WITNESS LIST

            Economic & Small Business Development Committee

            April 10, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1281

                 For:

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Helmcamp, Leslie (Center for public policy priorities)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                 On:

                                 Temple, Larry (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB Texas)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Conradt, Trish (Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Stewart, Scott (Zachry Industrial)

                                 Summers, Kurtiss (Self; NFIB Texas)

                                 Williams, Kathy (Texas assoc. of staffing)

                 Against:

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council)

                                 English Jr., Cornelius (Connie) (United Transportation Union)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Texas Political and Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Saunders, Kamron (United Transportation Union)

                                 Simpson, Dee (Corrections Employee Council 7 AFSCME)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

            HB 1524

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

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

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Villarreal, Johnny (Houston fire fighters local 341)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Garza Jr, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)

                 Against:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Southwest Pipe Trades Association)

                                 Arabie, Joe (Allied Workers Local Union 22)

                                 Briggs, Terry (Self; Brotherhood of locomotive engineers and trainmen)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council)

                                 Delanghe, Wayne (Self; San Antonio Professional Firefighters Local 624)

                                 English Jr., Cornelius (Connie) (United Transportation Union)

                                 Gibson, Rob (Self; Fort Worth firefighters association)

                                 Griffith, Melinda (Waco Police Association)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Texas Political and Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Manning, Randall (Self; Laredo fire fighter union local 872)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Osobase, Derrick (Texas Stsate Employees Union)

                                 Patrick, John (Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Saunders, Kamron (United Transportation Union)

                                 Simpson, Dee (Corrections Employee Council 7 AFSCME)

                                 Veliz, Reynaldo (Self; Laredo firefighters local 872)

                 On:

                                 Clay, Reed (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Godbey, Josh (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 1982

                 For:

                                 Culbertson, Mike (Corpus Christi Regional EDC)

                                 Culbertson, Mike (Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                 On:

                                 Gadney, Javier (OOG)

                                 Morin, Joe (Office of governor)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

            HB 2141

                 On:

                                 Moore, John (Texas Workforce Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB Texas)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council)

            HB 2340

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)

            HB 2388

                 For:

                                 Faulk, Cody (Port Authority and Brooks Development Authority)

                                 Garza, Frank (Port Authority and Brooks Development Authority)

                                 Shields, Chris (Port San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Courreges, Erin (Brooks Development Authority)

                                 Johns, Stephanie (City of San Antonio)

                                 Shields, Chris (The Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

            HB 3005

                 Against:

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                 On:

                                 Temple, Larry (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Goodwill Industries of Central Texas)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                 Against:

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council)

                 On:

                                 Macias, Luis (Texas Workforce Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3028

                 On:

                                 Temple, Larry (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Goodwill Industries of Central Texas)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

            HB 3162

                 On:

                                 Boswell, Patrick (Office of the governor)

                                 Hazell, Terry (Tetf advisory)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas association of business)

            HB 3182

                 For:

                                 Aghamalian, Brandon (Cities of Fort Worth, Irving, Galveston, Corpus Christi and Frisco

                                 EDS)

                 On:

                                 Blackwood, Dr. Susan (San Antonio Sports)

                                 Jones, Phillip (Self; Dallas convention and visitors bureau)

                                 Payne, Matthew (Austin Sports Commission)

                                 Rolfe, John (Greater houston convention and visitors bureau)

                                 Sawaya, Michael (City of San Antonio)

                                 Sexton, Steve (Circuit of The Americas)

                                 Shields, Chris (San Antonio Sports)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 Against:

                                 Short, Jim (Self; National cutting horse association)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Robert (Tx Comptroller)

            HB 3563

                 For:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas association of business)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Helmcamp, Leslie (Center for public policy priorities)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Williams, Kathy (Texas Assoc. of Staffing)

                 Against:

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas State Building & Construction Trades Council)

            HB 3662

                 For:

                                 Dees, Roger (Chireno ISD)

                                 Milliron, Mark (WGU Texas)

                                 Rhodes, Richard (Austin Community College)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

            HB 3782

                 For:

                                 Blackwood, Dr. Susan (San Antonio Sports)

                                 Shields, Chris (San Antonio Sports)

                 On:

                                 Jones, Phillip (Self; Dallas conventiom and visitors bureau)

                                 Payne, Matthew (Austin Sports Commission)

                                 Rolfe, John (Greater houston convention and visitors bureau)

                                 Sawaya, Michael (City of San Antonio)

                                 Sexton, Steve (Circuit of The Americas)

                                 Wood, Robert (Tx Comptroller)

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