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.
March 8
Senate Committee on Border Security
To consider and adopt the Committee rules and conduct any other organizational business deemed necessary by the Chair.
To receive an overview of Operation Lone Star, specifically, the legal, operational, and financial parameters facing the state in addressing the declared disaster at the Texas-Mexico border.
- "Governor Abbott, DPS, Texas National Guard Mark One Year Anniversary of Operation Lone Star" (Press Release), Office of the Texas Governor, March 4, 2022
- Southwest Land Border Encounters (Interactive demographic charts), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Last Modified February 18, 2022
- "Governor Abbott Opens Operation Lone Star Jail Booking Facility in Jim Hogg County" (Press Release), Office of the Texas Governor, February 8, 2022
- Letter from State Representatives Alma Allen, Rafael Anchía, et al., to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland, U.S. Department of Justice, and Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Operation Lone Star), January 26, 2022
- Border Crisis (Information Packet), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, January 24, 2022
- Summary of Appropriations for the 2022 – 2023 Biennium, Regular Session, Second Called Session, and Third Called Session (Border security funding – Operation Lone Star), Legislative Budget Board, January 2022
- "Governor Abbott Announces an Additional $38.4 Million in Funding for Operation Lone Star" (Press Release), Office of the Texas Governor, December 20, 2021
- Texas Border Crime and Other Criminal Activity Report, Texas Department of Public Safety, May 30, 2021
- Texas Border Security Statistics, Texas Department of Public Safety
- Border Crisis Update, Office of the Texas Governor
March 9
Senate Committee on Business and Commerce
Review of actions taken by ERCOT, the PUC, and other entities to ensure reliability of the electric grid during the 2021-2022 Winter Season.
Implementation of SB 3 and related legislation, including ongoing rulemaking and proposed changes to the ERCOT market design.
- Severe Cold Weather Events & Critical Infrastructure in Texas (Blog – Links to resources on the response of ERCOT, the PUC, and other state and federal agencies), Legislative Reference Library, February 17, 2022
- Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (No. 21-03863), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division (Court Listener)
