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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Public Health Committee

            March 17, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            HB 316

                 For:

                                 Dean, Dustin (Self; Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 McNeill, Shalene (Self)

                                 Miller, Rhonda (Self)

                                 Richards, Brandi (Self; Texas cattle feeders association)

                 Against:

                                 Christoffel, Brett (Self; All Y'alls Foods)

                                 Colegrove, Dan (Alliance for Plant Based Inclusion)

                                 O'Connell, Jessica (Beyond Meat)

                                 Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Essler, JC (Texas Poultry Federation)

                                 Gunn, Brandon (Texas Pork Producers Association)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Self; Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

                 Against:

                                 Grant, Kathy (The Good Food Institute)

                                 Hebert, Bryan (Plant Based Foods Association)

                                 Mains, Chuck (Self; Impossible Foods)

            HB 723

                 For:

                                 Dion, Shannon (Self; Secure Our Seniors' Safety)

                                 Pangburn, Cheryl (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Stewart, Clayton (Texas medical association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 928

                 On:

                                 Pahl, Stephen (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

            HB 1011

                 For:

                                 Feigenbaum, Aryeh (Self; Ohr HaTorah)

                                 Goldfeder, Howard (Self)

                                 Hirschberg, Charles (Self; Dallas chevra kadisha inc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bower, Glenn (Texas funeral service commission)

                                 Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Self, Cathy (Dallas County Medical Examiner - Resource Witness)

            HB 1164

                 For:

                                 Belfort, Michael (Self)

                                 Reed, Christina (Self; Baylor college of medicine and texas children's hospital)

                 Against:

                                 Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)

                 On:

                                 Klein, Jorie (Department of State Health Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

            HB 1363

                 For:

                                 Geelhoed, Mike (Texas physical therapy association)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

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

            HB 1386

                 For:

                                 Greiner, Marley (Bastatd Nation. The Adoptee Rights Organization)

                                 Hodgson, Shawna (Self; Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition)

                                 Johnson, Noel (Self)

                                 Jurenovich, Elizabeth (Self; Abrazo Adoption Associates)

                                 Peters, Joellen (Self; Support Texas Adoptee Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bohnenblust, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Gray, Connie (Self; Texas DNA and Adoptee Search Support)

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Perkins, Katy (Self)

                                 Purcell, Marci (Self; Adoption Knowledge Affiliates)

                                 Sarantakes, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Scott, Dawn (Self)

                                 Smith, Marla (Support Texas Adoptee Rights)

                 Against:

                                 Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                 On:

                                 Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 1490

                 On:

                                 Duncan, Cameron (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 1565

                 For:

                                 Hubbard, John (Anatomical Board of the State of Texas)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Bower, Glenn (Texas funeral service commission)

                                 Hammett, Tricia (Science Care, Inc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 McDivitt, Darren (Sunset Commission stadd)

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