WITNESS LIST

              SB 408

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

              February 28, 2017 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

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

                                          Larsen, Yvonne    (Self) , Missouri City, TX

                                          Williams, Don   Chair, Foundarion for Communuty Empowermenr  (also providing written

                                          testimony)  (Self) , Dallas, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Wiley, Jeffrey   President\CEO  (Self; Greater Fort Bend Economic Development

                                          Council), Sugar Land, TX, TX

                        ON:

                                          Allmon, Jennifer   Executive Director  (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops), Austin,

                                          TX

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

                                          General), Austin, TX

                                          Kroll, John    (Thompson & Knight), Austin, TX

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

                                          Authority (LCRA)), Austin, TX

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

                                          Thompson, Jay    (Afact), Austin, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

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

                                          Hemphill, Jim   Lawyer  (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Hennessy, Maggie    (Self) , Austin, TX

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

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

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

                                          Patterson, Bill   Publisher, Denton Record-Chronicle  (Self; Texas PresscAssociation),

                                          Denton, TX

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

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

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

                                          Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Smith, Arianna   Counsel, Public Affairs, CLEAT  (Combined Law Enforcement

                                          Associations 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

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

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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 408

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

                       Providing written testimony:

                        AGAINST:

                                          Mulder, Erica   VP Governmental Affairs  (Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber), Irving,

                                          TX

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