SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     Business & Commerce 

TIME & DATE:   8:00 AM, Thursday, April 3, 2025 

PLACE:         E1.012 (Hearing Room) 
CHAIR:         Senator Charles Schwertner 

The Committee will meet to consider the following:

SB 231         King                     
Relating to temporary emergency energy facilities.

SB 584         West                     
Relating to the responsibility of consumer reporting agencies to ensure compliance with certain consumer reporting laws.

SB 600         West                     
Relating to the partition or voluntary sale of real property owned by certain cotenants; amending the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act.

SB 668         Hughes                   
Relating to the disclosure of information with regard to artificial intelligence.

SB 841         Hughes                   
Relating to the beneficiaries of trust funds paid or received in connection with an improvement on specific real property.

SB 986         Bettencourt             
Relating to procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests.

SB 1003        Blanco                   
Relating to the compensation of a distributed renewable generation owner in certain areas outside of ERCOT.

SB 1244        Schwertner              
Relating to unclaimed securities and virtual currency that are presumed abandoned.

SB 1625        Johnson                  
Relating to the reporting of certain security incidents by public water systems to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Department of Information Resources.

SB 1960        Schwertner              
Relating to digital replication rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals; providing private causes of action; authorizing a fee.

SB 1963        Creighton               
Relating to a financing mechanism allowing electric utilities to obtain recovery of costs associated with a weather-related event or other natural disaster; granting authority to issue bonds.

SB 1964        Parker                   
Relating to the regulation and use of artificial intelligence systems and the management of data by governmental entities.

SB 2026        Campbell                 
Relating to the charging of swipe fees on certain electronic payment transaction; authorizing a civil penalty.

SB 2056        Hancock                  
Relating to unlawful practices relating to credit card transactions; providing a civil penalty.

SB 2368        Campbell | et al.       
Relating to affiliation with certain foreign entities of certain persons working or participating in the electricity market; increasing an administrative penalty.

Public testimony will be limited to 2 minutes. If submitting written testimony, please provide 25 copies to the committee clerk with your name and the bill number on each copy.

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