WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture & Livestock Committee

            April 12, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1730

                 On:

                                 Wright, Philip (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 2758

                 For:

                                 Gentsch, Bryan (Self; Texas seed trade association)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                 Against:

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; Sustainable Food Center)

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; Sustainable Food Center)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Steinbach, Stacey (Texas Water Conservation Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)

                                 Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)

                                 Fischbacher, Steelee (Texas Wheat Producers Association)

                                 Howard, Mark (Self; Corn Producers Association of Texas)

                                 Mayberry, Warren (DuPont)

                                 Stokes, Jeff (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self; Texas Grain Producers Indemnity Board)

                                 Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)

                                 Wied, Lauren (Dow AgroSciences)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                 Against:

                                 Hough, Gaye (Self; Farm and Ranch Association)

                                 Walton, Gordon (Self)

                 On:

                                 Mann, Mike (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 3063

                 For:

                                 Adams, Marc (Self; CoBank)

                                 Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)

                                 Wible, Ben (Self; Texas Farm Bureau)

                 Against:

                                 Artho, Tara (Texas Grain and Feed Association)

                                 Felderhoff, Ronnie (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Marc (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)

                                 Engelke, Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)

                                 Fischbacher, Steelee (Texas Wheat Producers Association)

                                 Holcomb, Gary (Ag Producers Coop)

                                 Howard, Mark (Self; Corn Producers Of Texas)

                                 Mayfield, Kara (Farm credit bank of texas)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self; Texas Grain Producers Indemnity Board)

                                 Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)

                 On:

                                 Mann, Mike (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 3227

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; Sustainable Food Center)

                                 Laney, J Pete (Texas Citrus Mutual)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Wied, Lauren (Wonderful Citrus)

                 On:

                                 De Los Santos, Richard (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Dept Agriculture)

            HB 3587

                 For:

                                 Armour, Laurance (Self)

                                 Hemphill, Coleman (Texas Hemp Industries Association)

                                 Hemphill, Sheila (Texas Hemp Industries Association)

                                 Williams, Jeff (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McLeod, Jason (Self)

                 On:

                                 Read, Keith (Self; Texas A&M University)

                                 Shi, Sheldon (University of north texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; Sustainable Food Center)

                                 Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)

                                 Frazier, Jeff (Self)

                                 Gilles, Janet (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Walton, Gordon (Self)

                                 Warner, Jeanette (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Kahn, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Mills, William (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Mann, Mike (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                                 Salazar, Aj (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 3952

                 For:

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self; Texas Grain Producers Indemnity Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fischbacher, Steelee (Texas Wheat Producers Association)

                                 Gentsch, Bryan (Self; Texas seed trade association)

                                 Howard, Mark (Corn Producers of Texas)

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