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See instructions for April 8th committee hearing meeting. This is huge stuff.


Thursday, April 8th, 2021, BOTH  HB1838 (GANG DATABASE ACCOUNTABILITY) and HB2967 (CLARIFYING LANGUAGE FOR RIGHT TO CARRY IF FOUND IN THE GANG DATABASE) are set to be heard in the House Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee during their meeting set to begin at 10:30am in room E2.030 of the Capitol Extension.

HB 1838                                Author: González, Mary   

Last Action:                           04/08/2021 Scheduled Committee Hearing

Caption:                                 Relating to intelligence databases for combinations and criminal street gangs.

House Committee:             Homeland Security & Public Safety (In)

Bill text link:                          https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB1838

                                                (LOOK FOR THE “TEXT” TAB NEXT TO HOME, CLICK IT, CHOOSE FILE TYPE OPTION)


HB 2967                                Author: Cason    

Last Action:                           04/08/2021 Scheduled Committee Hearing

Caption:                                 Relating to the unlawful carrying of a handgun in a motor vehicle or watercraft.

House Committee:             Homeland Security & Public Safety (In)

Bill text link:                       https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB2967

                                                (LOOK FOR THE “TEXT” TAB NEXT TO HOME, CLICK IT, CHOOSE FILE TYPE OPTION)

There is no way to know in advance to know exactly when our bill will be brought up. Rep. González and Rep. Cason (and the committee's members) will have other hearings to attend or bills to lay out in other committees. The Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee’s agenda is a long one. All this to say that Rep. González and Rep. Cason could lay out these bills at almost any time on Thursday. Region 1 members of TCOC&I and confirmed members from other Regions will be there from start to finish, helping as we can.

The Capitol opens to the public at 7am and is accessible only through the north entrance. We will likely start arriving by 8am to make sure we are registered to testify at one of the many kiosks available by the committee rooms. Help will be provided by your TCOC&I volunteers as well as some GOA volunteers. Free COVID testing is available just outside that entrance starting at 6am. Face masks are required in committee hearing rooms and recommended in all areas of the Capitol.

Participation Levels based on your availability:

Option 1: For those who are coming to the Capitol and will be spending a good portion of the day with the TCOC&I team and are looking to speak; meet Clutch outside of the Committee room doors and he will help you get registered to speak. You can create an account ahead of time at https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx, scroll to the bottom and follow directions under “REGISTRATON RECOMMENDATIONS”. Otherwise, there will be IPADS in the hallway to sign-up. On that day, you must choose the box that says “I would like to provide testimony” to be considered by committee members.  Plan on it being a long day. If you are looking to speak, keep it to 2 minutes and keep the testimony on point. We are the experts here and our goal is to educate those who do not realize this is a problem. Please do so with patience but be able to answer challenges without frustration.

Option 2: For those persons who will be attending but not testifying, information for in-person witness registration, can be found here:

https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx. This will allow you to sign -up and offer support for HB1838 and HB2967. You should simply be able to support the bill by choosing the bill number (HB1838 and HB2967) and offer a comment.

Option 3: We challenge everyone to who works in or around downtown or can break away for lunch to do this. Come to the Capitol grounds and log on to the Capitol WI-FI at the instructions here https://mytxlegis.capitol.texas.gov/HWRSPublic/About.aspx under “MOBILE DEVICE ACCESS”. Register as present and support HB1838 and HB2967. If you have comments you would like to leave that are in support of the bill and will advance the process, also leave those at https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c420 . Choose the bill and write your comment for the Committee to review. Remember, your comments will then be a matter of record.

Option 4: We ask every single soul of voting age, if you cannot make it at all and wish to electronically submit comments related to HB1837 without testifying in person, you can do so until the hearing is adjourned by visiting: https://comments.house.texas.gov/home?c=c420 . Again, this will be entered as a matter of record for the Committee to review. Be polite, concise, and stick to the topic.

Below are links for more information:

House Homeland Security & Public Safety

https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/MembershipCmte.aspx?LegSess=87R&CmteCode=C420

Committee agenda for Wednesday, April 8

https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/schedules/html/C4202021040810301.HTM

Public Access to House Committee Meetings

https://www.house.texas.gov/committees/public-access-house-committee-meetings/

A live video broadcast of this hearing will be available here:

https://house.texas.gov/video-audio/
  

Capitol parking

https://tspb.texas.gov/plan/parking/parking.html

 


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