WITNESS LIST

            County Affairs Committee

            March 25, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 537

                 For:

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Engbrock, Chad (C&S Media Publications; The Farmersville Times, Murphy Monitor, The

                                 Princeton Herald, The Sachse News, The Wylie News)

                                 Lewis, Wesley (Texas Press Association)

                                 Morin, Tom (Daily Court Review)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Campbell, Julie (Self)

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hill, Rick (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)

                                 Klement, Leon (Cooke county)

                                 Knapp, Sammy (Self; Jpca)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Woolsey, Chris (Self)

            HB 604

                 For:

                                 Gleason, Cathy (Self; Farmers to Felons TX divison)

                                 Jarl, Katie (Texas Pets Alive)

                                 Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shurtleff, Hilary (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 768

                 For:

                                 Gilbert, Kristi (Town of Cross Roads)

                                 Perry, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Sterling, Shelby (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Bland, Jennifer (Mustang Special Utility District & Texas Rural Water Assoc)

                                 Macmanus, Brian (Texas Rural Water Association)

                 On:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Klement, Leon (Cooke county)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 On:

                                 Hoelscher, Jennie (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 774

                 For:

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 Against:

                                 McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Campbell, Julie (Self)

            HB 775

                 Against:

                                 Hale, Darrell (Self; Collin County Commissioner Precinct 3)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Keysor, Georgia (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

            HB 1049

                 For:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hill, Rick (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Knapp, Sammy (Self; Jpca)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 1213

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Court Reporters Association)

                                 Klement, Leon (Cooke county)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 1443

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, Austin/Travis County Local 1624, El Paso

                                 Local 59)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 1444

                 For:

                                 Akin, Lane (Wise County Sheriff's Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Woolsey, Chris (Self)

            HB 1545

                 On:

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Keysor, Georgia (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2317

                 For:

                                 Holloway, Adrienne (Harris County Community Services Department)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

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

                                 Klement, Leon (Cooke county)

                                 Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association ofBuilders)

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2610

                 For:

                                 Christensen, Laurie (Harris County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Harris County Commisioners Court)

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