WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Business & Industry Committee
March 20, 2017 - 10:00 AM
For :
Anderson, David (TexasAssociation of Staffing)
Bratton, Pamela (Self)
Coffey, Michael (Self)
Collins, Jeff (National Association of Professional Background Screeners)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Glod, Greg (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Greig, Brian (Self)
Medearis, Edwin (Natinal Association of Professional Background Screeners)
Morgan, Stephanie (General Information Services, Inc)
Naumann, Dewayne (Self)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Wood, Ellen (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerece)
Wood, Ellen (Self)
Against :
Aronowitz, Jacob (Self; Young Active Labor Leaders)
Atkins, James (Self; Second Chance Democrats)
Britt, Gerald (Self; CitySquare)
Casar, Gregorio (Self; City of Austin)
Conway, Lewis (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Gaebler, Helen (Self; Austin / Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)
Harris, Chris (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johnson, Aaron (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
Kamp, Amy (Self; Fair Chance Tx)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Madrid, Mark (Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber)
Moore, Chas (Austin justice coalition)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Price, Annette (Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable and RAP)
Pruitt, Wilson (Self)
Renaud, Jorge (Self; Texas advocates for justice)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
Watson, Tammy (Self)
Whiteside, Leslie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Association)
Blythe, Sharon (Self)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Fowler, Meredyth (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructre Network (TXWIN))
Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Heldenfels, Fred (Self)
Hoy, Sandy (Texas Apartment Association)
Lewis, John (Self)
Lewis, Rex (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
Business & Industry Committee
Matthews, Lisa (Self; LeadingEdge Personnel)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Stewart, Scott (Texas Chemical Council)
Thoden, Phil (Austin Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (Austin
AGC))
Zimmerman, Don (Self; Travis County Taxpayers Union)
Against :
Alarcon, Sofia (Self)
Austin, Catherine (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Beisner, Katharine (Self)
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Blakey, Carla (Self)
Chang, Martha (Self)
Chapman, John (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Collier, Stephanie (Self)
Cook, Margaret "Peggy" (Self)
Crowder, Bradley (Fight For 15)
Early, Rydell (Self; Fight For 15)
Emerson, Maria (Austin Interfaith)
Fowler, Elaina (Self; AFSCME Texas Retirees)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Garcia, Elizabeth (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Gonzalez, Ana (Workers Defense Project)
Granfortuna, Laura (Self)
Gruene, Katija (Self; Green Party of Texas)
Halpin, Margaret (Self)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hill, Dena Marie (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)
Hiner, Harrison (Texas state employees union)
Holmes, Anna (City of Dallas)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
King, Danielle (Self)
Kunish, Eric (Self)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Libal, Bob (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Marek, Elissa Underwood (Self)
McKim, Mark (Self)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund)
Mossman, Nancy (Self)
O'Brien, Kristen (Self)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justic Coalition (AJC))
Perez, Joshua (Self; Fight For 15)
Puente, Jaime (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self; Texas alliance retired americans)
Sills, Edward (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Sims, Jaynna (Self)
Sturm, Nikole (Self; Travis County Green Party)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Vallejo, Kandace (Youth Rise Texas)
Zapata, Ofelia (Austin Interfaith)
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