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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee

            April 7, 2021 - 9:00 AM

            HB 2556

                 For:

                                 Block, Shonta (Self)

                                 James, Valerie (Self)

                                 Jones, Dr. Lashondra (Self; Self)

                                 Langford, Jessica (Self)

                                 Martinez, Kathryn (Self)

                                 Ordex, Tristeza (Self)

                                 Pena, Gus (Veterns for progres)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICES of Our Veterans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Eldrige, Savannah (Self; Be Frank 4 Justice)

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; Department of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW)

                                 Kennedy, Madeline (Self)

            HB 2825

                 Against:

                                 Furlow, Chris (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Hartman, Claire (Self; Texas Land Title Association)

                                 Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Assn of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Graf, Keith (Texas Military Preparedness Commission, Office of the Governor)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ayala, Juan (Texas Mayors of Military Communities (TMMC))

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                 Against:

                                 Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Banokers Association)

                                 Howden, Robert (Texas Credit Union Association)

            HB 3426

                 On:

                                 Gordon, Jeff (General land office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; Department of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 3821

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; Department of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW)

                                 Langford, Jessica (Self)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; Texas Democratic Veterans Caucus/The VOICES of Our Veterans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

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

                                 Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Painter, Lillian (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Perry, Courtney (Self)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Harris, Blake (Texas Veterans Commission)

            HB 3859

                 For:

                                 Price, Steven (Self; Texas Democratic Veterans Caucus/The VOICES of Our Veterans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Ernest (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)

            HB 3953

                 For:

                                 Wendell, Ware (Self; Texas Watch)

                 On:

                                 Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3957

                 For:

                                 Wendell, Ware (Self; Texas Watch)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)

            HB 4075

                 For:

                                 Armstrong, Marcus (Self)

                                 Arriaga, Adan (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                 Against:

                                 Schenkkan, Frances (Texas Gun Sense)

                 On:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 4162

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; Department of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW)

                                 Jones, Dr. Lashondra (Self)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; Texas Democratic Veterans Caucus/The VOICES of Our Veterans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eldrige, Savannah (Self; Be Frank 4 Justice)

                                 Kennedy, Madeline (Self)

            HB 4250

                 For:

                                 Langford, Jessica (Self)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; Texas Democratic Veterans Caucus/The VOICES of Our Veterans)

                 On:

                                 Batchelor, Sonia (Texas Military Department)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alfaro, Debra (Self)

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Chang, Samantha (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Guy, Linda (Self)

                                 Kennedy, Madeline (Self)

                                 Keysor, Georgia (Self)

                                 Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 McLean, Gentry (Self)

                                 Melendez, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Murphy, Sarah (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Perry, Courtney (Self)

                                 Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

                                 Wall, Catharine (Self)

                 On:

                                 Allen, Amy (Texas Military Department)

            HB 4450

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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