WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            August 2, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 82

                 For:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self)

                 On:

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin isd board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (Texas education agency)

            HB 168

                 For:

                                 Cowan, Julie (Self; Austin isd board)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Motheral, Mike (Small Rural School Finance Coalition)

                                 Pace, Sheryl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association (TTARA))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (Texas education agency)

            HB 285

                 For:

                                 Chavarria, Raul (Self; Crockett County Consolidated Common School District)

                 Against:

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Callahan, Casey (Self; Education Service Center)

                                 Colbert, Paul (Self)

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Dockery, Crystal (Self; Hunt ISD)

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (Texas education agency)

            HB 301

                 For:

                                 Easton, Darl (Self)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 On:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tea party)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)

                 Against:

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                 On:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

            HB 331

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cartwright, Debbie (Texas Taxpayers & Research Association)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association, and Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

            HB 358

                 For:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Freeman, Ray (Equity center)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (Texas education agency)

            HJR 21

                 For:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Dickey, James (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Kennedy, John (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Byer, Von (Texas education agency)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (Texas education agency)

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