About Witness Registration

House Witness Registration is the quick and simple new way to register for an upcoming House Committee hearing. House Administration has made the witness registration paperless. Now, you can complete the new 5-step registration process when you arrive at the Texas Capitol by using one of the touch screen kiosk stations located in the Capitol Extension. You can choose to save your profile information to use for future hearings.

Registration Station Locations

Registration stations are located in the Texas Capitol Extension on levels 1 and 2.

Mobile Device Access

You can also access House Witness Registration on your iPad through the capitol's public wireless network.

• When within network range, tap Settings on your iPad.
• Next, tap the Wi-Fi menu. Public-Capitol should display in the Choose a Network list.
• Tap Public-Capitol to join the network.
• 4. Once connected to the Wi-Fi Public-Capitol, open a web browser on your iPad and click this link: http://hwrs.house.texas.gov.

NOTE: Access to House Witness Registration through a mobile device is optimized for iPad running the most recent version of iOS. Earlier iOS versions or other mobile device platforms are not supported.

For assistance with the registration process, please contact the committee clerk of the committee for which you wish to testify.

Registration Recommendations

IMPORTANT: You can save time when you arrive at the Texas Capitol to register by creating your public profile in advance and be prepared by knowing:

• The correct bill number
• In which committee hearing the bill is being heard
• The time and location of the hearing (View upcoming meetings)

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