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December 9, 2025
House Committees on Agriculture & Livestock and Culture, Recreation & Tourism (Joint Hearing)

Topic: New World Screwworm Fly

• USDA Releases New World Screwworm Response Playbook, Texas Agriculture, Texas Farm Bureau, November 7, 2025
• The New World Screwworm Is Poised to Make a Comeback; Texas Will Be Ready, Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine, Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, November 2025
• Technologies May Help U.S. Tackle Growing New World Screwworm Threat, Texas Agriculture, Texas Farm Bureau, October 3, 2025
• Interim Hearings – Week of October 6, 2025 (Topic: New World Screwworm), Legislative Reference Library, October 3, 2025
• Response Playbook: New World Screwworm (Draft), U.S. Department of Agriculture, October 2025
• New World Screwworm (Fact Sheets, Technical Bulletins, Online Resources), Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

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November 13, 2025
House Select Committee on Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education and Senate Select Committee on Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Education (Joint Hearing)
The Senate and House Select Committees on Civil Discourse & Freedom of Speech in Higher Ed will meet jointly to hear invited testimony regarding:

Topic: The encouragement of civil discourse and freedom of speech on, and protection from undue administrative censorship by, the state’s college campuses

• Texas Republicans Are Redefining Higher Ed. It’s Creating Confusion About Free Speech On Campuses, The Texas Tribune, October 23, 2025
• Spotlight on Speech Codes 2025, Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), July 28, 2025
• Interim Report to the 86th Legislature (Charge No. 9, Campus Free Speech), Texas Senate Committee on State Affairs, December 2018
• Joint Statement on Rights and Freedoms of Students, American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Monitoring: The implementation of Senate Bill 37, 89th Regular Session

Topic: Identification of measures to provide proper security and ensure the public’s safety for public and social gatherings on the state’s college campuses.

• Safety and Security at Institutions of Higher Education: Understanding Trends, Practices, and Future Needs, RAND Corporation, May 20, 2025

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November 3, 2025
House Committee on State Affairs
The Committee will meet to hear invited testimony only on:

Topic: Efforts to improve wildfire preparedness, response, and mitigation

• Borger's Prescribed Burning Success: A Shield Against Texas Panhandle Wildfires, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, May 2025
• Military Installation Resilience: Wildfire, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated March 28, 2025
• Statewide Assessment of Economic and Environmental Risk from Wildfire in Texas, Texas A&M Forest Service, February 2025
• Interim Report to the 89th Texas Legislature (Charge 5 – Panhandle Wildfires), House Committee on State Affairs, January 2025
• A Report to the House of Representatives 89th Texas Legislature, Investigative Committee on the Panhandle Wildfires, May 1, 2024
• Wildfire & Other Disasters, Texas A&M Forest Service

Topic: Broadband Development Office

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October 22, 2025
House Committee on Energy Resources, Subcommittee on Underground Facility Safety
The Subcommittee will take invited testimony only from the following state agencies and organizations:

Railroad Commission of Texas
One Call Board of Texas

The Subcommittee will take invited testimony only on the following subject matters:

Texas 811 and Underground Facilities in Texas
Discussing the Texas 811 program and history, class A and B facilities, and damage prevention.

Class A Facilities
Discussing underground oil & gas pipelines and telecommunications equipment.

Class B Facilities
Discussing underground water systems.

Line Locating and Mapping
Discussing available technology and the timeline and capacity for a statewide mapping project.

The Texas Excavation Process
Discussing the role of excavators in the "call before you dig" system.

Underground Facility Operability
Discussing digital processes and ticketing times, capacity to expand, and successful programs from other states.

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October 6, 2025
House Committee on Agriculture & Livestock
El Campo, Texas

Topic: New World Screwworm

• Governor Abbott, Secretary Rollins Announce $750 Million for New World Screwworm Protection Facility, Governor Greg Abbott, August 15, 2025
• Letter to Executive Director and State Veterinarian Lewis R. “Bud” Dinges, Texas Animal Health Commission, and Executive Director David Yoskowitz, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, RE: Directing the agencies to jointly establish a Texas New World Screwworm Response Team, Governor Greg Abbott, June 25, 2025
• New World Screwworm Domestic Readiness and Response Policy Initiative, U.S. Department of Agriculture, June 18, 2025
• New World Screwworm (Fact Sheets, Technical Bulletins, Online Resources), Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Topic: Rice Delphacid

• Texas A&M AgriLife Tackles Rice Delphacid Devastation, Texas A&M AgriLife, September 18, 2025
• Rice Delphacid Has Become a Serious Pest in U.S. Rice Production, USA Rice, September 5, 2025
• Texas Rice Growers Optimistic Despite Challenges, Texas A&M AgriLife, August 12, 2025
• Rice Delphacid, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, June 2025
• Extension of Time-Limited Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Register, October 25, 2024
• Thiamethoxam; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions, Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Register, October 7, 2019
• Section 18 Exemptions Notices and Labels (Controlling rice delphacid in Texas), Texas Department of Agriculture

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July 15, 2025
House Committee on Natural Resources
Topic: Invited testimony only regarding the impact of high-capacity and large volume groundwater production in the Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District

• Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District Tables Aquifer Project Decision for 90 Days, CBS 19 (Tyler), updated June 19, 2025
• Water District Responds to Groundwater Permit Scandal, The Messenger (Houston and Southern Anderson Counties), June 17, 2025
• Groundwater Conservation District Information (H-N), Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District, Texas Water Development Board (Legislation, groundwater management plans)

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January 7, 2025
Joint Committee to Study the Effects of Media on Minors
Topic: Health and developmental effects of media on minors and the effects of exposure by a minor to various forms of media, including:

(A) social media platforms;
(B) software applications;
(C) Internet websites;
(D) television programming;
(E) motion pictures and film;
(F) artificial intelligence;
(G) mobile devices;
(H) computers;
(I) video games;
(J) virtual and augmented reality; and
(K) other media formats the joint committee considers necessary.

• Social Media and Children 2024 Legislation, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated November 22, 2024
• Daily Screen Time Among Teenagers: United States, July 2021-December 2023, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Brief, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, October 2024
• Youth Mental Health and Substance Use Task Force: Safe and Secure Social Media Use, Bipartisan Policy Center, September 2024
• Online Health and Safety for Children and Youth: Best Practices for Families and Guidance for Industry, Kids Online Health and Safety Task Force, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, July 22, 2024
• Social Media and Youth Mental Health, Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, last reviewed June 17, 2024
• Teens and Video Games Today, Pew Research Center, May 9, 2024
• Generation Screen: Navigating the Digital Age for Children, Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, April 5, 2024
• Social Media and Children 2023 Legislation, National Conference of State Legislatures, updated January 26, 2024
• Teens, Social Media and Technology 2023, Pew Research Center, December 11, 2023
• The Fragmentation of Online Child Safety Regulations, Brookings Institution, August 14, 2023
• Health Advisory on Social Media Use in Adolescence, American Psychological Association, May 2023

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December 20, 2024
House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence
Topic: Criminal procedure related to capital punishment and new science writs under Article 11.073, Code of Criminal Procedure.

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• December 9, 2024
  • House Committee on House Administration
• December 11, 2024
  • Sunset Advisory Commission

December 9, 2024
House Committee on House Administration
Topic: Invited testimony only from any Member or Member-elect of the 89th Legislature who submits a proposal for a suggested rule change to the Committee on House Administration

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December 11, 2024
Sunset Advisory Commission
Consideration and possible action on the new recommendations for the following agencies:

• Texas Department of Criminal Justice
• Correctional Managed Health Care Committee
• Windham School District
• Board of Pardons and Paroles

Staff presentation and public testimony:

• Angelina and Neches River Authority
• Lower Neches River Authority
• Trinity River Authority of Texas
• Texas Ethics Commission

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December 3, 2024
Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Grid Reliability
Review the implementation of legislation related to the regulation of the electricity market in Texas enacted by the 87th and 88th Legislatures.

• PUCT Approves Rule Requiring Registration of Virtual Currency Mining Facilities (Press Release), Public Utility Commission of Texas, November 21, 2024
• Public Utility Commission of Texas Approves First Utility ‘Resiliency Plan’ to Further Strengthen Electric Reliability (Press Release), Public Utility Commission of Texas, November 14, 2024
• 88th Legislative Session – ERCOT Status, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, November 2024
• ERCOT Ancillary Services Study: Final Whitepaper, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, September 2024
• 2023 State of the Market Report for the ERCOT Electricity Markets, Independent Market Monitor for ERCOT, Potomac Economics, May 2024
• 87th Legislative Session – ERCOT Status, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, June 2023
• 2022 State of the Market Report for the ERCOT Electricity Markets, Independent Market Monitor for ERCOT, Potomac Economics, May 2023
• Interim Report to the 88th Legislature (Charge 4 – Electricity), Senate Committee on Business and Commerce, January 9, 2023
• Biennial Agency Report to the 88th Texas Legislature (Electricity, Electricity: Resilience and Market Design, Electricity: Interconnection), Public Utility Commission, January 2023
• PUC Interchange Filer, Public Utility Commission of Texas
  • Filings for 55999: Reports of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, updated November 21, 2024
  • Filings for 53911: Aggregate Distributed Energy Resource (ADER) ERCOT Pilot Project, updated November 20, 2024
  • Filings for 55421: Texas Advanced Nuclear Reactor Working Group, updated November 18, 2024
  • Filings for 54037: Reports to the 88th Legislature, updated June 11, 2024
  • Filings for 55156: Implementation Activities 88th Legislature (R.S.), updated April 23, 2024

New Sunset Staff Reports
2024-25 Review Cycle
The Sunset Advisory Commission staff released the following staff reports in November 2024:

1. Trinity River Authority of Texas
2. Angelina and Neches River Authority / Lower Neches River Authority
3. Texas Ethics Commission
4. River Authority Uniformity Study

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