Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
July 24
House Committees on Business & Industry and Licensing & Administrative Procedures (Houston)
Charge: Workforce to rebuild key infrastructure, as well as residential and commercial properties damaged by Hurricane Harvey; labor needs within construction industry
- State of Texas Plan for Disaster Recovery: Hurricane Harvey – Round 1 (Economic impact – employment, construction standards, housing impact), Texas General Land Office, Community Development & Revitalization Program, June 25, 2018
- Interim Hearings – Week of April 30, House Committee on Business & Industry, May 2-3, 2018, Legislative Reference Library, April 23, 2018
House Committee on Business & Industry (Houston)
Charge 2 (Partial): Existing law concerning consumer rights and protections, including but not limited to statutes that address deceptive practices, landlord/tenant agreements, and homeowner/contractor disputes. Determine whether the provisions offer adequate guidance and protections in disaster and recovery situations.
- Homeowner/Contractor disputes
Senate Select Committee on Violence in Schools & School Security
Charge: Current protective order laws, merits of Extreme Risk Protective Orders, or "Red Flag" laws; Legal due process to protect Second Amendment rights
- Possession of Firearms by People with Mental Illness (State Laws), National Conference of State Legislatures, January 5, 2018
- Extreme Risk Protection Orders, Mental Health Reporting, Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, 2018
- "Navigating the Rights of the Mentally Ill and the Second Amendment: Defining Responsibility, Balancing Safety, and Weighing Constitutional Rights," 19 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 731 (March 2017)
- "Prohibition of Persons with Mental Illness from Gun Ownership under Tyler," 45 Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law 478 (2017)
- "Taking Aim at Recent Legislative Proposals to Curb Gun Violence from Mental Illness: A Second Amendment Response," 53 Harvard Journal on Legislation 369 (2016)
- Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 17.292-17.293, Magistrate's Order for Emergency Protection
- Texas Government Code §§ 411.052-411.0521, Federal Firearm Reporting, Report to Department Concerning Certain Person's Access to Firearms
- Texas Health & Safety Code § 574.088, Relief from Disabilities in Mental Health Cases (Relief from a firearms disability)
- Texas Penal Code § 46.06, Unlawful Transfer of Certain Weapons (Persons Under Active Protective Order)
- 37 Texas Administrative Code §§ 27.141-27.144, Federal Firearms Disabilities
July 25
House Committee on Business & Industry (Houston)
Charge 2: Existing law concerning consumer rights and protections, including but not limited to statutes that address deceptive practices, landlord/tenant agreements, and homeowner/contractor disputes. Determine whether the provisions offer adequate guidance and protections in disaster and recovery situations.
- Earned Paid leave/Sick leave
- Ban the Box
- State office of Risk Management (SORM)
- Division of Workers' Compensation (DWC) and Firefighters/EMS
- Zombie debt
- Adverse Possession
- Surprise balance billing
