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.
December 5, 2022
House Committee on State Affairs
Topic: Update on the proposed changes to the ERCOT market design.
- State Agency Proposes Changes to Power Market Aimed at Averting Mass Blackouts, Texas Tribune, November 10, 2022
- Assessment of Market Reform Options to Enhance Reliability of the ERCOT System (Project No. 52373, Review of Wholesale Market Design), Prepared for the Public Utility Commission of Texas, Energy+Environmental Economics, November 10, 2022
- Severe Cold Weather Events & Critical Infrastructure in Texas (Links to resources on the response of ERCOT, the PUC, and other state and federal agencies), Legislative Reference Library, February 17, 2022
- Mapping Report, Texas Electricity Supply Chain Security and Mapping Committee, January 2022
- Memorandum, Project No. 52373, Review of Wholesale Market Design (Phase II - Market Design Proposals), Public Utility Commission of Texas, December 6, 2021
- Filings for 52373: Review of Wholesale Electric Market Design, PUC Interchange Filer, Public Utility Commission of Texas
December 6, 2022
House Committee on House Administration
Topic: Invited testimony only from any Member of the 88th Legislature who submits a proposal for a suggested rules change to the Committee.
House Committee on House Administration
Topic: The committee will meet to consider the adoption of a parental leave pool.
Sunset Advisory Commission
Staff presentation and invited testimony only:
- River Authorities
- Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office and Office of State-Federal Relations
- Anatomical Board of the State of Texas
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
December 7, 2022
Sunset Advisory Commission
Staff presentation and invited testimony only:
- Public Utility Commission of Texas
- Electric Reliability Council of Texas
- Office of Public Utility Counsel
December 8, 2022
House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Strategic Fiscal Review & Federal Relief Funds
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Strategic Fiscal Review and Federal Relief Funds will meet to consider the following agency reviews:
- Texas Juvenile Justice Department
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and Low-level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- Texas Water Development Board
- Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Office of Public Utility Counsel
- Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory
Topic: The advisory committees shall review the overall operation, function, and structure of the funds at least semiannually and may provide comments and recommendations to the board on any matter.
- Legislative Appropriations Request for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025, Texas Water Development Board, August 19, 2022
- Texas Water Development Board, State Water Implementation Fund For Texas Advisory Committee, Staff Report with Commission Decisions: 2022-23, 88th Legislature, Sunset Advisory Commission, July 2022
- State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, Annual Financial Report (August 31, 2021 and 2020), RSM US LLP, December 10, 2021
- State Water Implementation Fund for Texas (SWIFT), Texas Water Development Board
- Progress Implementing the SWIFT, Texas Water Development Board
- Appropriated Fund 0361 – State Water Implementation Fund, Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts – Fiscal 2023, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Texas Water Code §§ 15.431-15.441, State Water Implementation Fund for Texas
- 31 Texas Administrative Code §§ 363.1301-363.1312, State Water Implementation Fund for Texas and State Water Implementation Revenue Fund for Texas, Texas Water Development Board
Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory
Topic: The advisory committee shall review the overall operation, function, and structure of the resiliency fund at least semiannually and may provide comments and recommendations to the board on any matter.
- Legislative Appropriations Request for Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025, Texas Water Development Board, August 19, 2022
- Appropriated Fund 0175 – Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund, Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts – Fiscal 2023, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Texas Water Code §§ 16.451-16.460, Flood Project Funding (Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund)
December 9, 2022
Senate Committee on Criminal Justice
Charge: Illegal Temporary License Plates: Examine and report on the relationship of the unlawful sale and use of temporary paper license plates with crimes related to human trafficking, drug trafficking, theft, and homicide.
- Texas Temporary Tag Fraud, Abuse, and Misuse: Background and Solutions to Prevent, Detect, and Investigate Fraud, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, October 19, 2022
- Information About Temporary Tags in Texas, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles
Charge: Re-entry Programs for Inmates: Review current offender re-entry programs provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and county jails, and identify barriers to their success. Make recommendations to enhance successful programs to ensure adequate resources and support for released offenders.
- Biennial Reentry and Reintegration Services Report, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, September 2022
- Coordination to Reduce Barriers to Reentry: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 and Beyond, Reentry Coordination Council, April 2022
- Interim Report to the 86th Legislature (Charge 1 – Identify Successful Re-Entry Programs), Senate Committee on Criminal Justice, December 2018
- Reentry and Integration Division, Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Criminal Case Backlogs: Evaluate the current backlog of criminal cases. Consider and recommend ways to reduce delays and ensure timely resolution of cases, including an examination of methods developed by district attorneys, judges, and court administrators.
- Justice Delayed: Addressing the Criminal Court Backlog in Texas, Texas 2036, January 26, 2022
- The Use of Remote Hearings in Texas State Courts: The Impact on the Judicial Workload, National Center for State Courts, December 2021
- Annual Statistical Report for the Texas Judiciary, Office of Court Administration, Fiscal Year 2021
- Criminal Case Management Basics: Data Elements, Performance Measures, and Data Presentation Strategies, National Center for State Courts, August 2020
Public Safety: Examine the recent Harris County release from custody of hundreds of criminal defendants onto the streets without bond or review by a magistrate. Identify what caused this threat to public safety in Harris County and determine if it has occurred in any other counties in Texas. Make recommendations to ensure criminal defendants are timely brought before a magistrate for probable cause hearings and bond hearings, and that appropriate bond is set.
- Official Website of the Independent Monitor for the O'Donnell v. Harris County Consent Decree Regarding Misdemeanor Bail Practices (Monitoring Pretrial Reform in Harris County: Fifth Report of the Court-Appointed Monitor), O'Donnell Monitor, September 3, 2022
- The Effects of Misdemeanor Bail Reform, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, August 16, 2022
- What Does Successful Bail Reform Look Like? To Start, Look To Harris County, Texas, Prison Policy Initiative, March 28, 2022
- Bail, Crime & Public Safety, Harris County District Attorney's Office, September 2, 2021
- Harris County Jail Population, Harris County, Texas
