WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            April 12, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 643

                 On:

                                 Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self)

                                 Smith, R Clint (TexasAssociation of Property Tax Professionals)

                 Against:

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 On:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

            HB 1211

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)

                                 Barnett, Paula (BP America)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)

                                 Flores, Robert (Texas Citizens Action Network)

                                 Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Denbury Resources)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))

                                 Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron)

                 On:

                                 Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)

            HB 1621

                 For:

                                 Welhouse, Sharon (Ryan,LLC)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan LLC)

            HB 1626

                 For:

                                 Decamps, Jordana (Bexar County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Landeros, Kayla (City of Temple)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

            HB 1833

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 French, Michelle (Tax assessor-collectors association of texas aka TACA)

            HB 2171

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kroll, John (MuniServices, City Dickinson, City of Humble)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2453

                 For:

                                 Littlejohn, George (Self; Novogradac & Company LLP)

                                 Stanislaus, Jim (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 James, Nick (Self; Association of rural communities in Texas)

                                 Mayfield, Kara (Self; Association of rural communities in texas)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2560

                 For:

                                 Barnett, Michael (Smith County Appraisal District)

                                 Huddleston, John (Self; Reeves County Appraisal District)

                                 Ramirez, Jr., Ismael (Self; Webb county appraisal district)

                                 Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)

                                 Swinney, Kirk (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fredrickson, Daron (Merit Advisors)

                                 Johnson, Rob (United Rentals)

                                 Mize, Steve (Self; TKO Equipment Co, employer)

                                 Neilson, Renn (Archrock)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

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

                                 Cardenas, Michelle (Self; Atascosa Appraisal District, Texas Rural Chief Appraisers

                                 Association)

                                 Garcia, Daniel (Starr County Appraisal District)

                                 Halfmann, Kim (Glasscock County)

                                 James, Ryan (Self)

                                 Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Montes, Roberto (Zapata county appraisal district)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Russell, Claudia (Reeves County Appraisal District)

                                 Shahan, Tully (Self; Kinney county texas)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Against:

                                 Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Association)

                                 Brusniak, John (Self)

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas pipeline association)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Hosek, Chris (Select Energy)

                                 Maxwell, Amy (Marathon Oil Corporation)

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Poinsett, Royce (Archrock)

                                 Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                                 Turner, Tracy (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)

                 On:

                                 Pollard, Kent (Matagorda County Commissioner Court)

            HB 2654

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alofsin, Patricia (Austin energy/city of austin)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Texas association of Tax Assessor Collectors)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                                 French, Michelle (Tax assessor-collectors association of texas aka TACA)

                                 Heydinger, Charlene (Keeping PACE in Texas)

                                 Matiella, David (Self; USGBC Texas)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2756

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Honea, Kari (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2871

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

            HB 2906

                 For:

                                 Molina, Joe (Ryan, llc)

                                 Turner, Tracy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 Swinney, Kirk (Self)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)

                                 Barnett, Paula (BP America)

                                 Brusniak, John (Self)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan LLC)

                                 Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)

                                 Henry, Michael (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Liendo, Raul (Self)

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Popp, James (Self; Tax Equity Council)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas (AECT))

                                 Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Smith, R Clint (TexasAssociation of Property Tax Professionals)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron)

                 Against:

                                 James, Ryan (Self)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 3232

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barnett, Paula (BP America)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron)

            HB 3345

                 Against:

                                 Shields, Bradford (Security Finance Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3466

                 For:

                                 Huddleston, John (Self; Reeves County Appraisal District)

                                 Ramirez, Jr., Ismael (Self; Webb county appraisal district)

                                 Smithson, Doug (Self; Rural appraisal districts, Cooke CAD)

                                 Swinney, Kirk (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Barnett, Michael (Smith County Appraisal District)

                                 Fredrickson, Daron (Merit Advisors)

                                 Neilson, Renn (Archrock)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Cardenas, Michelle (Self; Atascosa Appraisal District, Texas Rural Chief Appraisers

                                 Association)

                                 Garcia, Daniel (Starr County Appraisal District)

                                 James, Ryan (Self)

                                 Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Montes, Roberto (Zapata county appraisal district)

                                 Russell, Claudia (Reeves County Appraisal District)

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Against:

                                 Bailey, Chuck (American Rental Association)

                                 Brusniak, John (Self)

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas pipeline association)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Hosek, Chris (Select Energy)

                                 Johnson, Rob (United Rentals)

                                 Maxwell, Amy (Marathon Oil Corporation)

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)

                                 Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)

                                 Mize, Steve (Self; TKO Equipment Co, employer)

                                 Poinsett, Royce (Archrock)

                                 Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                                 Turner, Tracy (Self)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3614

                 For:

                                 Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt and Eagle Ford Shale County Coalition of DeWitt,

                                 Gonzales, Karnes, McMullen, and Victoria Counties)

                                 Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)

                 Against:

                                 LeBas, James (TXOGA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

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

                                 Dupnik, Shelby (Self; Karnes County)

                                 Dupnik, Shelby (Self; Karnes County)

                                 Halfmann, Kim (Glasscock County)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Midland County)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Shahan, Tully (Self; Kinney county texas)

                 Against:

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)

                                 Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                 On:

                                 Pollard, Kent (Matagorda County Commissioner Court)

            HB 3652

                 For:

                                 Conger, Eddie (International Leadership of Texas Public Charter School)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Corte Jr., Frank (Texas League of Community Chater Schools)

                                 Garcia, Veronica (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Gomez, Addie (Texans for quality public charter schools)

            HB 3714

                 For:

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Harris, Dana (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Kofron, Kimberly (Self; Texas Assoc. for the Education of Young Children)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Everhart, Amy (Self)

                                 Fine, Kristin (Self)

                                 Garcia-Ditta, Alexa (Self)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; CWA/Texas Political and Legislative Committee)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children At Risk)

                                 King, Danielle (Self)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Peavler, Eric (Cwa6132)

            HB 3908

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Smith, Arianna (Combined law enforcement associations of texas, cleat)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

            HB 4002

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 4052

                 For:

                                 Bratton, Pamela (Self; Meador Staffing Services and tThe Texas Association of Staffing)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 On:

                                 Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 4054

                 For:

                                 Jucker, Janice (Self)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jucker, Robert (Self)

                                 Michaelis, Kirk (Self)

                                 OConnor, Heather (Self)

                                 Prets, Richard (Self; SBDC)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

            HB 4231

                 For:

                                 Dupnik, Shelby (Self; Karnes County)

                                 Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt and Eagle Ford Shale County Coalition of DeWitt,

                                 Gonzales, Karnes, McMullen, and Victoria Counties)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Adrian (Anadarko Petroleum)

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

                                 Barnett, Paula (BP America)

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

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas royalty council)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Devon Energy)

                                 Halfmann, Kim (Glasscock County)

                                 Harmon, Mark (Chesapeake Energy)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Massingill, Gavin (Denbury Resources)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Pollard, Kent (Matagorda County Commissioner Court)

                                 Reed, Ender (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Richardson, Jody (Plains All American Pipeline LP)

                                 Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Sellers, Tom (Conocophillips)

                                 Shahan, Tully (Self; Kinney county texas)

                                 Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corp)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 4293

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brusniak, John (Self)

                 Against:

                                 French, Michelle (Tax assessor-collectors association of texas aka TACA)

            HJR 113

                 On:

                                 Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Esparza, Mike (Comptroller of Pubic Accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

            HJR 115

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Smith, Arianna (Combined law enforcement associations of texas, cleat)

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