See below for interim legislative hearings coming up in the next few weeks. Hearing dates and times are subject to change. Please note that additional hearings dates may also be added at any time.
See Texas Legislature Online for updates here: House | Senate | Joint
Committee hearing livestreams and archives can be found at the following links: House | Senate
Upcoming House Committee Meetings
No House committee meetings scheduled at this time
Upcoming Senate Committee Meetings
Local Government – 11/7/2024 at 10:00 AM, Location: E1.028
The committee will hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charge:
- Housing Affordability: Study issues related to housing, including housing supply, homelessness, and methods of providing and financing affordable housing. Make recommendations to reduce regulatory barriers, strengthen property rights, and improve transparency and accountability in public programs for housing.
- Additional Property Tax Relief and Reform: Make recommendations for further property tax relief and reform, including methods to improve voter control over tax rate setting and debt authorization, and mechanisms to dissolve taxing entities such as municipal management districts (MMDs) and tax increment reinvestment zones (TIRZs) when they have outlived their purpose.
Subcommittee on Higher Education – 11/11/2024 at 9:00 AM, Location: E1.028
The committee will hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charge:
- Higher Education – “Faculty Senates”: Review and analyze the structures and governance in higher education, focusing on the role of “faculty senates,” and like groups, in representing faculty interests to higher education institution administrations.
- Stopping DEI to Strengthen the Texas Workforce: Examine programs and certificates at higher education institutions that maintain discriminatory diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies.
- Improving K12-College Pathways: Review the availability of Advanced Placement and dual credit course offerings in high schools and examine the transfer requirements required for students to receive higher education course credit.
Health & Human Services – 11/13/2024 at 9:00 AM, Location: E1.028
The committee will hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charge:
- Protecting Vulnerable Texans in Emergencies: Examine commercial residential settings for the elderly and individuals with intellectual disabilities, including assisted living facilities, boarding homes, group homes, and independent living communities.
Natural Resources & Economic Development – 11/14/2024 at 10:00 AM, Location: E1.012
The committee will hear invited and public testimony on the following interim charge:
- Enhancing Workforce Productivity: Study ways to increase the state’s workforce productivity, including access to childcare. Make recommendations, within existing resources, to maintain childcare availability to support a growing workforce.
Upcoming Joint Committee Meetings
Grid Reliability Legislative Oversight – 12/3/2024 at 9:00 AM, Location: E1.012
The Committee will meet to review the implementation of legislation related to the regulation of the electricity market in Texas enacted by the 87th and 88th Legislatures.
Spotlight on Upcoming Agency Hearings
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality – 11/6/2024 at 9:30 AM
Texas Water Development Board – 11/6/2024 at 9:30 AM
TEA Continuing Advisory Committee for Special Education – 11/8/2024 at 9:00 AM
Tax Relief for Pollution Control Property Advisory Committee – 11/8/2024 at 10:00 AM
Railroad Commission – 11/19/2024 at 9:30 AM
