WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            April 7, 2015 - 8:30 AM

            HB 35

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 Against:

                                 Reynolds, Patrick (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Sharp, Kathryn (Texas retailers association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Texas Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Jones, Max (The Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Association of texas professional educators)

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

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                 Against:

                                 Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

                                 Campos, Dya (HEB Inc Growcery Stores)

                                 Wilkes, Morris (United Supermarkets)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)

                 On:

                                 Jarrell, Jeremiah (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 206

                 For:

                                 Mica, Tara (NRA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 351

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA (Parent Teacher Association))

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 619

                 For:

                                 Allison, Greg (Self; Bay area houston economic partnership)

                                 Davidson, Peter (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Davidson, Peter (Ciy of Corpus Christi and the Marina Association of Texas)

                                 Preston, John (Self; Gulf coast yacht brokers association)

                                 Urbanic, Simon (Self)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Booth, Brittney (Boating Trades Association of Texas)

                                 Friedson, Scott (Self; Tapia)

                                 Kuhl, John (Boating Trades Association of Metropolitan Houston)

                                 Seal, Dan (Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Timmons, Gary (Tapia)

            HB 712

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Mica, Tara (NRA)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

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            HB 849

                 For:

                                 Mica, Tara (NRA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

            HB 1458

                 For:

                                 Harless, Robby (Self)

                                 Platt, Yasmina (Self; Aircraft owners and pilots association)

                                 Provencio, Chris (Textron Aviation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Delagrammaticas, Bob (Self)

                                 Iannarelli, Janine (Self; Par Avion Ltd.)

                                 McGarry, Mignon (United Technologies Corporation)

                                 Posey, Jake (Bell Helicopter)

                                 Shields, Chris (Texas Agricultural Aviation Association)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

            HB 1742

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Armendariz, Ricardo (Mountain Star Properties)

                                 Crowe, Bryan (Destination El Paso)

                                 Crowe, Bryan (Destination El Paso)

                                 Ellsesser, Stephen (Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Joslove, Scott (Texas hotel and lodging assn)

                                 Niland, Cortney (City of El Paso)

                                 Westin, Cary (City of El Paso)

            HB 1841

                 For:

                                 Friedson, Scott (Self; Tapia)

                                 Timmons, Gary (Self; Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Morrison, Clay (TAPIA)

            HB 1857

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Cantu, Anthony (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Earle, Art (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1871

                 For:

                                 Kroll, John (City of Humble)

                                 Masters, Honorable Julie (City of Dickinson)

                                 Robinson, Julie (City of Dickinson)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Greytok, John (City of Stafford)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Stearns, Eric (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2095

                 For:

                                 Ferrell, Darrek (City of McKinney)

            HB 2096

                 For:

                                 Grice, James (Self; Texas Data Center Coalition)

                                 Holcomb, Curt (Self; Jones Lang LaSalle)

                                 Marsh, Bryan (Digital realty trust, inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flores, Robert (Data Foundry, Inc.)

                                 LeBas, James (Rackspace)

                                 Miller, Chris (AECT)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

                                 Weist, Jon (City of Irving)

            HB 2341

                 For:

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc of business)

            HB 2389

                 For:

                                 Meyers, W. A. "Andy" (Self; Fort Bend County)

                 Against:

                                 Arceneaux, Yvonne (Willow Fork Drainage District)

                                 Beavers, Jimmie (Self; Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 120)

                                 Bentson, Alan (Self; Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 165)

                                 Cashiola, Dominic (Self; Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 146)

                                 Fry, Bill (Self; Association of Water Board Directors)

                                 Lewis, Craig (Self; Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 50)

                                 Marks, Malcolm (Self; Barker Cypress Municipal Utility District)

                                 Moore, Dwight "Clint" (Self)

                                 Myers, Joseph (Self; Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 365)

                                 Nathanson, Gary (Self; Langham Creek Utility District)

                                 Walsh, Patrick (City of Houston)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wittenburg, Michelle (Ft Bend County)

                 Against:

                                 Blackman, Wenny (Self)

                                 Brittain, Dave (Self; Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District No. 109)

                                 Juhl, Penny (Fort Bend Municipal Utility District No. 143)

                                 Pleasant, Chester (Self; Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 2)

                                 Wagner, Daniel (Self; Harris County Municipal Utility District No. 346)

                                 Webb, Talytha (Self; Cinco Southwest Municipal Utility District No. 3)

            HB 2492

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cooke, Heather (City of Austin and Austin Water)

                                 Diamond, Michael (Scotts Miracle Gro Co)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

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                 For:

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Howe, Mike (Texas Section American Water Works Association)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)

            HB 2507

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Kevin (Self)

                                 Downs, Ben (Self; Texas Assn of broadcasters)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Assn of Broadcasters)

            HB 2527

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Association)

                                 Dupy, Fred (Self; Texas Rental Association)

            HB 2694

                 For:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                 On:

                                 Barton, Karey (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2844

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Joslove, Scott (Texas hotel and lodging assn)

            HB 2853

                 For:

                                 Jensen, Ron (The City of Grand Prairie)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

            HB 3629

                 For:

                                 Joslove, Scott (Texas hotel and lodging assn)

                                 Schmitz, David (City of College Station)

                                 Walker, Hugh (City of Bryan)

            HB 3630

                 For:

                                 Kroll, John (City of Humble)

                 On:

                                 Curtis, Matt (Homeaway)

                                 Joslove, Scott (Texas hotel and lodging assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 Against:

                                 Drenner, Julie (Self)

            HB 3689

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flores, Robert (Data Foundry, Inc.)

                                 LeBas, James (Rackspace)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard)

            HB 3719

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cooke, Heather (City of Austin and Austin Water)

                                 Diamond, Michael (Scotts Miracle Gro Co)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Howe, Mike (Texas Section American Water Works Association)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Volkening, Ronnie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)

            HB 3772

                 For:

                                 Fuentes, Jonathan (Town of Pecos City)

                                 Saldana, Alfredo (Town of Pecos City)

                 Against:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Pearson, Bruce (City of Pleasanton)

            HJR 43

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herzog, Greg (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)

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