WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            April 19, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1472

                 For:

                                 Bryan, Sean (Tarrant County College Foundation)

                                 Giovannini, Gene (Tarrant county college)

                                 Sommerville, Frank (Tarrant County College Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Raymond (Community college association of texas trustees)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Poteat, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

                                 Sparks, Cheryl (Howard College)

                                 Zarate, Roberto (Alamo colleges district)

                 On:

                                 Beebe, Barbara (Self)

                                 Wallace, Brent (Self)

            HB 2432

                 On:

                                 Hallmark, James (Texas A&M University System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2705

                 For:

                                 Litle, Ben (Brazos Higher Education Authority)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Propes, Jay (Self; North Texas Higher Education Authority)

                                 Turman, Ricky (Self; Brazos Higher Education Authority, Inc.)

                                 Wambsganss, Phillip (Self; North Texas Higher Education Authority)

                 On:

                                 Martin, Ken (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2937

                 For:

                                 Forse, MD, Armour (Self; Doctors Hospital at Renaissance Health System)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Castillo, Evelyn C (City of Pharr)

                                 Forse, Armour (Self)

                                 Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 Meade, Alex (Mission Economic Development Corporation)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Pharr San Juan Alamo Independent School District)

                                 Villarreal, Bobby (Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)

                 Against:

                                 Beebe, Barbara (Self)

                                 May, Joe (Dallas County Community College)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Wallace, Brent (Self)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Poteat, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

            HB 2975

                 Against:

                                 Vickers, Neil (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Poteat, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

                 Against:

                                 Lewis, Raymond (Community college association of texas trustees)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Wallace, Brent (Self)

                                 Zarate, Roberto (Alamo colleges district)

                 On:

                                 Eklund, Julie (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3187

                 For:

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Jim (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Blinkhorn, Ashley (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 George, Maddie (Self)

                                 Halbrook, Allen (Self)

                                 Halbrook, Audrey (Self)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Jones, Sarah (Self)

                                 Weigel, Alicia (Self)

            HB 3195

                 For:

                                 Daverth, Gwen (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Blinkhorn, Ashley (Self)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Healthy Futures of Texas)

                                 Chisholm, Mechisholm@gmail.com (Self)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Kreeger, Lauren (Self; The League of Women Voters of Texas)

            HB 3512

                 For:

                                 Barrera, George (Self)

                                 Davis, Kade (Self; Barbers Hill Independent School District)

                                 Lee, Blake (Self; Barbers Hill ISD)

                                 Poole, Greg (Barbers Hill ISD - Superintendent)

                                 Venters, Neely (Self)

                                 Watkins, Nathan (Self; City Of Mont Belvieu, City Manager)

                 Against:

                                 Alfaro, Pete (Self; Lee College Board of Regent)

                                 Hall, Mark (Self; Lee College Board of Regents)

                                 Moore-Fontenot, Susan (Self; Lee College Board of Regents)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Dr. Dennis (Lee College)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ponder, Barbara (Self; Barbers Hill ISD)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Beebe, Barbara (Self)

                                 Coburn, Keith (Self; Lee College Board of Regents)

                                 Haddox, Ronald (Self; Lee College Board of Regents)

                                 Lewis, Raymond (Community college association of texas trustees)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Poteat, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

                                 Wallace, Brent (Self)

                                 Zarate, Roberto (Alamo colleges district)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3585

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Hernandez, Steven (Self)

                                 Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas (ICUT))

                 On:

                                 Booker, Jerel (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3629

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Lewis, Raymond (Community college association of texas trustees)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Poteat, Jennifer (Community College Association of Texas Trustees)

                                 Zarate, Roberto (Alamo colleges district)

            HB 3808

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davenport, Becky (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy)

                                 Davis, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Smith, Jeanene (Self; Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapists Government

                                 Affairs Chair)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                 On:

                                 Puls, Chad (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3851

                 For:

                                 Tharp, Susan (Self; San Antonio Food Allergy Support Team)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Tharp, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Townsend, Paul (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Vadca, Belinda (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Auzenne, David (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 4220

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Paredes, Raymund (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 4241

                 On:

                                 Booker, Jerel (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

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