education Group Insurance
  • Article I – General Government
  • Employees Retirement System
  • Article V – Public Safety and Criminal Justice
  • Juvenile Probation Commission
  • Youth Commission
  • Alcoholic Beverage Commission 

House State Affairs (PUBLIC HEARING)   

On Adj. or 30 minutes after, JHR 140

           Issues relating to sanctuary cities.

  • HB 12 – Solomons – Relating to the enforcement of state and federal laws governing immigration by certain governmental entities.
  • HB 18 – Riddle – Relating to the enforcement by certain governmental entities of laws governing immigration.
  • HB 183 – Solomons – Relating to the duty of a law enforcement agency to verify the immigration status of an arrested person.
  • HB 603 – Farrar – Relating to a prohibition on law enforcement inquiries regarding the nationality or immigration status of a victim of or witness to a criminal offense.
  • HB 623 – Bonnen – Relating to the detection and reporting of unauthorized immigration, the collection of information concerning unauthorized immigration, the legal treatment of aliens for certain purposes, the enforcement of laws governing immigration.
  • HB 804 – Lewis – Relating to the offense of illegal voting by a person who is not a United States citizen.
  • HB 875 – Howard, Charlie – Relating to the identification of certain defendants as foreign nationals who were not lawfully admitted to the United States or whose lawful status has expired and to their release on bail.
  • HB 73 – Martinez – Relating to the dissemination of criminal history record information to state agencies for employment or contracting purposes.
  • HB 66 – Martinez – Relating to the disclosure by a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor of certain information concerning a resident of this state to a governmental body.
  • HB 211 – Rodriguez – Relating to this state’s goal for renewable energy.
  • HB 538 – Anderson, Charles – Relating to the application of certain demand charges by transmission and distribution utilities to certain schools and nonprofit athletic or sports associations.
  • HB 51 – Lucio III – Relating to energy efficiency standards for certain buildings and to high-performance design, construction, and renovation standards for certain government buildings and facilities.
  • HB 76 – Flynn – Relating to certain purchases by a state agency performing a law enforcement function.
  • HB 888 – Guillen – Relating to considering ownership interests of disabled veterans in determining whether a business is a historically underutilized business for purposes of state contracting.
  • HB 726 – Sheffield – Relating to the electronic distribution of information to legislators by state agencies.
  • HB 326 – Guillen – Relating to the reporting requirements of a state agency that is undergoing review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
  • HB 671 – Crownover – Relating to allowing the governor, and the lieutenant governor or another person when acting as governor, to retain executive authority while traveling within the contiguous 48 states of the continental United States.
  • HJR 65 – Crownover – Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide that the governor, and the lieutenant governor when acting as governor, retain executive authority unless unavailable as provided by law.

Any agenda items not completed during this hearing may be carried over to the Thursday, March 3 hearing. 

House Corrections (PUBLIC HEARING)

2:00 P.M., E2.014

           Invited testimony from Federal Second Chance Act grantees and Dr. Tony Fabelo. 

House Culture, Recreation and Tourism (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E1.026

  • HB 46 – Menendez – Relating to compensatory time off for certain employees of the Parks and Wildlife Department.
  • HB 555 – Howard, Donna – Relating to reportable boating accidents and the penalties for certain boating accidents.
  • HB 716 – Miller, Sid – Relating to the taking of certain feral hogs using a helicopter.
  • HCR 45 – Kleinschmidt – Designating Giddings as the official Depot Capital of Texas.
  • Invited testimony from the State Cemetery Committee. 

House Higher Education (PUBLIC HEARING)   

2:00 P.M. or Adj., E1.014

            HB 9 – Branch – Relating to student success-based funding for public institutions of higher education.

            HB 10 – Branch – Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program. 

Thursday – March 3, 2011 

House Economic and Small Business Development (PUBLIC HEARING)  

8:00 A.M., E2.014

           Organizational meeting. Invited testimony only. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

Subcommittee on Public Education Funding

9:00 A.M., E1.028

           Invited testimony on public education funding. 

Senate Finance (PUBLIC HEARING)   

12:30 P.M. or Adj., E1.036

           Article VI – Natural Resources

  • Commission on Environmental Quality
  • Parks and Wildlife Department
  • Article I – General Government
  • Ethics Commission
  • Facilities Commission
  • Preservation Board
  • Article IX – General Provisions 

House County Affairs (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:30 A.M. or Adj., E2.016

           Organizational meeting and invited testimony. 

House Government Efficiency and Reform (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:30 A.M. or Adj., E1.014

  • HB 682 – Brown, Fred – Relating to leasing advertising space on state agency Internet websites.
  • HB 628 – Callegari – Relating to contracts by governmental entities and related professional services and to public works performance and payment bonds.

House Select Committee on State Sovereignty (PUBLIC HEARING)   

10:30 A.M. OR ADJ., E2.010

  • HCR 50 – Creighton – Affirming the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and our one and indivisible state, claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
  • HCR 18 – Creighton – Affirming that the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas urge the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states an amendment to the United States Constitution providing for a federal balanced budget.
  • HJR 34 – Raymond – Supporting the ratification of a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for a balanced federal budget.
  • HJR 60 – Pitts -Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.
  • HJR 100 – Creighton – Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.
  • Invited testimony on state sovereignty, Article V conventions and balanced budget amendments. 

House State Affairs (PUBLIC HEARING)   

On Adj. or 30 minutes after, JHR 140

           The committee will consider anym agenda items not completed during the March 2 hearing. 

House Appropriations (PUBLIC HEARING)   

1:00 P.M., E1.030

           Article III – Including Texas Education Agency and Higher Education Agencies