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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              SB 500

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Appropriations Committee

              March 18, 2019 - 10:00 AM

                       For :

                                 Crow, Kevin (NEC)

                                 Gonzales, Larry (Self; Autism Speaks)

                                 Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)

                                 McConkey, Ashley (Texas public employees association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                       On :

                                 Borgstedte, Amy (Legislative budget board)

                                 Everett, Paula (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Guthrie, Brian (TRS)

                                 Heflin, Talmadge (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Keyton, Sarah (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Kidd, Nim (TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & THE TEXAS

                                 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)

                                 Phillips, Courtney (HHSC)

                                 Wood, Trey (HHSC)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayro’s Office, City of HoustonMayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Spreen, Lauren (Apache Corporation)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

                       Against :

                                 Bradford, Trayce (Self)

                       On :

                                 Coleman, Rob (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Gooch, George (Texas Health Services Authority)

                                 Mckenzie, Al (TEA)

                                 Morath, Mike (Texas education agency)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Wilson, Porter (Employees Retirement System of Texas)

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