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Interim Hearings - Week of May 19, 2014

May 12

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Interim Hearings - Week of May 19th

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.

May 19th  Top

Charge: Ammonium nitrate regulation and insurance

 

Charge: Role of state and local governments in disaster recovery

Charge: 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill funds

 

Charge: Progress on reducing the reliance on dedicated accounts for budget certification

 

House Committees on Government Efficiency & Reform and Technology (Joint Hearing)

Charge: Department of Information Resources' Cooperative Contracts

 

Charge: Public's accessibility to government services and agencies through the use of mobile applications and online services

 

Charge: State agencies using the Texas Workforce Commission's "Work in Texas" website for a more standardized applications process

 

Charge: Texas home equity laws

 

Charge: Intrastate equity crowd funding system in Texas

 

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

House Committee on Technology

Charge: Feasibility of an integrated identity management program (IIMP) for state agencies

House Committee on Elections

Charge: Online voter registration systems

 

Charge: Secretary of State study required by HB 3103, 83rd Legislature, R.S., regarding moving the date of the Texas presidential primary election

 

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

 

House Committee on Investments & Financial Services CANCELLED

 

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations CANCELLED

 

 

 

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Interim Hearings – Weeks of May 5-May 12, 2014

May 2

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Interim Hearings – Weeks of May 5th-May 12th

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.

House Committee on County Affairs

Charge 2: Oversight of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, jail issues including mental health

 

Charge 3: Health advisory panel from HB 3793, 83rd Legislature, R.S.

Charge 4: Cite-and-summons policy and effect on overcrowding in county jails

Charge 6: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies

 

House Committee on Energy Resources

Charge: Increased seismic activity in the Barnett Shale and other areas of the State

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

 

Charge: Higher education funding formulas

 

Charge: Research funds

 

House Committee on Environmental Regulation

Charge: Environmental permitting processes at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), specifically the contested-case hearing process at the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), timelines, and economic impact

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations CANCELLED

 

House Committee on Public Education

Charge: Student achievement

Charge: Teacher evaluation

Charge: Teacher preparation and recruitment

House Committees on County Affairs and Defense & Veterans' Affairs (Joint Hearing, 10:00 a.m.)

Charge: Veterans courts and implementation of SB 462, 83rd Legislature, R.S.

House Committee on Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Charge: Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Program, veterans' mental health and PTSD, and implementation of HB 2392, 83rd Legislature, R.S.

House Committee on County Affairs

Charge: Legislative oversight and monitoring of agencies, Texas Healthcare Transformation and Quality Improvement Program 1115 Waiver

Joint Legislative Committee on Human Trafficking

Topics: Implementation of anti-human trafficking legislation passed by the 83rd Legislature; agency updates on anti-human trafficking efforts; and updates from the Texas Human Trafficking Prevention Task Force

 

Charge: Litigation related to environmental contamination brought by local governments

Charge: Alligator gar and largemouth bass populations in Falcon Lake

 
Joint Legislative Committee on Aging

Topic: Initiatives to address various needs among Texas' aging population

 

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Interim Hearings – Week of April 28, 2014

Apr 21

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Interim Hearings – Week of April 28th

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.

 

April 28th

Charge: Civil liability for interacting with ex-offenders, implications of HB 1188 (83R) and potential expansion of similar protections to landlords

 

Charge: Electronic legal materials, reliability and permanence, possible adoption of Uniform Electronic Legal Materials Act (UELMA)

 

Charge: Issues that inhibit use of wills and access to probate process in Texas, particularly for low-income individuals

 

May 1st

Topic: Economic development, manufacturing, and workforce development in the Houston area

 

House Committee on State Affairs

Charge: Title 15 of the Election Code, requirements for financial reports by campaigns, candidates, officeholders, and political committees

 

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Interim Hearings – Week of April 21, 2014

Apr 14

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Interim Hearings – Week of April 21st

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.

 

April 22nd

House Committee on Business & Industry

Charge: Voluntary nature of workers' compensation in Texas

 

Charge: Misclassifying employees as independent contractors

 

Charge: Legislative oversight

 

House Committees on Corrections and Criminal Jurisprudence (Joint Hearing, 10:00 a.m.)

Charge: Association between co-occurring serious mental illness and substance use disorders and parole revocation among TDCJ inmates; dual mental health diagnosis

 

House Committee on Corrections (2:00 p.m.)

Charge: Juvenile justice outcome-based financing models that allow the state to partner with private investors and innovative service providers

 

House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence (2:00 p.m.) 

Charge: Mental health services for juveniles in the justice system, mental health needs of youth who come into contact with the juvenile justice system

 

House Committee on Public Education

Charge: Student achievement at chronically underperforming schools, alternative governance

 

April 23rd

House Committee on Urban Affairs

Topics: organizational hearing, committee schedule, invited testimony from Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and Texas Commission on Fire Protection 

 

House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

 

 

April 24th

Charge: Economic development incentives

 

Charge: Governor's Office of Economic Development and Tourism and effectiveness on economic development in Texas

 

House Committees on Technology and Ways and Means (Joint Hearing, 10:00 a.m.)

Charge: Regulatory and tax policy for technology infrastructure

 

House Committee on Technology (2:00 p.m.)

Charge: Abuses in the patent system

 
House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations

 

 

April 25th

Topic: Coastal tourism and drought impact on Rio Grande turkey populations and wildlife management practices

 

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Interim Hearings – Week of April 14, 2014

Apr 7

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April 14th

Charge: Explosion in West, Texas on April 17, 2013

Charge: Driver Responsibility Program

House Committee on Public Health

Charge: Compounding pharmacies, impact of SB 1100, 83rd Legislature, R.S.

Charge: Biologic and follow-on biologic (biosimilar) pharmaceutical products

House Committee on Transportation

Charge: Texas port system

Charge: Passenger and freight rail

Charge: Legislative oversight

Senate Committee on Education

Charge: Redesign of high school English end-of-course exams; STAAR accommodations; redesign of STAAR Alternate exam

Charge: Implementation of HB 5, 83rd Legislature, R.S.

April 15th

House Committee on Human Services

Charge: Foster Care Redesign and impact on child welfare system

Charge: Texas adoption process

Senate Committee on Higher Education

Charge: Closing the Gaps by 2015 and next set of long term higher education goals

Charge: Employment and workforce opportunities for veterans

Charge: Implementation of veteran occupational licensure bills in 83rd Legislature

April 17th

Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations

Charge: Transparency in the authorization, issuance, and appropriation of debt at the local level

Charge: Fiscal impact of bonds issued by local government

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Interim Hearings – Weeks of March 31 and April 7, 2014

Mar 26

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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.

 

April 3rd

Charge: Venture capital investment

April 7th

House Committee on Public Health

 

Charge #1: Nonmedical prescription drug abuse

 

Charge #5: State immunization registry; pertussis cases

Charge: Border security and illegal immigration

 

Charge: Crime statistics reporting in Texas, including border crime

 

Charge: Second Amendment and open carry

 

April 10th

Charge: Public-private partnerships

House Committee on Elections

Charge: Help America Vote Act (HAVA)

Charge: Interstate Voter Crosscheck Program

Charge: MOVE Act

 

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Interim Hearings – Weeks of March 17 and March 24, 2014

Mar 17

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Interim Hearings – Weeks of March 17th and March 24th

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 17th 

Topic: Qualifications and term length of appellate court judges;  appointment of regional presiding judges

 

March 24th

House Committee on Human Services

Charge: Monitor and evaluate implementation of SB 7, 83rd Legislature, R.S., including agency preparations for the statewide rollout of STAR+PLUS

  • STAR+PLUS (Overview, Handbook, External Quality Review Organization Reports), Texas Health and Human Services Commission
  • Medicaid Managed Care Initiatives (STAR+PLUS, Long-Term Services and Supports), Texas Health and Human Services Commission

 

March 25th

House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Topic: Classifying 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system

Senate Committee on Criminal Justice

Topic: Status report from Texas Juvenile Justice Department to include a discussion of its use of facilities, specifically the utilization of the Corsicana Facility and the purposed commitment of state committed juveniles to the formerly closed Crockett Facility, and the agencies budget overruns

March 26th

House Select Committee on Criminal Procedure Reform

Topic: Paperless charging system for processing criminal cases

 

House Committee on Public Education

Charge: Implementation of HB 5, 83rd Legislature, R.S., creation of additional rigorous mathematics and science courses to meet needs of state's workforce

 

 

Charge: Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in the tested grades

 

March 27th

House Select Committee on Business & Industry

Charge: State of the Texas economy

 

Charge: Economic impact of credit card and identity theft

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Interim Hearings – Week of March 10, 2014

Mar 3

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Interim Hearings – Week of March 10th

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 10th

House Committee on County Affairs

 

Charge 1: Population growth and impact on housing, available land resources, businesses, and the state's economy

 

Charge 2: Oversight of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, jail issues including mental health

 

Charge 3: Monitor health advisory panel from HB 3793, 83rd Legislature

 

Charge 4: Cite-and-summons policy and effect on overcrowding in county jails

 

Charge 5: Veterans courts and implementation of SB 462, 83rd Legislature (Joint Charge with House Committee on Defense and Veterans' Affairs)

 

Charge 6: Legislative oversight and monitoring of the agencies and programs under the committee’s jurisdiction and the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 83rd Legislature

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Interim Hearings – Week of February 24, 2014

Feb 19

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Interim Hearings - Week of February 24th

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.

 

February 28th

House Committee on Technology

University Technology Commercialization

 Charge 5: Texas' competitiveness with other states in recruiting and cultivating the software industry, including entertainment software

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Interim Hearings – Week of February 17, 2014

Feb 12

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Interim Hearings - Week of February 17th
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.

 

February 21st

Topic: Trade and transportation infrastructure

February 19th

Topics: Overview of sunset process; organizational information; approval of review schedule, operating budget, and Commission rules; person-first respectful language in statutes; project to repair health and human services agencies' statutes

February 20th

Senate Committee on Health & Human Services

Charge: Child Protective Services

 Charge: Women's health

 

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