WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            May 1, 2017 - 10:00 AM

            HB 225

                 For:

                                 Castillo, Paul (Self; Lambda Legal Defense and Educastion Fund)

                                 O'Furey, Brad (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Ross, Chuck (Self)

                                 Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Self; YWCA Greater Austin)

                                 Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Self; YWCA Greater Austin)

                 Against:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                                 Welch, David (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bradley, Susan (Self; Equality Tx)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA))

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Medrano, Margarita (Self)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Jennifer (Apple, Inc.)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

                                 Sprague, Alex (Dell Inc.)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Schlueter, Thomas (Self; Texas Apostolic Prayer Network)

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

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

            HB 290

                 For:

                                 Bessent, Jean (Self; American Association of University Women)

                                 Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Self; YWCA Greater Austin)

                                 Touza-Medina, Angela-Jo (Self; YWCA Greater Austin)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bradley, Susan (Self; Equality Tx)

                                 Castillo, Paul (Self; Lambda Legal Defense and Educastion Fund)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Medrano, Margarita (Self)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 O'Furey, Brad (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

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

            HB 656

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bradley, Susan (Self; NARAL)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Medrano, Margarita (Self)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sanchez, Joe (AARP)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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

            HB 1572

                 For:

                                 Nicks, Bob (Austin firefighters association)

                 Against:

                                 Claunch, Dave (Self)

                                 Graham, Stan (City of west lake hills, texas)

                                 Houston, Scott (Texas municipal league)

                                 McCollough, Rhonda (West Lake Hills City Council)

                                 McGreevy, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Mueller, Laura (City of Dripping Springs; Scenic Hill Country)

                                 Woolverton, Aaron (City of Austin)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ford, Crystal (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Moreno, Randy (Self; AustinFirefighters)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                 Against:

                                 Arnold, Jim (Scenic Texas)

                                 Beving, Rita (Self; Public Citizen)

                                 Cuellar, Lupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)

            HB 2287

                 For:

                                 Bradford, Rebecca (UniqueHR, Unique Employment Services. And Texas Self Insurance

                                 Association)

                                 McMurry, Sam (Texas Self Insurance Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lara, Tammy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)

            HB 2443

                 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))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 2674

                 On:

                                 Powell, Mike (Secretary of State)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 2787

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

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

            HB 3041

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

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

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 3309

                 On:

                                 Francis, Brian (Texas department of licensing and regulation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 3899

                 For:

                                 Delp, Bo (Workers Defense)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Texas Building Trades)

                                 Garza, Jose (Workers Defense Project)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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

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