WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            May 6, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            SB 14

                 For:

                                 Fullerton, Lisa (Self)

                                 Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Miller, Don (Self; County Line BBQ)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Sterling, Shelby (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Streufert, Kelsey Erikson (Texas Restaurant Association)

                 Against:

                                 Alexander, Hannah (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Brookins, KB (Self; Embrace Austin)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Hamill, Joe (AFSCME San Antonio Local 2021, Harris County Local 1550, HOPE Local 123,

                                 Austin/Travis County Local 1624, El Paso Local 59)

                                 Johnson, Carol (City of Austin)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

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

                                 Livar, Robert (Self; CDI Technology Services)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Narvaez, Omar (City of Dallas)

                                 Sarkar, Neal (Harris County Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and

                                 Industrial Branch)

                                 Anz, Paula (Self)

                                 Baxley, Jack (TEXO The Construction Company)

                                 Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)

                                 Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

                                 Butigian, Rose (Self; IslandThymeGrill LLC)

                                 Campbell, Julie (Self)

                                 Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)

                                 Dabeau, Jocelyn (Texas Construction Association)

                                 DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Staffing and Jobs for Texas)

                                 Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Gallagher, Auburne (Self; TTP)

                                 Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Graydon, Galt (Southwest Airlines Co.)

                                 Gutierrrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Harris, Dana (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Hayter, Russell (Self)

                                 Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Holder, Austin (Theatre Owners of Mid-America)

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Jackson, Kyle (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Keener, Justin (U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association)

                                 Kelemen, George (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Lambert, Chris (Self; L&O Electric)

                                 Lambert, Wendy (Self; Central Texas Subcontractors Association)

                                 Lenk-Hatfield, Erika (Self)

                                 Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

                                 Long, Wade (AGC-Building Branch)

                                 Mangum, Martha (Real Estate Council of San Antonio (RECSA))

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

                                 Miller, Dallas (Self; Texas Restaurant Association)

                                 Miller, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Moeller, Duane (Self; Mission Restaurant Supply)

                                 Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Norton, Ed (Self)

                                 Phenix, Billy (Self)

                                 Ponce, Kathy (Self)

                                 Reach, Mark (Self)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Smith, Christopher (Self)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)

                                 Snowden, Tara (North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Spence, Logan (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)

                                 Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Real Estate Councils of Texas)

                                 Totten, Lori (Self)

                                 Troxclair, Ellen (Self)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chanber of Commerce)

                                 Whittington, LaTonya (Self; Cannabis Reform of Houston)

                                 Wilbanks, Chad (Self)

                                 Winstanley, Ellis (Self; El Arroyo)

                                 Ziskovsky, Scott (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Appel, Louis (Self; People's Community Clinic)

                                 Bear, Stevie (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Bier, Marti (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Broaddus, Kirk (Self)

                                 Brown, Andy (Self)

                                 Bryan, Donna (Self)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self)

                                 Collins, Karen (Self)

                                 Gallagher, Lori (Self)

                                 Garcia, Alexus (Self)

                                 Gezana, Susan (Self)

                                 Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Jaimes, Nasario (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (Texas NAACP)

                                 Keysor, Georgia (Self)

                                 Levy, Rick (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

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

                                 MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)

                                 Major-McDowall, Ivy (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Mashberg, Amy (Self)

                                 McNulty, Jeaneane (Self)

                                 Medina, Charon (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))

                                 Miller, Ben (Self; Battleground Texas)

                                 Mills, Amber (Self)

                                 Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Sheehan, Kara (Self; Local Progress)

                                 Stern, Maggie (Self)

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

                                 Tamayo, Elisa (Self)

                                 Torres, Oscar (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Warren, Gary (Central South Carpenters Regional Council)

                                 Weinberg, David (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Hale, Angela (Texas Competes)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 23

                 For:

                                 Bridgwater, Samuel (Self; Harris county pct3)

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

                                 Riddle, David (Harris County Commissioner Pct 4)

                 On:

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casaday, Kenneth (Austin Police Association)

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers’ Union)

                                 Garcia, Matthew (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Broaddus, Kirk (Self)

                                 Bryan, Donna (Self)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Collins, Karen (Self)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Hamill, Joe (AFSCME San Antonio Local 2021, Harris County Local 1550, HOPE/Houston

                                 Local 123, Austin/Travis County Local 1624, El Paso Local 59)

                                 Keysor, Georgia (Self)

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

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 MacNaughton, Beverly (Self)

                                 Mashberg, Amy (Self)

                                 Narvaez, Omar (City of Dallas)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Sheehan, Kara (Self; Local Progress)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Zanoi, Peter (City of Corpus Christi)

            SB 220

                 On:

                                 Wood, Robert (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 424

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

            SB 507

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acuna, Luis (Texas 2036)

                                 Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

                                 Harris, Dana (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Leal, Charlie (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

            SB 760

                 For:

                                 Hemmeline, Charlie (Texas Solar Power Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belsick, Michael (Self)

                                 Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (US Green Building Council Texas Chapter)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)

            SB 799

                 On:

                                 Wood, Robert (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Osborn, Hope (Texas 2036)

                 On:

                                 Comeaux Rubin, Amy (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Ledesma, Andreana (HHSC Office of Inspector General)

                                 Niland, Tom (Department of Information Resources)

                                 Raitt, Gordon (Health and Human Services Commission)

            SB 800

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Dillon, Daniel (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                 Sawhney, Rishi (Health & Human Services Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            SB 1281

                 For:

                                 Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

                                 Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Jeffrey (Advanced Power Alliance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (US Green Building Council Texas Chapter)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                 Against:

                                 Poinsett, Royce (Duke Energy)

                                 Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)

                                 Stover, Mark (Apex Clean Energy)

                 On:

                                 Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission)

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