WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            March 22, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 382

                 For:

                                 Camarena, Elizabeth (Responsive Education Solutions)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Fuller, Thomas (Self; Fuller Law Group)

                                 Fuller, Thomas (Self; Universal Academy)

                                 Wofford, Peter (Self)

                 On:

                                 Esparza, Mike (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas aspires)

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Morris, Lalla (Self; Families Empowered)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Wilson, Brent (Life School (charter school))

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City Of El Paso)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Assoc Appraisal Distrcts,  Travis Central Appraisal District)

            HB 390

                 For:

                                 Bender, Missy (Plano ISD)

                                 Hughey, Sandy (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Canby, Thomas (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                                 Conley, Nicole (Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO))

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and research association)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Fast Growth School Coalition)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Ellen (Houston Independent School District)

                 On:

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

                                 Mann, Laurie (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 486

                 For:

                                 Bender, Missy (Plano ISD)

                                 Canby, Thomas (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                                 Hughey, Sandy (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Canby, Thomas (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                                 Conley, Nicole (Texas Association of School Business Officials (TASBO))

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and research association)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Fast Growth School Coalition)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Ellen (Houston Independent School District)

                 On:

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

            HB 513

                 For:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and research association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galv co tax office)

                 On:

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (AECT)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                                 Smithson, Doug (Texas association of appraisal districts. / Rural chief appraisers)

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

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Assoc Appraisal Distrcts,  Travis Central Appraisal District)

            HB 589

                 For:

                                 Riddle, David (Harris County Pct 4 Commissioner R. Jack Cagle)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Brad (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self)

                                 Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard, Inc.)

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

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Self)

                 On:

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

            HB 595

                 On:

                                 Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corporation, BASF Corporation, Texas Workforce Coalition)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Shields, Chris (Toyota)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)

                                 White, Micchael (Texas Construction Asociation)

                                 Wright, Felicia (Texas Association of Builders)

            HB 755

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 On:

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

            HB 850

                 For:

                                 Coats, Kirk (Daybreak Community Services / Unified Care Group)

                                 Engelke, Jeff (Self; Premieant inc)

                                 Hernandez, Richard (Self; ResCare, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frizzell, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))

                                 Gamez, Elise (Daybreak/Unified Care Group)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commisssioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Assoc Appraisal Distrcts,  Travis Central Appraisal District)

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

            HB 1127

                 For:

                                 Praesel, Sylvia (Self; Consortium for Apprenticeship Partners in Economic Development)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)

                 On:

                                 Arbour, Courtney (Texas workforce commission)

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

            HB 1351

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                 On:

                                 Scanio, Joseph (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 1473

                 For:

                                 Riddle, David (Commissioner R. Jack Cagle Harris County Pct 4)

                 On:

                                 Altinger, Roland (HCAD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Assoc Appraisal Distrcts,  Travis Central Appraisal District)

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

                                 Shine, Hilary (City of Killeen)

            HB 1591

                 For:

                                 Enger, Jordan (Self; Texas Department of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) &

                                 Chapter 723 SGM Roy Miller)

                 Against:

                                 Shine, Hilary (City of Killeen)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Assoc Appraisal Distrcts,  Travis Central Appraisal District)

            HB 1786

                 For:

                                 Christian, John (Ryan LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borskey, Mark (General Electric Corp.)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas taxpayers and research association)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (AECT)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Shannon, Fred (Hewlett Packard, Inc.)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

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

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

            HB 1890

                 For:

                                 Bender, Missy (Plano ISD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Barksdale, Jay (Plano Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Greenhaw, Lanet (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Kamen, Kimberly (Self; Plano ISD)

                                 McCutcheon, Brad (Self)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corporation, BASF Corporation, Texas Workforce Coalition)

                                 Morse, Liz (Richardson ISD)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Rural Education Association)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Smith, Michelle (Fast Growth School Coalition)

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

                                 Terry, Mark (Self)

                                 Wiggins, Mark (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Williams, Ellen (Houston Independent School District)

            HB 2028

                 For:

                                 Wright, Ron (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                 On:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Assoc Appraisal Distrcts,  Travis Central Appraisal District)

            HB 2381

                 For:

                                 Sharbaugh, John (Texas Society of CPAs)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)

            HJR 34

                 For:

                                 Camarena, Elizabeth (Responsive Education Solutions)

                                 Dunn, David (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Fuller, Thomas (Self; Universal Academy)

                 On:

                                 Esparza, Mike (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boswell, Courtney (Texas aspires)

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for Quality Public Charter Schools)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Assocation of REALTORS)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas League of Community Charter Schools)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Wilson, Brent (Life School (charter school))

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City Of El Paso)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissiners Court)

            HJR 52

                 For:

                                 Coats, Kirk (Daybreak Community Services / Unified Care Group)

                                 Engelke, Jeff (Self; Premieant inc)

                                 Hernandez, Richard (Self; ResCare, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frizzell, Sandra (Providers Alliance for Community Services of Texas (PACSTX))

                                 Gamez, Elise (Daybreak/Unified Care Group)

                 Against:

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self)

                 On:

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

            HJR 64

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self)

                 On:

                                 Jacobson, Sacha (Self)

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