HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:    Agriculture & Livestock 

TIME & DATE:  8:00 AM, Friday, August 30, 2024 

PLACE:        E2.012 
CHAIR:        Rep. Briscoe Cain 

Testing for Atlas

HB 1545        Clardy | et al.               
Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee.

HB 1560        Holland                       
Relating to the regulation of the practice of veterinary medicine by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

HB 1772        Ashby                         
Relating to the documentation required for the purchase of certain timber products; creating a criminal offense.

HB 1830        Talarico                      
Relating to the authority of the Texas A&M Forest Service to identify urban areas with a canopy coverage disparity and plant trees in those areas.

HB 1851        Plesa                         
Relating to notice by certain sellers that plants containing cycasin may be toxic to canids.

HB 2308        Ashby | et al.                
Relating to nuisance actions and other actions against agricultural operations.

HB 2329        Bailes                        
Relating to honey production operations and the harvesting and packaging of honey and honeycomb.

HB 2509        Bernal                        
Relating to the establishment of a grocery access investment fund program.

HB 2568        Hayes | et al.                
Relating to a study of the acreage of carrizo cane on the international border of this state.

HB 2684        Burns                         
Relating to the issuance of oversize or overweight permits for vehicles transporting agricultural commodities during or preceding a disaster.

HB 276         Cortez                        
Relating to the regulation by a municipality or property owners' association of food production on single-family residential lots.

HB 1191        Cain                          
Relating to the regulation of raising or keeping six or fewer chickens by a political subdivision or property owners' association.

HB 2692        Campos                        
Relating to the exemption of certain activities from regulation as a structural pest control service.

HB 2769        Meza | et al.                 
Relating to the repeal of the permit requirement for the intrastate shipment of bees.

HB 2818        Cain                          
Relating to the production and regulation of hemp; providing administrative penalties; creating a criminal offense.

HB 2851        Burns                         
Relating to  grant amounts under the young farmer grant program.

HB 2886        González, Jessica | et al.                                        
Relating to establishing the food systems office to promote food security.

HB 2945        Cain                          
Relating to egg grading.

HB 2947        Cain                          
Relating to the definition of agricultural operations.

HB 3049        Anderson | et al.             
Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.

HB 3066        Bernal                        
Relating to the emergency food assistance program administered by the Department of Agriculture.

HB 3105        Ashby                         
Relating to establishment of the temporary prescribed burn manager self-insurance pool; authorizing a fee.

HB 3257        Kacal                         
Relating to the confidentiality of certain biosecurity and other sensitive information shared with the Texas Animal Health Commission.

HB 3322        Goodwin                       
Relating to the establishment of the office of food system security and resiliency in the Department of Agriculture.

HB 3323        Goodwin                       
Relating to food system security and resiliency planning.

HB 3361        Cain                          
Relating to the slaughtering of livestock.

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