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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            April 8, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 44

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 61

                 For:

                                 Flickinger, Marie (Self)

                                 Shepard, Krystal (Self)

                                 Zamora, Jose (Self)

                 On:

                                 Henderson, Melissa (Educate Texas)

                                 Leslie, Bruce (Self; Alamo Colleges)

                                 Rosser, Aubrey Wynn (Self; Greater Texas Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Caudill, Elizabeth (Metro 8 Chambers)

                                 Caudill, Elizabeth (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Floyd, Beaman (Texas Community College Teachers Association)

                                 Poteat-Phelps, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 921

                 On:

                                 Costigan, Andrew (Self; Texas state employees union)

                                 Kenefick, Kathryn (Self; University of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)

            HB 1000

                 On:

                                 Duncan, Robert (Texas tech university system)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Khator, Renu (University of Houston System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1262

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Rosser, Aubrey Wynn (Self; Greater Texas Foundation)

            HB 2629

                 For:

                                 Wigtil, Brad (Baylor University)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)

            HB 3027

                 For:

                                 Grube, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)

                                 Stidvent, Veronica (WGU Texas)

                 On:

                                 Martin, Ken (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas higher education cooordinating board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hernandez, Lizbeth (TPA)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

            HB 3078

                 On:

                                 Zolnierek, Cindy (Self; Texas nurses association)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3318

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas association of business)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                                                                               3