WITNESS LIST
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services Committee
(Subcommittee on Credit Service Organizations)
April  14, 2009 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  1939
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Goodwill)
 
 
Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Messer, Bill (Ace Cash Express, Inc.)
 
 
Vaughn, Alex (Cash America)
 
 
Vonkennel, Tim (Consumer Service Alliance of Texas)
 
 
Wessel, Rick (First Cash Financial Services, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Pettijohn, Leslie (Consumer Credit Commissioner)
 
 
 
 
HB  2211
 
    For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Chaparro, Alfredo (Midland Affordable Housing Alliance)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cirillo, Patricia  (Self)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
Price, Michael (TC3- Texas Coalition for Consumer Choice)
 
 
Sheehan, J. Scott (Consumer Services Alliance of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Baylor, Don (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Pettijohn, Leslie (Consumer Credit Commissioner)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Goodwill)
 
 
Widrow, Woody  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Domenicone, Osjha (Select Management Resources, LLC)
 
 
Fagin Cutrona, Sarah (Pay Day One)
 
 
Martinez, Maria (HAP Institute)
 
 
McKenzie, Gene (Texas Consumer Lenders)
 
 
Messer, Bill (Ace Cash Express Inc)
 
 
Reyes, Deborah (Advance America)
 
 
Vaughn, Alex (Cash America)
 
 
Vonkennel, Tim (Consumer Service Alliance of Texas)
 
 
Wessel, Rick (First Cash Financial Services, Inc)
 
 
Wittenburg, Michelle (Cottonwood Financial)
 
 
 
 
HB  3021
 
Against:
Cirillo, Patricia  (Self)
 
 
Moore, William (Lee) (Texas Consumer Finance Association)
 
 
Sheehan, J. Scott (Consumer Servces Alliance of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
 
 
Pettijohn, Leslie (Consumer Credit Commissioner)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Goodwill)
 
    For:
Marlin, Justin (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bryant, Ellen (EZCorp, Inc.)
 
 
Domenicone, Osjha (Select Management Resources, LLC)
 
 
Fagin Cutrona, Sarah (Pay Day One)
 
 
Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)
 
 
McKenzie, Gene (Texas Consumer Lenders)
 
 
Messer, Bill (Ace Cash Express Inc.)
 
 
Price, Michael (TC3- Texas Coalition for Consumer Choice)
 
 
Reyes, Deborah (Advance America)
 
 
Robnett, Nolan (United Pawn Brokers)
 
 
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
Shields, Brad (Security Finance, Inc.)
 
 
Vaughn, Alex (Cash America)
 
 
Vonkennel, Tim (Consumer Service Alliance of Texas)
 
 
Wessel, Rick (First Cash Financial Services, Inc.)
 
 
Wittenburg, Michelle (Cottonwood Financial)
 
 
 
 
HB  3529
 
Against:
Capeheart, Sandy  (Self and Collections Incorporated)
 
 
Lyons, Loraine  (Self and FMA Alliance, Ltd.)
 
 
Morgan, Thomas (American Collectors Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Goodwill)
 
 
Doggett, Robert (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gregg, Michele (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
Matz, Laura (Community Associations Institute- Texas Legislative Action Committee)
 
 
May, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
 
 
Messer, Bill (Ace Cash Express Inc)
 
 
Vonkennel, Tim (Consumer Service Alliance of Texas)
 
 
Wessel, Rick (First Cash Financial Services, Inc)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hutchings, Sealy (Office of Consumer Credit)