WITNESS LIST

              SB 407

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

              February 28, 2017 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Patterson, Bill   Publisher, Denton Record-Chronicle  (Self; Texas Press Association and

                                          self), Denton, TX

                                          Sanchez, Sandra   Opinion editor McAllen Monitor  (also providing written testimony) 

                                          (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation), McAllen, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Stagner, Steve    (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Wallace, Chris   President  (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Friedman, Scott    (Self; Texas Association of Broadcasters), Fort Worth, TX

                                          Gordon, Justin   Texas Attorney General - Open Records Division  (Office Of Attorney

                                          General), Austin, TX

                                          Rathgeber, Julia    (Assoc. of Electric Companies of TX), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Chaney, Brent   Vistra Energy  (Vistra Energy), Dallas, TX

                                          Hartman, Fred    (Self; Texas Press Association), Rosenberg, TX

                                          Hennessy, Maggie    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Hiner, Harrison   Legislative Director  (Legislative Director), Austin, TX

                                          Houston, Joshua   General Counsel  (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

                                          Larsen, Yvonne    (Self) , Missouri City, TX

                                          Levy, Rick    (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX

                                          Oney, Tom   General Counsel (Lower Colorado River Authority)  (Lower Colorado River

                                          Authority (LCRA)), Austin, TX

                                          Richards, Hamilton    (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Richards, Joanne   Dr  (Self; Common Ground for Texans), Austin, TX

                                          Romero, Anna   Legislative Assistant  (Texas Association of Broadcasters), Austin, TX

                                          Romero, Anna   Legislative Assistant  (Self) , Austin, TX

                                          Shannon, Kelley   Executuve Director  (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of

                                          Texas), Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Hoke, Greg    (BIO), Washington, DC

                                          Kowalski, Tom   President & CEO  (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute), Austin, TX

                                          Simpson, Stephanie   Vice president  (Texas Association of Manufacturers), Austin, TX

                        ON:

                                          Powers, Mike    (Texas Department of Insurance - Resource only), Austin, TX

                                          Thomas, Zindia   Assistent General Counsel  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

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