** REVISION **
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Disaster Preparedness & Flooding, Select 

TIME & DATE:  8:30 AM, Friday, August 22, 2025 

PLACE:       JHR 120 
CHAIR:       Rep. Ken King 

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Public Testimony may be limited to two (2) minutes.

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HB 48          Darby | et al.                                         
Relating to the creation of a working group to study alert notification systems.

HB 66          Darby | et al.                                         
Relating to the creation of the disaster relief and prevention matching grant and loan program and the disaster relief and prevention account.

HB 68          Lopez, Janie | et al.                                  
Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board on the costs of developing flood infrastructure in this state.

HB 71          Gervin-Hawkins                                         
Relating to emergency preparedness requirements for youth camps, camps, and entities that provide high-risk activities for minors; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 75          McLaughlin                                            
Relating to building standards for youth camps located within or near certain floodplains.

HB 117         Zwiener                           Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the authority of a county to regulate impervious cover in the unincorporated area of the county.

HB 123         Lalani                            Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to emergency preparedness and safety requirements for youth camps.

HB 149         Louderback                        Posting Rule Suspended
Relating to the governor's review of purchases by political subdivisions of public safety radio communication systems.

HB 164         Virdell                                               
Relating to the Texas Flood Recovery, Reimbursement, and Reconstruction Program; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 171         Hickland                                              
Relating to flood risk notice requirements for certain campgrounds; providing a civil penalty.

HB 254         Ashby                                                 
Relating to eligibility of a political subdivision for a grant from the Rural Infrastructure Disaster Recovery Program.

SB 3           Bettencourt | et al.                                   
Relating to outdoor warning sirens in flash flood-prone areas.

SB 18          Zaffirini | et al.                                     
Relating to an exemption from the requirement to obtain a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for certain dams or reservoirs operated and maintained for the purposes of erosion, floodwater, and sediment control.

Texas residents who wish to electronically submit comments related to

agenda items on this notice without testifying in person can do so until

the hearing is adjourned by visiting:

https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c236

For those persons who will be testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here: https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here: https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/

Instructions related to public access to the meeting location are available here: https://house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

Bills added after last posting:

HB 117

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