WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            April 13, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            HB 145

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)

                                 Guy, Linda (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Staffing)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 On:

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

            HB 157

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Guy, Linda (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

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            HB 1569

                 For:

                                 Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Kozanecki, Nancy (Self; HOA Reform Coalition of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Devine, Tara (President of Majestic Hills Homeowners Association)

                                 Woss, Alison (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)

                                 McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Krueger, John (Associa)

                                 Plas, Doug (Texas Community Associations Advocates)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

            HB 1782

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 2130

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

                                                                                               2


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            HB 2273

                 For:

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women, Texas Chapter)

                                 Strandberg, Katherine (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA))

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 2719

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Realtors)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

            HB 2810

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 Against:

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 2942

                 For:

                                 Chapman, Randy (Self)

                                                                                               3


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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

            HB 3158

                 For:

                                 Fitzgerald, Tamara (Self)

                                 Hand, Robert (Self)

                                 Tamez, Laura (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Self)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

            HB 3502

                 For:

                                 Boyd, Sipra (Texas State Bar Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)

                                 Plas, Doug (Texas Community Associations Advocates)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kozanecki, Nancy (Self; HOA Reform Coalition of Texas)

                                 Krueger, John (Associa)

                                 Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

            HB 3620

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Against:

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                                                                               4


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            HB 3622

                 For:

                                 Head, Phil (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

                 On:

                                 Landrum, Mary (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)

            HB 3656

                 For:

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Warren, Gary (Self; Central South Carpenters Regional Council)

                 On:

                                 Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                                 Martinez, Mario A. (Regional Hispanic Contractors Association)

                                 Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)

            HB 3697

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                                 Stern, Maggie (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

                                 Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 3745

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                                 Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)

                                 Zito, Al (Self)

            HB 3746

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzales, Larry (Texas Credit Union Association)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Micah (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                                 Zito, Al (Self)

                 On:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Esparza, Servando (TechNet)

            HB 3836

                 For:

                                 Castle, Christian (Self; Entertainment & Sports Law Section, State Bar of Texas)

                                 Linares Jr., Luis Carlos (Recording Industry Association of America)

                                 Mathis, Robert (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Valdez, Jerry (Recording Industry Assoc. of America)

            HB 3903

                 For:

                                 Chapman, Randy (Self)

                                 McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                                 Rosales, Christina (Texas Housers)

                 Against:

                                 Bookstaff, Howard (Texas Apartment Association)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)

                                 Poinsett, Royce (RealPage, Inc.)

            HB 3941

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)

            HB 4045

                 For:

                                 Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)

                                 Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

            HB 4059

                 Against:

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)

            HB 4415

                 For:

                                 Cooley, Amy (Self)

                                 Peters, Natalie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self)

                                 Bull, Felisha (Self; Gun Owners of America)

                                 Watson, Phil (Knife Rights Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

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