By: Campos (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) H.B. No. 1278 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 20, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 20, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to public hearings on homelessness issues held by the Texas Interagency Council for the Homeless. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2306.907(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The council shall annually [may] hold [, throughout the state,] public hearings on homelessness issues in at least one county located in a rural area of this state and one county located in an urban area of this state. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. * * * * *