WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            March 13, 2017 - 11:00 AM

HB 202

                 For:

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Project)

                                 Herrera, Jessica (City of El Paso)

                                 Willett, Christopher (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund))

                                 Nachbar, Michael (Self; Left Up to US)

                                 Ogden Smith, Kristen (AGC of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

HB 293

                 For:

                                 Alvarado, Conrado (McAllen ISD School Board Member)

                                 Suarez, Marco (Self; Mcallen independent school)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

HB 296

                 For:

                                 Barrera, Christopher (Palmview Police Dept)

                                 Uvalle, Saul (Palmview Police Dept.)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

HB 317

                 For:

                                 Willett, Christopher (Self; Equal Justice Center)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Holt, Susanna (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Project)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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

HB 373

                 For:

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Project)

                                 Willett, Christopher (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Texas Building Trades)

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)

                                 Gruene, Katija (Self; Green Party of Texas)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund))

                                 Nachbar, Michael (Self; Left Up to US)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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

HB 786

                 For:

                                 Barron, Chris (Self; Manchaca Fire/Rescue)

                                 Hanson, Henry (Self; Southeast Caldwell County Volunteer Fire Dept)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blakemore, Allen (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Haney, Casey (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

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

HB 877

                 For:

                                 Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Davis, Dixie (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)

                 On:

                                 Pettijohn, Leslie (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)

HB 1128

                 For:

                                 Keenan, Kelly (Harris County - Real Property Division)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self)

                                 Flores, Aurora (Texas Assocition of Counties)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Self; Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Lawson, Revlynn (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

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