WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            March 24, 2015 - 11:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 687

                 For:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Doyle, Michael (Self)

                                 McCraw, John (Lin) (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burklund, Adam (American Insurance Association)

                                 Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Johnson, Diana (American association of independent adjusters)

                                 Marlow, John (ACE Group)

                                 Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)

                                 Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)

                                 Williams, Kathy (Texas assoc. of staffing)

                 Against:

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)

            HB 1332

                 For:

                                 Martine, Carol (Self; Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Sepehri, John (Texas Apartment Association)

                 Against:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Self; Texas Family Council)

                                 Mock, Nelson (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)

                 Against:

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Family Council)

            HB 1603

                 For:

                                 Egan, Byron (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Phillips, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sullivan, James (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Walters, Brian (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

                                 Burgess, Karen (Self)

                                 Chamberlain, David (Self; President, Texas Chapters of American Board of Trial Advocates)

                                 Cherry, David (Self)

                                 Choate, Guy (Self)

                                 Lauten, Brian (Self)

                                 O'Neill, Eileen (Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates)

                                 Parsons, Judge Jim Parsons (Self; Abota)

                                 Pittard, Kirk (Self)

                                 RICHARDSON, JIM (Self)

                                 Smith, Michele (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Booth, Brittney (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Charnitski, Jonathan (Self)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Fox, Lori Ann (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Hodges, David (Self)

                                 Kuhl, John (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Neeley, Karen (Independent bankers association of Texas)

                                 Perkins, Val (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Robertson, Daryl (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Walters, David (Self)

                                 Zachary, Mance (Energy Future Holdings)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Metcalfe, Sally (Self)

                                 Sandill, Ravi (Self)

                                 Slaton, Vicki (Self; SREC SD2, CWA)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                                 Ward, Jerri Lynn (Self)

            HB 1716

                 For:

                                 Campirano, Eduardo (Self; Brownsville  Navigation District)

                                 Roby, John (Port of Beaumont)

                                 Viator, Mark (Jefferson Energy Companies)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Younger, Pat (Gulf Ports Association of the Americas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bearden, Steve (Port Isabel-San Benito Navigation district)

                                 Bruno, Steve (Port Freeport)

                                 Emerson, Jennifer (Port of Houston Authority)

                                 Erskine, Jack (Texas lng)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Exelon government relations)

                                 Mills, Ronald (Port Mansfield)

                                 Sizemore, Mike (Self; Port of Victoria)

                                 Younger, Kevin (Port of Harlingen)

                                 Younger, Kevin (Cedar Bayou Navigation District)

            HB 1936

                 For:

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Lopez, Josue (Self; ARISE and LUPE)

                                 Ruppert, Richard (Self; Texas land developers)

                                 Sasser, Ford (Self; Indeoendent Bankers Association of Texas and Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Brown, Charles (Texas Property Tax Lienholders Association)

                                 Halstead, Paul (Self; Ovation financial Services)

                                 Hunker, Kathleen (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Longhofer, Matt (TPTLA)

                                 Nelson, Jack (TX property Tax Lienholders Assn)

                 On:

                                 Pettijohn, Leslie (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)

                                 Truitt, Vicki (Mackie, Wolf, Zeintz & Mann)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clapp, Jim (Self; The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Clardy, Kristin (Self; Security National Mortgage Company)

                                 Coke, Amy (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoociation)

                                 Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)

                                 Foster, Doug (Self; Polunsky Beitel Green)

                                 Garris, Troy (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                                 Gillen, Scott (Self; Stewart Title)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Gross, Julie (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hrncir, Winifred (Self; TMBA)

                                 Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)

                                 Jenkins, Pam (Self; Texas Association of Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Lee, Michael (Tmba)

                                 Livesley-O'Neill, Will (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)

                                 Mayer burke, Suzanne (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Maynard Cole, Tracy (Self)

                                 McCollum, Pam (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoc)

                                 McCue, Cari (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 McElreath, Dayna (Self; Texas association of mortgage bankers)

                                 McGrath, Paulina (Self; Republic State Mortgage Co.)

                                 Pirrello, Mary (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Pritchett, Paul (Self; TMBA)

                                 Raskin, Mark (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Rembert, David (Self)

                                 Rhodes, Tom (Self; Sente Mortgage)

                                 Rice, Chuck (Texas Land Developers Association)

                                 Ruhl, Ruth (Self)

                                 Schmuelgen, Mike (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Smith, Suzanne (Texas Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Thomas, Kathie (Self; TMBA)

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Family Council)

                                 Watson, Angela (Self; Texas mortgage bankers assoc)

                                 Willoughby, Kristin (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Worley iii, Fred (Self; Texas mortgage bankers assoc)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)

                 Against:

                                 Allen, Corey (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoc)

                                 Arnold, Jim (Protect My Texas Property)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Larkin, Cissy (Self; TMBA)

                                 Ruby, Doug (TPTLA)

                                 Willoughby, Kristin (Twxas Mortgage Bankers Association)

            HB 1984

                 For:

                                 Dreyer, Lauren (SpaceX)

                                 Feige, Jeff (Self; Orbital Outfitters Ltd.)

                                 Serafy, Nick (Cameron County Spaceport Corporation)

                 On:

                                 Graf, Keith (Office of the governor)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beard, Amy (The Boeing Company)

                                 Davis, John (Self; Midland development corp)

                                 McGarry, Mignon (United technologies corporation)

                                 Posey, Jake (Bell Helicopter)

                                 Shields, Chris (Port San Antonio)

                                 Welch, Pamela (Self; Midland Development Corporation)

            HB 2063

                 For:

                                 Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner &Engel)

                                 Hopkins, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                 On:

                                 Neeley, Karen (Independent bankers association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Truitt, Vicki (Mackie, Wolf, Zeintz & Mann)

                 Against:

                                 Clapp, Jim (Self; The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Clardy, Kristin (Self; Security National Mortgage Company)

                                 Coke, Amy (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoociation)

                                 Foster, Doug (Self; Polunsky Beitel Green)

                                 Garris, Troy (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                                 Gillen, Scott (Self; Stewart Title)

                                 Gross, Julie (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Hrncir, Winifred (Self; Tmba)

                                 Jenkins, Pam (Self; Texas Association of Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Johnson, Anisa (Self; Texas mortgage bankers)

                                 Lee, Michael (Tmba)

                                 Mayer burke, Suzanne (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Maynard Cole, Tracy (Self)

                                 McCollum, Pam (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoc)

                                 McCue, Cari (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 McElreath, Dayna (Self; Texas association of mortgage bankers)

                                 McGrath, Paulina (Self; Republic State Mortgage Co.)

                                 Pirrello, Mary (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Raskin, Mark (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Rembert, David (Self)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Rhodes, Tom (Self; Sente Mortgage)

                                 Ruhl, Ruth (Self)

                                 Schmuelgen, Mike (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Smith, Suzanne (Texas Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Watson, Angela (Self; Texas mortgage bankers assoc)

                                 Willoughby, Kristin (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Worley iii, Fred (Self; Texas mortgage bankers assoc)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)

                 On:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Self; Texas Family Council)

                                 Jones, Caroline (Texas department of savings and mortgage lending)

            HB 2066

                 For:

                                 Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner &Engel)

                                 Hopkins, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gillen, Scott (Self; Stewart Title)

                 On:

                                 Neeley, Karen (Independent bankers association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Rice, Chuck (Texas Land Devevopers Asso.)

                                 Truitt, Vicki (Mackie, Wolf, Zeintz & Mann)

                 Against:

                                 Eppinger, Bruce (Self)

                                 Whisnant, Jocelyn (Self)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)

                 On:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Self; Texas Family Council)

                                 Gross, Julie (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Jones, Caroline (Texas department of savings and mortgage lending)

                                 McCollum, Pam (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoc)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

            HB 2067

                 For:

                                 Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner &Engel)

                                 Hopkins, Mark (Self)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Neeley, Karen (Independent bankers association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Rodgers, Kelly (Wells Fargo Bank)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Truitt, Vicki (Mackie, Wolf, Zientz & Mann)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)

                 On:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Self; Texas Family Council)

                                 Jones, Caroline (Texas department of savings and mortgage lending)

            HB 2069

                 For:

                                 Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner &Engel)

                                 Hopkins, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                 On:

                                 Neeley, Karen (Independent bankers association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Truitt, Vicki (Mackie, Wolf, Zientz & Mann)

                 Against:

                                 Clapp, Jim (Self; The Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Clardy, Kristin (Self; Security National Mortgage Company)

                                 Coke, Amy (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoociation)

                                 Eppinger, Bruce (Self)

                                 Foster, Doug (Self; Polunsky Beitel Green)

                                 Garris, Troy (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                                 Gillen, Scott (Self; Stewart Title)

                                 Gross, Julie (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Hrncir, Winifred (Self; Tmba)

                                 Jenkins, Pam (Self; Texas Association of Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Johnson, Anisa (Self; Texas mortgage bankers)

                                 Lee, Michael (Tmba)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Mayer burke, Suzanne (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Maynard Cole, Tracy (Self)

                                 McCollum, Pam (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Assoc)

                                 McCue, Cari (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 McElreath, Dayna (Self; Texas association of mortgage bankers)

                                 McGrath, Paulina (Self; Republic State Mortgage Co.)

                                 Pirrello, Mary (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Raskin, Mark (Self; Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Rembert, David (Self)

                                 Rhodes, Tom (Self; Sente Mortgage)

                                 Rice, Chuck (Texas Land Developers Association)

                                 Ruhl, Ruth (Self)

                                 Schmuelgen, Mike (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Smith, Suzanne (Texas Mortgage Bankers)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Tallent, CMB, AMP, Thomas (Self; Cendera Funding, Inc.)

                                 Watson, Angela (Self; Texas mortgage bankers assoc)

                                 Whisnant, Jocelyn (Self)

                                 Willoughby, Kristin (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 Worley iii, Fred (Self; Texas mortgage bankers assoc)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)

                 On:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Self; Texas Family Council)

                                 Eppinger, Bruce (Self)

                                 Jones, Caroline (Texas department of savings and mortgage lending)

            HB 2142

                 For:

                                 Egan, Byron (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Fox, Lori Ann (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Robertson, Daryl (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Booth, Brittney (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Kuhl, John (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Flores, Carmen (Texas Secretary of State)

            HB 2144

                 For:

                                 Egan, Byron (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Fox, Lori Ann (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Robertson, Daryl (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Flores, Carmen (Texas Secretary of State)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Booth, Brittney (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                                 Kuhl, John (Texas Business Law Foundation)

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