WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            April 28, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1215

                 For:

                                 Lavallo, Will (Workers defense project)

                                 Torrence, Philesha (Self; AFL-CIO)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cowles, Michael (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers defense project)

                                 Jacobs, Melissa (Self)

                                 Kaplan, Austin (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Association)

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

            HB 1442

                 For:

                                 Adams, George (City of Austin)

                                 Nicks, Bob (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)

                 Against:

                                 Alles, Richard (Self)

                                 Claunch, Dave (The City of West Lake Hills)

                                 Fossum, Michael (Austin Heritage Tree Foundation)

                                 Holland, Kirk (Self; Long Canyon Phase 2 and 3 HOA)

                                 Vega, Zoila (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas  Association of REALTORS)

                                 Grace, Jim (Centerpoint Energy)

                                 Martin, Paul (Nationsl Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Institute of Building Design)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Propes, Jay (Self)

                                 Ross, Susan (State Farm Insurance)

                 Against:

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Ball, John Robert (Sun City Texas Community Association)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Matz, Laura (Lake Forest Community Association, INC)

                                 Matz, Laura (Stonebriar Homeowners Association, Inc.)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Midence Steen, Yuniedth (Scenic Texas)

                                 Muñoz Villarreal, Julián (Self; Texas Neighborhoods Together)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Perkins, Val (Texas Community Associations Advocates)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Rooni, James (Texas A&M Forest Service)

            HB 1515

                 For:

                                 Cowles, Michael (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                 Against:

                                 Ellman, Eric (Consumer Data Industry Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers defense project)

                                 Groves, Garrett (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Jacobs, Melissa (Self)

                                 Kaplan, Austin (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Torrence, Philesha (Self; AFL-CIO)

                 Against:

                                 Bratton, Pamela (Texas Association of Staffing and Texas Society of Human Resource

                                 Managers)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

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

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                 On:

                                 Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 1524

                 For:

                                 Berner, Daniel (Workers defense project)

                                 Cowles, Michael (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Cowles, Michael (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 On:

                                 Hatch, Brent (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers defense project)

                                 Jacobs, Melissa (Self)

                                 Kaplan, Austin (Self)

            HB 1620

                 For:

                                 Gardner, Bill (Self; State Firefighters and Fire Marshals' Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Katz, Howard (Harris county esd no. 46)

            HB 3082

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beachley, Pam (Texas Cotton Ginners' Trust)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Norton, Jo Betsy (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)

                 On:

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

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