WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture & Livestock Committee

            April 5, 2023 - 8:00 AM

HB 276

                 For:

                                 Blea, Amy (Self; Homemade Texas)

                                 Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Vella, Jeanette (Self; Texas legislative action committee)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Hale, Kevin (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)

                                 Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)

                                 Masters, Kelley (Self; Homemade Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Archambault, Chris (Self; TLAC)

                                 Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Nolan, Amy (Self)

HB 2509

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)

                                 Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)

                                 Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Romo, Joel (American Diabetes Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Self)

                                 Reichek, Karen (Texas Department of Agriculture)

HB 2692

                 For:

                                 Koch, John (Self; Block by Block)

                                 Pacheco, Leo (Self)

                                 Pacheco, Mike (Self; Centro San Antonio / Block By Block)

                 Against:

                                 Burnett, Dale (Self; Texas Pest Control Association)

                                 HERRERA, ROY (Self; FRONTRUNNER PEST CONTROL, INC & TEXAS PEST

                                 CONTROL ASSOCIATION)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Wright, Philip (Texas Depatment of Agriculture)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)

                 Against:

                                 Kercheval, Todd (Texas Pest Control Association)

HB 2769

                 For:

                                 Barnes, Chris (Self; Texas Association of Professional Bee Removers)

                 Against:

                                 Ralph, Ashley (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association, Prime Bees Farm,)

                                 Stillman, Dorothy (Self; Texas Beekeepers Assoc)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Beekeepers Association)

HB 3419

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gamez, Alex (Self; Humane Society)

HB 4069

                 For:

                                 Santerre, Judy (Self)

                 On:

                                 Hightower, Trent (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)

HB 4413

                 For:

                                 Williamson, Scott (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gibson, David (Self)

                                 Roberts, Cary (The County and District Clerks Association)

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HB 4538

                 For:

                                 Ralph, Ashley (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association, Prime Bees Farm)

                                 Stillman, Dorothy (Self; Texas Beekeepers Assoc)

                 Against:

                                 Barnes, Chris (Self; Texas Association of Professional Bee Removers)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Beekeepers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)

                 On:

                                 Baxter, Bill (Texas Apiary Inslection Service)

HB 4616

                 For:

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Evans, Michelle (Self)

                 On:

                                 Wright, Philip (Self)

HB 4644

                 For:

                                 Carson, Bill (Self; Native Texas Nursery)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Frazier, Kyle (Texas wine and grape growers)

                                 Gibson, David (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)

                 On:

                                 Ripley, Jeff (Texas A&M Extension Service)

                                 Wright, Philip (Self)

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