86(R) SB 2486 - House Committee Report Version

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SB 2486

HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

State Affairs Committee

May 1, 2019 - 8:00 AM

For :

Belcher, Hyacinth (Self; Onstage systems)

Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

Bratton, Pamela (Self; Meador staffing services and TxSHRM and ASA)

Coffey, Michael (Self; Texas Association of Business; Texas Society for Human Resource

Management)

Coffey, Michael (Self; Texas Association of Business; Texas Society for Human Resource

Management)

Contreras, Eduardo (Self)

Ellard, Andy (Self)

Flores, Abel (Self)

Fuentes, Frank (Self; U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association)

Fullerton, Lisa (Self)

Kenney, Tom (Self)

Lambert, Wendy (Self; Central Texas Subcontractor Association, National Electrical

Contractors Association, Independent Electrical contractors)

Miller, Skeeter (Self; The county line restaurants)

Patel, Trusha (Capital City Hospitality Group LLC)

Perdue, Chastity (Self)

Perez, Richard (Self; The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

Potocki, Russell (Self; Staff force inc)

Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

Sterling, Shelby (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Troxclair, Ellen (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

Windham, Ryan (Self; Cummings Electrical,LP)

Against :

Aronowitz, Jacob (Self; United Professional Organizers)

Atkinson, Steven (Self; Equality Texas Foundation)

Aylor, Candace (Self)

Batlan, Bob (Self)

Bean, Lydia (Self)

Birnel, Alex (Move TX)

Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

Borel, Jacque (Self)

Bow, Claire (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)

Brenneman, Ben (Self; IBEW Local 520)

Burns, Joel (Self)

Campbell, Brandon (Self)

Carmona, Gordy (Self; Gay and Lesbian Alliance of North Texas)

Casar, Greg (Self; City of Austin)

Chamberlain, Steve (Self; Bastrop County Democratic Party)

Cooper, Heather (Self)

Cortez, Maximo (Self)

Davis, Masha (Self)

Davis, Wendy (Self; Deeds Not Words)

Edmonson, David (TechNet)

Elsey, Allison (Self)

Farasat, Romteen (Self)

Figueroa, Luis (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

Gaffney, Derek (Self)

Garibay, Julieta (Self; United We Dream)

Garza, Maria de Jesus (Self)

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Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Gonzalez, Ana (Workers Defense Acion Fund)

Graves, Nathan (Self)

Hall, Ash (Self)

Hernandez, Kristian (Self; DSA)

Hernandez, Sadie (Self; United We Dream)

Ibarra, Mia (Self; Center for Public Policy Priorities)

Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

Jones, Patrick (Self)

Jones, Phillip (VisitDallas and Texas Welcomes All)

Joseph, Samuel (Self)

Kingston, Philip (Self; City of dallas)

Kirkpatrick, Nan (Self; Dsa north texas)

Lane, Rocky (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)

Lane, Rocky (Self)

Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

Lopez Giron, Jorge (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

McLaughlin, Amanda (Self)

Myers, Elizabeth (Self)

Nguyen, Anna (Self; PFLAG Austin)

Niermann, Mark (Self)

Oakley, Cathryn (Human Rights Campaign)

Orman, Adam (Self)

Perdue, Stephanie (Self)

Pinkham, David (Self)

Pumphrey, Jennifer (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

Richie, Aaron (Self)

Roberts, Marina (Self)

Rodriguez, Greyson (Self)

Rodriguez, Lauren (Self)

Shortall, Jessica (Texas Competes Action)

Skidmore, Danielle (Self)

Sloan, Heidi (Self)

Smoot, Samantha (Self; Equality Texas)

Soukup, Stephenie Jessica (Self)

STRICKLAND, JOSEPH (Self; HOME SLICE PIZZA)

Sturm, Nikole (Self)

Suddaby, Benjamin (Self)

Sutton, Marcy (Self)

Swallow, Sarah (Self)

Walker, Ruby (Self)

Weaver, Lou (Self)

Weems, Amanda (Self)

Williams, Kathryn (Self)

Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)

Yezak, Robert (Self; IBEW 520)

Registering, but not testifying:

For :

Arreola, Al (South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

Baxley, Jack (Self; TEXO - The Construction Association)

Benigno, Joseph (Self)

Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Association)

Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)

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Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

Cain, David (The Real Estate Council of Dallas)

Chester, Brian E (Self)

Compton, Ann (Self)

Dyer, Don (Self)

Ellmer, Mindy (TRT Holdings)

Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)

Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)

Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

Foxcroft, Sonja (Self)

Glass, Tom (Self)

Gutierrez, Albert (Guido Construction Co)

Hastings, Paul (Self)

Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Industry Association)

Hinkle, Ron (Texas Association of Campground Owners)

Hutchison, Chelsy (Real estate council of San Antonio)

Jackson, Kyle (Texas Apartment Association)

Keener, Justin (Americans for Prosperity, Texans for Free Enterprise, Concerned Veterans

for America, Libre Initiative)

Laborde, Michelle (Leadingedge personnel)

Lacy, Sarah (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA))

Landry, Thomas (Self; Allegiance staffing)

Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)

Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

Martinez, Leticia (Self; North San Antonio Chamber)

Matherne, Damien (Self)

Mayfield, Nathaniel (Self)

McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)

Minick, Stephen (Republic Services)

Nelms, Deborah (Self)

Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

Robinson, Rebecca (Texas Restaurant Association)

Shannon, Fred (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)

Stubbs, Joshua (Self)

Summers, Kurtiss (Self)

Sunvison, Jim (Self; Owner of Sunvison Electric, Inc.)

Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Real Estate Council ofAustin)

Thiel, Christopher (Alterman)

Thoden, Phil (Self; Austin AGC)

Thornton, Brian (Self; Lubbock Liberty)

Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)

Van Arsdale, Corbin (Associated General Contractors-Texas Building Branch)

Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

West, Walter (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

Williamson, Justin (Texas Retailers Association)

Wright, Shelley (Self)

York, Ruth (Self)

Against :

Acock, Joe (Self)

Adams, Cristina (Self)

Adelman, Lori (Self)

Aguilar, Leonard (Self)

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Aktary, Lara (Self)

Alles, Richard (Self)

Anderson, Michelle (The Afiya Center)

Anthony-Benavides, Erica (Self; Our Revolution Texas)

Anwar, Fawaz (Self)

Arrambide, Aimee (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

Ausley, Robbie (Self)

Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)

Badillo, Virginia (Workers Defense)

Balderas, Albino (Self; CSCRC)

Ball, Joseph (Self)

Barrera, Briauna (Self; Public Citizen)

Barrett, Beverly (Self)

Barsalou, Denee (Self)

Bell, Alana (Self)

Bennett, Johnny (Self)

Bernstein, Oliver (Self)

Bicart, Jackson (Self)

Bissett (Self)

Bissett, Valerie (Self)

Blackwell, Audrey (Self; The Purple Fig Eco Cleaning Company)

Bonner, Charlie (Self)

Booker, Taigan (Self)

Brodsky, Nina (Self)

Buls, Paula (Self)

Burton, Aurora (Self; Texas organizing project)

Callan, Robin (Self)

Cameron, Lee (Self)

Cameron, Lisa (Self)

Campbell, Amy (Self)

Canon, Todd (Self)

Charo, Albert (Self; Texas Organizing Project)

Chavez, Sarah Lynn (Self)

Clarkson, Arielle (Self)

Claytor, Sarah (Self)

Cogan, Josh (Self; Stonewall Democrats of Dallas)

Cole, James (Self)

Cole, Taylor (Self)

Condon, William (Self; CSCRC)

Contreras, Samuel (Self)

Cooper, John (Self)

Cooper, Maddy (Self)

Cooper, Mickey (Self)

Coyne, Kathleen (Self)

Crainer, Pamela (Self)

Cruz, Araceli (Self)

Cruz, Devon (Self)

Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

Daugherty, Lee (Self)

Davis, Joy (Self)

Davis, Sylvia (Self)

Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

Dela Cruz, Maria Victoria (Texas Organizing Project)

Detelich, Madeline (Self)

Doolittlee, Dorothy (Self)

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Doucette, David (Self)

Dower, Carolyn (Self)

Dunlap, Traci (Self)

Edwards, Carol (Self)

Ela, Elizabeth (Self)

Elford, John (Self; Central Texas Interfaith)

Eligio, Eva (Workers Defense)

Enriquez, Christopher (Self)

Erkan, Claire (Self)

Feinberg, Rick (Self)

Filipelli, Laurie (Self)

Flores, Jose (Self)

Flores, Lisa (Self)

Flores, Ray (Self)

Foss, Samantha (Self)

Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

Franco, Lesley (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Frederick, Susan (Self)

Freeman, Noel (Self)

Fuerst, Bradley (Self; Lutheran Campus Ministry - Austin)

Galindo, Erika (Self; Representing self and The Lilith Fund)

GALLOWAY, HILLIARD DREW (Self; MOVE TEXAS ACTION FUND)

Garaña, Kristine (Self)

Garcia, Alexus (Self; Texas freedom network)

Garcia, Davis (Self)

Garcia, Isaac (Self; Southwest public workers uniom)

Garcia, Jesus (Self; TOP)

Garcia, Joleen (Self; Texas organizing project)

Garcia, Tyler (Local 520)

Garemko, Michael (Self)

Garibay, Montserrat (Texas aflcio)

Gaven, Glenn (Self)

Gavin (Self)

Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)

Gilberg, Julie (Self)

Golinelli, Claudia (Workers Defense Project)

Gonzales, Michael (Self; Democratic Socialists of America- North Texas)

Graham, Ann (Self)

Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership)

Griffith, Idona (Self)

Guy, Linda (Self)

Hackenberg, Stacy (Self)

Hamill, Ben (Self)

Hamill, Joe (American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME))

Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Haris, Ana (Self)

Harrison, Andrew (Self)

Hendricks, Jeremiah (Self)

Hernandez, Humberto (Carpenters Union Local 1266)

Hernandez, Yvonne (Self; Southwest Workers Union)

Hill, Rachel (Self; Equality Texas)

Hiner, Harrison (Communications Workers of America)

Hobson, Todla (Self)

Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

Humphrey, Lisa (Self; Anti Defamation League)

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Jackson, Don (Self)

Jackson, Jakob (Self)

Jahangiri, Ashkan (Self)

Jarmon, Heather (Self)

Jeffrey, Royce (Self)

Johnson, Alondra (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Johnson, Lauren (Self; Aclu of Texas)

Johnson, Wayne (Self)

Jones, Amanda (Self; TOP)

Jones, Finnigan (Self; Trans-Cendence International)

Jones, Thomas (Self; Young Active Labor Leaders)

Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT PACT)

Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)

Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Business First)

Kennedy, Jennie (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Kennedy, Kyle (Self)

Keysor, Georgia (Self)

Khamsi, Tymon (Self)

King, David (Self)

Kopp, Emilie (Self)

Krajcer, Karen (Self)

Kurth, Lynn (Self)

Lackey, Holt (Self; Equality Texas)

Lafitte, Jeff (Self)

Lamori, Nicolas (Self)

Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

Latham-Jones, Braden (Self)

Lawhon, Philip (Self; Internatin Brotherhood of Electrical Workers)

Lecea, Justin (Self; TOP)

Libal, Bob (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Logsdon, Mandee (Self)

Lollie, Summer (Self)

Longoria, Ashley (Self; TOP)

Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

Lopez, Jorge (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Lopez, Priscilla (Self)

Lorenz, Paola (Self; Workers defence)

Louie, Tandera (Self)

Luna, Juan (Self; Workers Defense Project)

Luthy, Laura (Self)

MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

Maldonado, Mark (Self)

Malfaro, Louis (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Mandel, Julia (Self)

Marquez, Francisco (Carpenters Union Local 1266)

Martin, Emily (Self)

Martinez, Esther (Self)

Martinez, Marina (Self; TOP)

Mashberg, Amy (Self)

May, Amanda (Self; The Purple Fig Eco Cleaning Co)

Mcfall, Cristina (Self)

McJunkins, Phillip (Self)

McKinnerney, Anne (Self)

Medley, Blake (Self)

Mendoza, Herminia (Workers Defense)

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Mendoza, Victor (Self)

Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

Miller, Alisa (Self)

Molnar, Eve (Self)

Monroy, Laura (Self)

Montemayor, Lorraine (Self; Dallas AFLCIO)

Morgan, Hannah (Self)

Morris, Sarah (Self)

Murphy, Michael (Self)

Murry, Robert (Self)

Nelson, Piper (The SAFE Alliance)

Niswander, Trish (Self; Afscme 1624)

Noble, Tessa (Self)

Nuno-Estrada, Maria (Self; SWRJB Workers United SEIU)

O'Brien, Krissy (Self; AFSCME)

O'Brien, Timothy (Self)

Ornelas, Alex (Self; CSCRC)

Ostrander, Rita (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

Pastrano, Phillip (Self)

Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

Peek, George (Self)

Peek, Whitney (Self)

Pelaez, Zoraima (Self)

Person, Maria (Self)

Pohlmeyer, Tara (Self)

Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)

Ponce, Estefania (Workers Defense Project)

Pritchett, Brad (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Ramirez, Diana (Self; Workers Defense)

Ramos, Noe (Self)

Ramos Abuabara, Rosalinda (Self; Texas Organizing Project)

Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

Renaud, Jorge (Self; LatinoJustice)

Rhodes, Brandon (Self)

Riley, Elisabeth (Self)

Robles, Samantha (Self; Progress Texas)

Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

Rogoff, Regina (Self)

Romero, Jason (Self)

Romero, Norma (Self; TOP)

Rosshirt, Ryan (Self)

Rotkoff, Jeff (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)

Ruffino, Rosemary (Self)

Ruiz, Martin (Self; Workers Defense , ICSA)

Russell, Megan (Self)

Saldana, Rey (Self; San Antonio City Council)

Salovitz, Heiwa (DSAa Adapt)

San Miguel, Cristian (Self)

Sanchez, Lucy (Self)

Sanchez, Melissa (Self; IUPAT DC88)

Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

Savoie, Seneca (Self)

Schelling, Emmett (Self)

Schneider, Lisa (Self)

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SCHWARZ, TOM (Self; UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION)

Segovia, Andrea (Self)

Sepulveda, Sofia (Self; Texas organizing project)

Serpas, Beau (Self; CSCRC)

Seubert, Alex (Self)

Shannon, Rachael (Self)

Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

Shierk, Edward (Self)

Siegel, Mike (Self)

Sills, Edward (Self)

Simon, Arthur (Self)

Slataper, Rene (Self)

Smith, Douglas (Self)

Smitherman, Ronnie (Self; TexasBuilding Trades Council)

Sparks, Clifford (City of dallas)

Stateler, Laura (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)

Stewart, Jordan (Self)

Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Thalenberg, Hannah (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

Thorpe, Zamfir (Self)

Tijerina, Esther (Self; TOP)

Timm, Emily (Self; Workers Defense Action Fun)

Timm, Patricia (Self; Workers Defense Project)

Treat, Jennifer (Self)

Trefny, Anthony (Self)

Tremillo, Michelle (Texas Organizing Project)

Trevino, Roberto (Self; City of san antonio councilmember)

Tufino, Leslie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Valerio (Self)

Vazquez, Julie (Self)

Veliz, Olga (Texas organizing project)

Vidales, Jesus (Self; Texas organizing project)

Villanueva, Chandra (Self)

Vogt, Melissa (Self; The VORTEX)

Vormelker, Eric (Self)

Wagner, Christian (Self; IBEW)

Walker, Chance (Self)

Wang, Jasmine (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

Webb, Dale (Self)

Wertsch, Nick (Self; Workers Defense Project)

West, Keaton (Self)

Wilkison, Birk (Texas Democratic Party)

Wilkison, Charley (Austin Police Association, Brownsville Police Officers Association,

Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County, Dallas NLLEO, Fort Worth POA, El Paso

MPOA, Sheriffs Employees OrganizationHarris Co)

Williams, Andrew (Self)

Wilson, Erika (Self; Texas Freedom Network and The Awakening Spiritual Community)

Witt, Chris (Self; Internation brotherhood of electrical workers)

Wolff, Jessica (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Woodroffe, Teresa (Self)

Wright, Craig (Self; Central South Carpenters Regional Council)

Xie, Selena (Self; Austin EMS Association)

Yado, Sissi (Self)

Yoli Ferla, Claudia (Self; Deeds Not Words)

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Zoghby, Jennifer (Self)

On :

Bangert, Ryan (Office of the Attorney General)

Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

Camacho, Priscilla (Metro 8 Chambers of Commerce)

Davies, Holli (North Texas Commission)

Gardner, Gunner (Texas LGBT Chambers Of Commerce)

Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

Young-Montgomery, Rebecca (Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce)