SENATE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

COMMITTEE:     State Affairs 

TIME & DATE:   10:00 AM, Monday, August 11, 2025 

PLACE:         Senate Chamber 
CHAIR:         Senator Bryan Hughes 

The Senate Committee on State Affairs will meet to consider the following:

SB 6           Hughes                   
Relating to abortion, including civil liability for the manufacture and provision of abortion-inducing drugs, exemptions from the Texas Citizens Participation Act and Religious Freedom Restoration Act, authorizing civil and qui tam actions, amendments to the fee-shifting statute governing abortion litigation, immunity defenses and limits on state-court jurisdiction and relief, the parens patriae standing of the attorney general, and the jurisdiction of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals; providing for severability.

SB 10          Parker                   
Relating to an affirmative defense to prosecution for certain victims of trafficking of persons or compelling prostitution.

SB 16          Hughes                   
Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court security, court documents and arrest warrants, document delivery, juvenile boards, constitutional amendment election challenges, record retention, youth diversion, court-ordered mental health services, the powers of the Texas Supreme Court, and jurors; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing fees.

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.

NOTICE OF ASSISTANCE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS

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