WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce Committee
May 11, 2001 - 8:00A
HB 45
FOR: Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Organization for
Women), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Butler, Patrick (Texas National Organization for
Women), Washington, DC
ON: Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Insurance), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Earlet, Robert (State National Companies), Austin,
TX
HB 557
FOR: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Harris, Vicki (CWS Communities/Security Capital
Group), Schertz, TX
Patterson, Jan (CWS Communities/Security Capital
Group), Corpus Christi, TX
ON: Burke, Jim (Indian Hills Manufactured Home
Communities), San Antonio, TX
HB 567
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Broussand, Allen (Tx Workforce Commission/UI
Division), Austin, TX
HB 612
FOR: Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities),
Austin, TX
HB 803
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association), Austin,
TX
Jackson, Denise (TX RNFA Network), San Angelo, TX
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association), Austin,
TX
HB 849
ON: Brodersen, Blake (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally
Ill of Texas), Dripping Springs, TX
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in
Texas), Austin, TX
Against: Grubb, Keith (Self), W. Columbia, TX
James, Michael (Self), Houston, TX
Jiantonio, Robert (Self), Austin, TX
Keel, Lara Laneri (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
Pantermuehl, Jamie (Self), New Braunfels, TX
Pantermuehl, Jennifer (Self), New Braunfels, TX
Richardson, Ken (Self), Austin, TX
HB 931
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities),
Austin, TX
On: Wrenn, Melvin G. (TDED), Austin, TX
HB 949
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters), Austin, TX
HB 1034
FOR: Caldwell, Jim (Texas Silver Haired Legislator),
Kingsland, TX
AGAINST: Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless), Austin, TX
Ratliff, Thomas (AT&T Wireless, Voicestream, Western
Wireless), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Someeville, Darlene (Self), Horseshoe Bay, TX
Against: McWilliams, Andrea (Hughes Satellite), Austin, TX
HB 1053
ON: Braquet, Sidney (Harris County Community
Development), Houston, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cron, Richard (Harris County Judge Robert Eckels),
Houston, TX
Gonzales, Jim (Turner Collie & Brandon), Houston, TX
HB 1082
FOR: Green, Penny Anthon Ph.D. (Texas Pay Equity
Committee), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hinojosa, Walter (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX
Riddering, Hannah (Texas National Organization for
Women), Austin, TX
Against: Hahn, Christopher (Texas Employment Law Council),
Austin, TX
Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business), Austin,
TX
HB 1492
AGAINST: Hinkle, Ron (Verizon Wireless), Austin, TX
ON: Ratliff, Thomas (AT&T Wireless, Voicestream, Western
Wireless), Austin, TX
HB 1495
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Polland, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay (Self), Austin, TX
HB 1505
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Warren, Jim (Texas Plumbing, Air Conditioning and
Mechanical Contractors), Austin, TX
HB 1610
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kolodzey, Patricia (Tx Hospital Association),
Austin, TX
On: Brodersen, Blake O. (Tx Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
HB 1706
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with
Disabilities), Austin, TX
HB 1708
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Walzel, Jerry (Texas Produce Association), Mission,
TX
Williams, Tony (Texas Cotton Ginner's Association),
Austin, TX
On: Riley, Steve (Tx Workforce Commission), Austin, TX
HB 1709
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Davis, Will (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Oates, John (AETNA), Austin, TX
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Simonton, Kay (Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Texas),
Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay (TALHI), Austin, TX
Against: McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
HB 1752
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Alexander, Lee Ann (Liberty Mutual Insurance Group),
Austin, TX
Hogeland, Jonna Kay (Nationwide), Austin, TX
Huxel, Bob (Farmers Insurance), Austin, TX
Ruggiero, Denise (State Farm Insurance), Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay (AFACT, Farm Bureau Insurance
Companies), Austin, TX
Woods, Joe (Alliance of American Insurers), Austin,
TX
HB 1757
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Walzel, Jerry (Tx Produce Association), Mission, TX
Against: Hammond, Bill (Tx Association of Business), Austin,
TX
On: Riley, Steve (Tx Workforce Commission), Austin, TX
HB 1793
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association), Austin,
TX
HB 1869
ON: Rogers, Steven (Tx Manufacture Housing Association),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lee, Randy M. (Stewart Title), Austin, TX
On: Hill, Bobblie (Tx Department of Housing and
Community Affairs), Austin, TX
HB 1913
FOR: Freemay, Harold (Texas Medical Association), Austin,
TX
AGAINST: Keel, Lara Laneri (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Glenn, Eric (Humana), Austin, TX
Hill, Holli (Health Insurance Association of
America), Austin, TX
McCarty, Tom (Texas Association of Preffered
Provider Organizations), Austin, TX
Oates, John (AETNA), Austin, TX
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans),
Austin, TX
On: Brodersen, Blake (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
HB 2102
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Nesenholtz, Lynda (Tx Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Presley, Philip (Tx Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
HB 2146
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Keel, Lara Laneri (Tx Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
HB 2155
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Jobe, Everette (Tx Department of Banking), Austin,
TX
HB 2156
ON: Ervin, Janis (Public Utility Commission), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Briesemeister, Janee (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
Chapman, Randall (Tx Legal Services Center), Austin,
TX
Rodriguez, Stella (Tx Association of Community
Action Agencies), Austin, TX
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizens Members),
Austin, TX
On: Essler, Jim (Tx Department of Human Services),
Austin, TX
HB 2191
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Manross, Lee (Texas Association of Health
Underwriters), Austin, TX
HB 2382
FOR: Romberg, Peggy Freeman (Women's Health and Family
Planning Association), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bilbrey, Jennifer (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio
and SouthCentral Tx), San Antonio, TX
Blakeway, Carrie (Self), Austin, TX
Firsching, Tracy (Self), Austin, TX
Marsden, Julia (League of Women Voters of Tx),
Austin, TX
McLaren, Jessica (Planned Parenthood), Austin, TX
McLaughlin, Kae (Tx Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Action League), Austin, TX
Merriam, Rosemary (Tx Campaign for Women's Health),
Austin, TX
Riddering, Hannah (Tx National Organization for
Women), Austin, TX
Rosenbawn, Elizabeth P. (Self), Austin, TX
Strong, George (Self), Houston, TX
White, Rebecca (Planned Parenthood of Houston and
Southeast Texas, Inc.), Houston, TX
Against: Green, Penny a. (Self), Austin, TX
On: Brodersen, Blake O. (Tx Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
HB 2388
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ratliff, Thomas (Western Wireless), Austin, TX
On: Durso, Susan (Public Utility Commission), Austin, TX
HB 2430
AGAINST: Pollard, Mike (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with
Disabilities), Austin, TX
Headrick, Kelly (American Cancer Society), Austin,
TX
Kolodzey, Patricia (Texas Hospital Association),
Austin, TX
McGiffert, Lisa (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
McPherson, Kim (The Mental Health Association in
Texas), Austin, TX
Against: Davis, WIll (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers), Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay (TALHI), Austin, TX
On: Bordelon, Rod (OPIC), Austin, TX
HB 2673
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Frederick, Gary (Tx Workforce Commission)
HB 2932
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Durden, David (Tx Department of Insurance), Austin,
TX
HB 2950
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Courtney, Chuck (Tx Retailers Association), Austin,
TX
Weiss, Harvey (National Inhalant Prevention
Coalition), Austin, TX
On: Branton, Charles (Tx Department of Health), Austin,
TX
HB 3012
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Barron, Connie (Texas Medical Association), Austin,
TX
Against: Keel, Lara Laneri (Texas Association of Business and
Chambers of Commerce), Austin, TX
On: Brodersen, Blake (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
HB 3254
FOR: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Durden, David (Tx Department of Insurance), Austin,
TX
HB 3452
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel and Motel Association),
Austin, TX
Moseley, Jeff (Texas Department of Economic
Development)
Serff, Paul (Tx Travel Industry Association),
Austin, TX
HB 3578
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Frederick, Gary (Tx Workforce Commission)
HB 3630
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Camacho, Jose E. (Tx Association of Community Health
Centers), Austin, TX
Carriker, Steven A. (Tx Association of Community
Health Centers), Austin, TX
On: Brodersen, Blake O. (Tx Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX