WITNESS LIST

            General Investigating & Ethics Committee

            March 23, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 578

                 On:

                                 Coleman, Rob (Comptroller of public accounts)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen Texas)

                                 Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Common Ground for Texans)

                 On:

                                 Elliott, Verma (State Auditor's Office)

HB 776

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

HB 1295

                 For:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen Texas)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Gullahorn, Jack (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Stagner, Steve (American Council of Engineering Companies of Yexas)

                 On:

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Drake-Adams, Christy (Tx municipal league)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Fowler, Meredyth (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Lauderback, Bill (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 McDonald, Craig (Self; Texans for Public Justice)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Phenix, Billy (Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA))

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

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Common Ground for Texans)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Short, Jim (Ft bend county texas)

                                 Woods, Joe (Property Casualty Insurers Assiciation of America (PCI))

                 Against:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

HB 1381

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen Texas)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Common Ground for Texans)

                 On:

                                 Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission (Resource witness))

HB 1382

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen Texas)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Common Ground for Texans)

                 Against:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life Committee, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission (Resource witness))

HB 1384

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission (Resource witness))

HB 1610

                 For:

                                 Fitzsimmons, Shauna (Wells Branch Municipal Utility District)

                                 Fry, Bill (Association of Water Board Directors - Texas)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Fry, Bill (Association of Water Board Directors)

                                 Stagner, Steve (A erican Council of Engineering Companies of Gexas)

                 Against:

                                 Birch, Carol (Public Citizen Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Beinke, Allen (Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association)

                                 Bosse, Fred (Harris County Emergency Services District No. 6)

                                 Bosse, Fred (Harris County Emergency Services District No. 12)

                                 Brittin, Carolyn (AGC of Texas)

                                 Calhoun, P.T. (Pat) (Goliad County)

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)

                                 Cohen, Howard (Utility District Advisory Corporation)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Dillard, David (Concho County)

                                 Drake-Adams, Christy (Tx municipal league)

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Gossom, Woodrow (WiChita County)

                                 Grimes, Michael (Travis county water control and Improvement District 10)

                                 Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)

                                 Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Short, Jim (Ft bend county texas)

                                 Smith, Sharon (Wells Branch Municipal Utility District)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

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

                                 Sullivan, Ray (HNTB Corporation)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Assn. of Builders)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)

                 Against:

                                 Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)

                                 McDonald, Craig (Self; Texans for Public Justice)

                                 Richards, Joanne (Common Ground for Texans)

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