WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
April 24, 2017 - 10:00 AM
Against:
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Against:
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Morgan, Tom (American Collectors Association of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Mcshan, Jim (University of Houston)
Vollbrecht, Stephen (SORM)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blankenship, Erika (Self)
Garcia, Martin (Self)
Martin, Jeff (Texas independent auto dealers assoc)
Scott, Paul (Self)
Against:
Wright, Susan (Self; Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kahne, David (Self)
Against:
Assid, David (Self)
Babbitt, Andrew (Self)
Bannon, Brian (Self)
Bannon, Patricia (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Blaker, Ken (Self)
Brannon, Les (Self)
Burack, Casey (Self)
Burton, Bob (Self)
Chapman, Justin (Self)
Collins, Becky (Self)
Cowden, Karen (Self)
Cox, Dalia (Self)
Curtis, Lori (Self)
Curtis, Mark (Self)
Denton, Barry (Self)
Devoto, Dena compton (Self; Blue Star Land LP)
Duffley, Amy (Self)
Duffley, Charles (Self)
Farine, Trisha (Self)
Ficken, Rainer (Self)
Forador, Kevin (Self)
Girardeau, Jeff (Self; TCAA, CCMC)
Grobmyer, Mark (Self)
Gulliksen, Leslie (Self)
Hammond, John (Self)
Hanna, Jay (Self)
Harvey, Jenn (Self)
Higgins, Bill (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)
Hill, Charlie (Self)
Houser, Tom (Self)
Hutton, Rob (Self)
Jacob, Rebekah (Self)
Janda, Dale (Self)
Johnson, Christopher (Self)
Johnson, Ryan (Self)
Kyle, James (Self)
Lamkin, Jeff (Self)
Lee, Amanda (Self)
Liu, Frank (Self)
Magee, Blake (Self)
Maier, Richard (Self)
Marzano, Jennifer Gabriella (Self)
Melton, Heath (Self)
Meyer, William (Self)
Moyer, Michael (Self)
Neff, Rick (Self)
Patten, Preston (Self)
Paul, Robert (Self)
Pinkoffs, Peter (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Poe, Gerry (Greater Austin HBA)
Preble, Skip (Self)
Propes, Jay (First Service Residential, Spectrum Assn Management, Associa, inc.)
Sanderson, Amy (Self)
Scrivener, Matthew (Self)
Smith, Mark (Hunt Companies)
Stein, Brad (Self)
Stotts, Kristi (Self)
TerraVerde Group, TerraVerde Group (TerraVerde Group)
Thompson, Mathew (Self)
Valdes, Alex (Self)
Voinis, Gregory (Self)
Weaver, Greg (Self)
Wiese, Kady (Self; FirstService Residential)
Wilde, Chris (Self)
Williams, Tiffany (Self)
Young, Jeffrey (Self)
For:
Fox, Ron (Texas credit union association)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Against:
Kelemen, George (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Singer, Paul (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Against:
Cruz, Velma (Texas Cable Association)
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Duhr, Kellie (Walmart)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)
Matz, Sarah (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))
McGarry, Mignon (Experian)
Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)
For:
Martin, Curt (Self; Texas Building Branch AGC)
Sacchieri, Aaron (Self; TEXO AGC/ABC)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
McCraw, John (Lin) (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxley, Jack (Texo abc/agc)
Boen, Ken (Self)
Bratton, Jerry (Self; Bratton Steel)
Burklund, Adam (American Insurance Association)
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Dover, Alicia (Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas)
Elsberry, Chris (Self; Cummings Electrical, LP)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Hewitt, Todd (Self)
Hodges, Will (Self; TEXO)
Kennedy, Jason (Texas Construction Association)
Lambert, Wendy (Self; Central Texas Subcontractors Association)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Sewell, Jim (Self)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
Thoden, Phil (Austin AGC)
Vaughn, Perry (Rio Grande Valley AGC)
White, Michael (Texas Contruction Association)
Windham, Ryan (Self; Cummings Electrical, LP)
Against:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Lamb, Michael (Texas Rural Education Association)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Gonzalez, Ana (Workers Defense Project)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Timm, Emily (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Against:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
For:
Kennedy, Jason (Texas Construction Association)
Windham, Ryan (Self; Cummings Electrical, LP)
Against:
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boen, Ken (Self)
Bratton, Jerry (Self; Bratton Steel)
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Dover, Alicia (Associated Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors of Texas)
Elsberry, Chris (Self; Cummings Electrical, LP)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Hewitt, Todd (Self)
Lambert, Wendy (Self; Central Texas Subcontractors Association)
Sacchieri, Aaron (Self; TEXO ABC/AGC)
Vaughn, Perry (Rio Grande Valley AGC)
White, Michael (Texas Contruction Association)
Against:
Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel)
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Hoy, Sandy (Texas Apartment Association)
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Partida, Neftali (Texas BOMA)
Short, Jim (Houston real estate council)
For:
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Hightower, Brittany (Self; Texas Advocacy Project)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
For:
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Huntsman, Darrell (Corrective Education Company)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Duhr, Kellie (Walmart)
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
Wehmeyer, Mackenna (International Franchise Association)
For:
Gonzales, Juliana (Austin Tenants' Council)
Rodriguez, Sarah (Self)
Rollins, Sandy (Texas Tenants' Union)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sloan, Madison (Texas Appleseed)
Walker, Nate (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
For:
Gonzales, Juliana (Austin Tenants' Council)
Rodriguez, Sarah (Self)
Rollins, Sandy (Texas Tenants' Union)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sloan, Madison (Texas Appleseed)
Walker, Nate (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gonzalez, Ana (Workers Defense Project)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
Against:
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
For:
Blint, Jay (Self)
Heller, Jeff (Self)
Kahne, David (Self)
Kepecs, Rabbi Cantor Lawrence (Self)
Kralik, Martin (Self)
McGarr, Mary (Self)
Rogers, Molly (Self)
Velasquez, Frank (Self)
Against:
Brown-Marshall, Sonya (Self)
Farine, Trisha (Self)
Higgins, Bill (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)
Montfort, Frank (Self)
Saldana, Jennie (Spectrum Association Management)
Smith, Lewis (Self; Greatwood community association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kode, Lalitha (Self)
Kode, Siddharth (Self)
Walker, Nate (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
Against:
Babbitt, Andrew (Self)
Girardeau, Jeff (Self; TCAA, CCMC)
Propes, Jay (First Service Residential, Spectrum Assn Management, Associa, inc.)
Riedel, Susan (Self)
Wiese, Kady (Self; FirstService Residential)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wright, Susan (Self; Texas Association of Builders)
On:
Gonzales, Juliana (Austin Tenants' Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Kahne, David (Self)
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Groves, Garrett (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
For:
Donnelly, Rosemarie (Harris County Attorney Office)
On:
Singer, Paul (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Bluis, Carlyn (Self; Westwood Shores Property Owners Association)
Renfro, Rick (Self; Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Babbitt, Andrew (Self)
Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)
For:
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jacobson, Edward (Self)
Jacobson, Robyn (Self)
Against:
Gloyna, David (Texas Society Anesthesiologists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Hughes, Lisa (ELAP Services, LLC)
Manross, Lee (Self; Texas Association of Health Underwriters)
Against:
Ashley, Price (Texas Society of Pathologists)
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
Courtney, Jenna (Texas Radiological society)
Courtney, Jenna (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Massingill, Joshua (Texas Chiropractic Association)
Mays, Dan (Consumer Data Industry Association)
For:
Hoy, Sandy (Texas Apartment Association)
Love, Roland (Self; Texas Land Title Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Place, Allen (Self; Texas Land Title Association)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Against:
Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel)
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