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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 290

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Business & Industry Committee

              May 1, 2017 - 10:00 AM

                       For :

                                 Bessent, Jean (Self; American Association of University Women)

                                 Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Self; YWCA Greater Austin)

                                 Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Self; YWCA Greater Austin)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Bradley, Susan (Self; Equality Tx)

                                 Castillo, Paul (Self; Lambda Legal Defense and Educastion Fund)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Medrano, Margarita (Self)

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

                                 O'Furey, Brad (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

                       Against :

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

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

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