WITNESS LIST

            County Affairs Committee

            April 15, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 1819

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Ken (Travis county Esd 11)

                 Against:

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Robert (Self; Travis County ESD No. 6 / Lake Travis Fire Rescue)

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Paxton, Andrew (Travis county fire rescue)

                 Against:

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

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Gossom, Woodrow (Wichita County)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

            HB 2242

                 For:

                                 Sapp, Matthew (Frisco Firefighters Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOU)

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

                                 Payne, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jose (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                                 Wittenburg, Michelle (Dallas Fire Fighters Association)

                 Against:

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Zanoni, Peter (City of corpus christi)

            HB 2244

                 For:

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

                                 Gossom, Woodrow (Wichita County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

            HB 2272

                 For:

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2329

                 Against:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)

                                 Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)

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

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2392

                 On:

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gossom, Woodrow (Wichita County)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOU)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                                 Zito, Al (Self)

                 On:

                                 Daughtry, Lisa (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            HB 2517

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                                 Zito, Al (Self)

            HB 2561

                 For:

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

                                 Payne, Jeremy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

            HB 2831

                 For:

                                 Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

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

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

            HB 3798

                 For:

                                 Donahue, Laura (Self; Best Friends Animal Society)

                                 Holguin, Donna (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Sabrina (American kennel club)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Loney, Gary (Self)

                                 Loney, Lauren (Self; The humane society of the united states)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Smith, R Clint (Texas Pets Alive)

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)

                 Against:

                                 Roth, Michael (Housing Authority of the City of Austin and TX NAHRO)

            HB 4037

                 For:

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Collins, Karen (Self)

                                 Field, Judy (Self)

                                 Garcia, Sarah (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)

                                 Perry, Courtney (Self)

                                 Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 4101

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)

            HB 4325

                 For:

                                 Christensen, Laurie (Harris County Fire Marshal's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Christensen, Laurie (Texas Fire Marshals Association)

                                 Gingrich, Karl (Brazoria County Fire Marshal's Office)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shields, Bradford (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vela, Martin (Texas Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators)

                                 Vela, Martin (Brazoria County Fire Marshal's Office)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 4354

                 For:

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

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Texas Criminal Justice Coalition, Texas Criminal (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                 On:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

            HB 4505

                 For:

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

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