WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            April 2, 2013 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1155

                 For:

                                 Mullins, Lance (Aia)

                 Against:

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Beachley, Pam (Texas Cotton Ginners' Trust)

                                 Betts, Albert (Association of Fire and Casualty Companies of Texas)

                                 Cobb, Ron (Amarican ins assn)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                                 Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)

                                 Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property casualty insurers assn of america)

                 Against:

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 McClellan, Brad (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, resource only)

            HB 1424

                 For:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flores, Fabiola (Self)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 McClellan, Brad (Self)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)

            HB 1468

                 For:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                                 Weldon, William (The Travelers Companies,Inc.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Davis, John A (Tx trial lawyers association)

                                 Flores, Fabiola (Texas Worker Advocates)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 McClellan, Brad (Self)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Lee Ann (Liberty Mutual Insurance)

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Beachley, Pam (Texas Cotton Ginners' Trust)

                                 Betts, Albert (Association of Fire and Casualty Companies of Texas)

                                 Bratton, Pamela (Self; Society for Human Resource Management TX State Council)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Dodson, Jeff (The Boeing Company)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Michael (American Airlines)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 Marlow, John (ACE Group)

                                 Matthews, Matt (Texas Association of Staffing)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Saxon, Lucinda (American Association of Independent Claims Professionals)

                                 Somerville, Emily (Apollo Group)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property casualty insurers assn of america)

                 Against:

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

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

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                 On:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (TDI-Division of Workers' Compensation Resource only)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, resource only)

                                 White, Brian (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

            HB 1532

                 On:

                                 Kuntz, William (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)

                 On:

                                 Francis, Brian (Texas department of licensing and regulation)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1723

                 Against:

                                 Sharp, Kathryn (Stage Stores, Inc and Texas Retailers Assoc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                 Against:

                                 Somerville, Emily (Home Depot)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

            HB 1732

                 For:

                                 Nieto, Hector (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of realtors)

            HB 1762

                 For:

                                 Coffee, Tammie (Affiliated Foods, Inc.)

                                 Hales, Chase (Plains Dairy & Affiliated Foods, Inc.)

                                 Meador, Greg (Plains dairy)

                 On:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (Tdi-dwc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bratton, Pamela (Self; Society for Human Resource Management TX State Council)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Flores, Fabiola (Self)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 Matthews, Matt (Texas Association of Staffing)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, John (Self)

                                 Trevino, Abel (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, resource only)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, resource only)

                                 Moore, Nancy (TDI)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1858

                 For:

                                 Bird, Mark (City of San Antonio)

                                 Embesi, Michael (City of austin)

                                 Lesniak, Chuck (City of Austin)

                                 Nicks (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)

                 Against:

                                 CLAUNCH, DAVE (CITY OF WEST LAKE HILLS)

                                 Fossum, Michael (Self; Austin Heritage Tree Foundation)

                                 Graham, Stan (Self; West lake hills city council)

                                 Houston, Scott (Texas municipal league)

                                 Torgrimson, Peter (Self)

                                 Vega, Zoila (Self; Austin Heritage Tree Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Cannizzo, James (US Army)

                                 Jacks, John (City of San Antonio)

                                 Kerwood, PhD, Scott (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Calcote, Mary (Real Estate Council of Austin)

                                 Calcote, Mary (Real Estate Council of San Antonio)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Erben, Andrew (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Hodges, Ken (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Patton, Marissa (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Wheelus, Dan (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Carter, Janis (City of San Marcos)

                                 Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

                                 Kroll, John (City of Dickinson)

                                 McLellan, Chuck (Self)

                                 Riggin, Mike (Environment Texas)

                                 Shelley, Dan (City of Coppell)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of North Richland Hills)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Rooni, James (Texas A&M Forest Service)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2091

                 For:

                                 Rickers, Emily (Alliance for Texas Families)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Lucy (Self)

            HB 2365

                 For:

                                 Yzaguirre, Tony (Self; Taca of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camarillo, Rick (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gray, Richard (Texas A&M Forest Service)

            HB 2524

                 For:

                                 Stratton, John Robert (Self; National Association For Amateur Radio- ARRL)

                                 Summers, Kurt (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arnold, Patty (Texas community association advocates)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of realtors)

                                 Van hoy, William (Texas propane gas association)

            HB 2726

                 Against:

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                 On:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (TDI-Division of Workers' Compensation Resource only)

                                 White, Brian (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McClellan, Brad (Self)

                                 Mincher, Debra (Texas Occupational Therapy Association)

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Trevino, Abel (Self)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Woods, Joe (Property casualty insurers assn of america)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, resource only)

            HB 2727

                 On:

                                 Bordelon, Rod (TDI-Division of Workers' Compensation Resource only)

                                 White, Brian (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McClellan, Brad (Self)

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Trevino, Abel (Self)

                                 Tysinger, Alan (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property casualty insurers assn of america)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, resource only)

            HB 3041

                 For:

                                 Abbott, Chandler (Self)

                                 Barr, Jim (Self; Texas Ticket Brokers Ass)

                                 Giovanetti, Tom (Institute for Policy Innovation)

                                 Grimm, Chris (Fan freedom)

                                 Martinez, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Breckenridge, John (Self; Theatre under the Stars)

                                 Brown, Dave (American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas)

                                 Daniel, Jeff (Broadway Across America)

                                 Hawarden, Vicki (International Association of Venue Managers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Zach (TicketCity)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)

                                 Whitney, Devin (Ebay Inc.)

                                 Wurzel, Geoff (Technet)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Brindley, Corrine (SeaWorld San Antonio)

                                 Grace, Jim (Houston Texans)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas travel industry association)

                                 Howard, Jay (Texas Rangers)

                                 Jones, Neal T. " Buddy" (Dallas Cowboys football club)

                                 Kelly, Tom (Self)

                                 Kroll, John (AEG Live)

                                 Luna, Vilma (Texans for the Arts)

                                 Miller, William (Houston Astros, Houston Rockets, Toyota Center)

                                 Ruiz, Jamie "Cookie" (Texans for the arts)

                                 Silver, Larry (Cedar Park Center)

                                 Vane, Mark (Live Nation/Ticketmaster)

            HB 3176

                 Against:

                                 Togba, Xina (Self; Lakeville Homeowners in Katy, TX)

                                 Togba, Xina (Self; Lakeville Homeowners)

            HB 3469

                 On:

                                 DuBois, Jr., Doug (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                 On:

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

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