WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 29, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Fulbright, Amelia (Self)
Hays, Susan (Self)
Miller, Katherine (Self)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Against:
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baldwin-McGinnis, Carissa (Self)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Benavidez, Valerie (Self)
Bessent, Nancy (Self)
Bethune, Larry (Self; University Baptist Church)
Blakey, Carla (Self; Left Up To Us)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Burleson, John (Self; Travis county resistance)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
Cheff, Irene (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Davis, Amber (Self; Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)
DeAtley, Jenifer (Self; Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Fay-Stindt, Zoe (Self; Literary Women in Action)
Fleming, Julie (Self; Left up to us)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Gonzalez, Leah (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Hansen, Ellen (Self)
Held, Ted (Self)
Held, Ted (Self; Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Jansen, Megan (Self)
Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-Texas District; Texas
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Kreeger, Lauren (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Larre, Ariel (Self)
LeBlanc, Kim (Self)
Lester, Nancy (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Self)
Mesplay, Kent (Self)
Mineo, Sharon (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)
Montoya, Mayra (Self; Texas Campaign To Prevent Teen And Unplanned Pregnancy)
Morales, Kathy (Self)
Oliver, Matt (Self)
Robertson, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Sansom, Elizabeth (Self)
Savelli, Nicholas (Self)
Schilt, Paige (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Szigetvari, Courtney (Self; Left Up To Us)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Zavaleta, Sara (Self)
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Alliance for Life)
Asmuseen, Cindy (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Moody, Mandy (Self)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Wheatley, Elisabeth (Texas Alliance for Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
On:
French, Lesley (Health and Human Services Commission)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
For:
Beard, David (Self; Texas AFL-CIO, Distric 1 Vice President)
Josey, Travis (Self; USW)
Medley, Thornton (Self; United Steelworkers District Council 13)
Mitchell, David (Self; USW 13-1)
Royal, Durwin (Self; United steelworkers)
Against:
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
On:
Bresnen, Steve (North harris county regional water authority)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Texas Building Trades)
Ash, Ky (U.S. Steel)
Cubriel, Randy (Nucor)
Hallford, Currie (Self; Texas Political and Legislative Committee)
Harris, Dwight (Texasaft)
Keffer, Chris (EBAA Iron, Inc., McWane, Inc., EJ Iron Works)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)
Oliver, Matt (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Gerdau)
Tate, Ben (Gerdau)
Against:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
On:
Abbott, Sean (North Fort Bend Water Authority)
Richardson, Jody (West Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Tredway, CJ (Central Harris County Regional Water Authority)
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
On:
Oliver, Matt (Self)
For:
Held, Ted (Self)
McBeth, Kelly (Self; Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Montoya, Mayra (Self; Texas Campaign To Prevent Teen And Unplanned Pregnancy)
Against:
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Banning, Tom (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Benavidez, Valerie (Self)
Blakey, Carla (Self; Left Up To Us)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Burleson, John (Self; Travis county resistance)
Cervantes, Rosa (Self)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Davis, Amber (Self; Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy)
DeAtley, Jenifer (Self; Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)
Fay-Stindt, Zoe (Self; Literary Women in Action)
Fleming, Julie (Self; Left up to us)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Gonzalez, Leah (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Jansen, Megan (Self)
Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-Texas District; Texas
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Kreeger, Lauren (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Larre, Ariel (Self)
Lester, Nancy (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Aclu of Texas)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Szigetvari, Courtney (Self; Left Up To Us)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Asmuseen, Cindy (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Howsley, Stephen (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Moody, Mandy (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Savelli, Nicholas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
On:
French, Lesley (Health and Human Services Commission)
Oliver, Matt (Self)
For:
O'Quinn, Kellie (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hebert, Bryan (United Ways of Texas)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Kofron, Kimberly (Texas assoc. for the Education of Young Children)
Kreeger, Lauren (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Logan, Brandon (Self)
McMahan, Joseph (Council for a Strong America)
Mitten, Katie (Texans Care for Children)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Oliver, Matt (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Brown, Ken (Self)
Parker, James (Self; Shredding on the Go)
Parker, Renee (Self; Business manager)
Shaw, Jason (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Carroll, Ellie (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Kreeger, Lauren (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Cagle-Hinojosa, Laura (Comptroller)
For:
Hubert, John (Self; Kleberg and Kenedy Counties District Attorneys Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Deel, Shane (Self; Callahan County Attorney)
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Good, Justin (San Antonio Police Department)
Park, Joey (South Texans Property Rights Association)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas police department, office of the chief of police)
For:
Garcia, Maria (CPS Energy)
Puente, Robert (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baum, Walt (Texas Public Power Association)
Burton, Donovan (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
For:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
On:
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Elbe, Crystal (Entergy Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Nicholson, Courtney (Entergy Texas)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))
On:
Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
Against:
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
On:
Chicoine, Julie (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Alliance for Life)
Asmuseen, Cindy (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
McDaniels, Debra (Self)
Ottinger, Tim (Catholic Health Association of Texas)
Reyes, Gus (Self; Christian Life Commission of Texas Baptists)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Wheatley, Elisabeth (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Against:
Benavidez, Valerie (Self)
Bessent, Nancy (Self)
Blakey, Carla (Self; Left Up To Us)
Burleson, John (Self; Travis county resistance)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
Cheff, Irene (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Fay-Stindt, Zoe (Self; Literary Women in Action)
Fleming, Julie (Self; Left up to us)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Fulbright, Amelia (Self)
Hansen, Ellen (Self)
Jansen, Megan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists-Texas District; Texas
Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Kreeger, Lauren (The League of Women Voters of Texas)
Larre, Ariel (Self)
Lester, Nancy (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Self)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Miller, Katherine (Self)
Mineo, Sharon (Self)
Morales, Kathy (Self)
Oliver, Matt (Self)
Robertson, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Sansom, Elizabeth (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Szigetvari, Courtney (Self; Left Up To Us)
Trevino, Jacquelyn (Self)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
Zavaleta, Sara (Self)
On:
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Swanson, Jeffrey (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Waldron, Patrick (Texas department state health services)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Daniels, Randy (Buckner Children & Family Services)
Harms, Lynn (Self; Childrens home of lubbock)
Ramirez, Sara (Catholic Diocese of Austin)
Reese, Bethany (Self; Texas Baptist Home)
Reyes, Gus (Self; Christian Life Commission of Texas Baptists)
Statler, Sherri (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Youman, Chelsey (First Liberty Institute)
Against:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Baldwin-McGinnis, Carissa (Self)
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Bates, Richard (Self)
Brogan-Kator, Denise (Self; Family Equality Council)
Farris, Lauryn (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hall, Ash (Self; Equality Texas)
Hays, Susan (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Miller, Katherine (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Ratzel, Laura (Self; Adoption Advocates)
Reed, Mary Christine (Self)
Robertson, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)
Scheyd, Karey (Self)
Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)
Smith, Erin (Self; Adoption Advocates)
Sutherland-Trevino, Mark (Self)
Tucker, Jessica (Self)
Vogel, Vickie (Self)
On:
Starr, Brantley (Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Debbie (Self)
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Alliance for Life)
Asmuseen, Cindy (Self)
Bleeker, Alford (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Geary, Michael (The Texas Conservative Coalition)
Hardage, David (Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Harms, Janie (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Little, Anna (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Little, Emma (Self; Texas Home School Coailtion)
Ottinger, Tim (Self; Catholic Health Association of Texas)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Rynd, Frank (Self; Archdiocese of Galveston -Houston)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Walker, Jennifer (Self; Texas Baptist Home for Children)
Wheatley, Elisabeth (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
Against:
Acock, Joe Collin (Self; Equality Texas)
Ballard, Barton (Self)
Baron, Catherine (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Baskin, Elizabeth (Human Rights Campaign)
Bego, Ashley (Self)
Benavides, Justine (Self)
Benavidez, Valerie (Self)
Berryhill, Victoria (Self)
Bessent, Nancy (Self)
Bethune, Larry (Self; University Baptist Church)
Blakey, Carla (Self; Left Up To Us)
Blanton, Dana (Self)
Bradley, Susan (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
Burleson, John (Self; Travis county resistance)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
Chaney, Marvin (Self)
Cheff, Irene (Self)
Cheng, Ashley (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Clark Bradley, Vicki (Self; Texas State Employees Union)
Clarkson, Abigail (Self)
Cooper, Stephanie (Self)
Darby, Karen (Self)
Davis, Keller (Self; Createscape Coworking)
Day, Thomas (Self)
Ditullio, Naomi (Self)
Dossman, Elizabeth (Self)
Edmonds, Erin (Self)
Elford, John (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Fay-Stindt, Zoe (Self; Literary Women in Action)
Fetonte, Barbara (Self)
Fetonte, Danny (Self; DSA)
Fleming, Julie (Self; Left up to us)
Fulbright, Amelia (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Gonzalez, Leah (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Goodman, Sara (Self)
Greenstone, Pamela (Self)
Griego, Yolanda (Self; Texas state employees union)
Hamill, Ben (Self)
Hannan, Bethany (Self)
Hansen, Ellen (Self)
Harris, Mary (Self; TFN)
Harrison, Andrew (Self)
Hempel, Hollie (Self)
Humphrey, Lisa (Self; Anti-Defamation League)
Hunt, Kyla (Self)
Jansen, Megan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Jimenez, Marcos (Self)
Johnston, Lauri (Self)
Johnston, Patrick (Self)
LaMarca, Jeff (Self)
Larre, Ariel (Self)
LeBlanc, Kim (Self)
Leslie, Reuben (Self; Texas state employees union)
Lester, Nancy (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mangini, Lauren (Self)
Manz, Christina (Self)
Marques, Rebecca (Self)
Martinez, Annette (Self)
Martinez, Stephanie (Self)
Mashberg, Amy (Self)
Mesplay, Kent (Self)
Mikol, Melissa (Self)
Miller, Alisa (Self)
Mineo, Sharon (Self)
Molnar, Eve (Self)
Moody, Mandy (Self)
Morales, Kathy (Self)
Morrison, Bailey (Self; Human Rights Campaign)
Nguyen, Anna (Self; PFLAG Austin)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Noonan, Tom (Austin CVB)
Oeffinger, John (Self)
OFurey, Bradley (Self; Equality Texas)
Oliver, Matt (Self)
Peek, Whitney (Self)
Pollock, Haley (Self)
Privett, Anita (Self)
Reed, Jen (Self)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Salcido, Robert (Self; Equality Texas)
Sansom, Elizabeth (Self)
Schilt, Paige (Self)
Scott, Glenn (Self)
Smoot, Samantha (Self)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Stokes, Henry (Self)
Szigetvari, Courtney (Self; Left Up To Us)
Timm, Shane (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Torrez-Mayfield, Jennifet (Self)
Trevino, Breanna (Self)
Trevino, Jacquelyn (Self)
Walker, Kyle (Self)
Wall, Catharine (Self)
Walters, Laura (Self)
Wright, Richard (Self)
Zavaleta, Sara (Self)
On:
Carmical, Audrey (Dfps)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Erick (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Against:
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
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