WITNESS LIST
Agriculture & Livestock Committee
April 1, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Hyder, Leesa (Texas Beekeepers Association)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Schiotis, Cynthia (Self; Southwest Texas Beekeepers Association)
Against:
Nunley, Jeff (South Texas Cotton & Grain Association, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christal, Travis (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Kuehl, Carrie (Self)
Mansker, Sarah (Self)
Marshall, Susie (GROW North Texas)
Merz, Evelyn (Self; Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Beekeepers Association)
Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)
Ralph, Ashley (Texas Beekeepers Association)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Wygant, James (Self)
Against:
Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
On:
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Reed, Mary (Texas Apiary Inspection Service)
Weaver, Daniel (Self; Bee Weaver Apiaries,Inc.)
Wright, Phil (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
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For:
Christal, Travis (Self)
Clark, Dwight (Self; American Hemp Campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hauser, Shawn (Self; American hemp campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Lane, Timmie (Oppidan Wellness)
Leigh, Kelsi (Self)
Lyles, Steve (Self)
Nobles, Jackie (Self)
Oakley, Connor (HPAT, Hemp Producers Association of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Reeves, Karen (Self; CenTex Community Outreach)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Walters, Jerry (Oppidan Wellness Inc.)
Wygant, James (Self)
On:
Cole, Kirk (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Clark, Dwight (Self; American Hemp Campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hauser, Shawn (Self; American hemp campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Nobles, Jackie (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Reeves, Karen (Self; CenTex Community Outreach)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Wygant, James (Self)
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On:
Cole, Kirk (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab)
For:
Avant, Bob (Self; Texas Farm Bureau)
Beall, Charles (Self; Ana-Lab Corp)
Crawford, David Cree (Self; Ionization labs)
Hardcastle, Rick (Self)
Hauser, Shawn (Self; American hemp campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Hemphill, Coleman (Self; Texas Hemp Industries Association)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Herm, Eric (Self)
Lake, Jeff (Self)
Leake, W T Skip (PMB)
Lyles, Steve (Self)
McBath, Mark (Self)
Montes, Rudolpho (Phoenix Inc)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Shibley, Haden (Self; Circle B Ranch)
Thompson, Steven (Zilis)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Whatley, William (Self)
Williams, Jeff (Self; Williams Farms and Ranches)
On:
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aktary, Lara (Self)
Andrawes, Alexander (Self; Ionization Labs)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Booth, Michael (Self; Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin)
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Clark, Dwight (Self; American Hemp Campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Duckworth, Tobi (Self; Ana-Lab)
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For:
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)
Gentsch, Denise (Texas Seed Trade Association)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Green, Jonathan (Self; Board member - TXHIA)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hays, Susan (Village Farms, L.P.)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Jardine, Kristen (Prime My Body)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lane, Timmie (Oppidan Wellness)
Leigh, Kelsi (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Miller, Drew (U.S. Hemp Roundtable)
Nobles, Jackie (Self)
Nolan, Ilissa (Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin, PC)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Oakley, Connor (HPAT, Hemp Producers Association of Texas)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Pitts, Jr, John (Texas Wellness)
Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)
Reeves, Karen (Self; CenTex Community Outreach)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spencer, Steve (Self; Margins PAC)
Spencer, Sydney (Margins PAC)
Walters, Jerry (Oppidan Wellness Inc.)
Williamson, Justin (Texas Retailers Association)
Wygant, James (Self)
On:
Cole, Kirk (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aktary, Lara (Self)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Clark, Dwight (Self; American Hemp Campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Collins, Karen (Self)
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For:
Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hauser, Shawn (Self; American hemp campaign, vicente sederberg llc)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lane, Timmie (Oppidan Wellness)
Leigh, Kelsi (Self)
Lyles, Steve (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Nobles, Jackie (Self)
Oakley, Connor (HPAT, Hemp Producers Association of Texas)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Reeves, Karen (Self; CenTex Community Outreach)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Walters, Jerry (Oppidan Wellness Inc.)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wygant, James (Self)
On:
Cole, Kirk (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety - Crime Lab)
For:
Allen, Troy (Delta Lake Irrigation District)
KITZMAN, STAN (Self; Brookshire-Katy Drainage District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Booth, Michael (Self; Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin)
Corbitt, Maia (Self; Texans for Clean Water)
Emerson, Jennifer (Texas Rural Water Association)
Nolan, Ilissa (Booth, Ahrens & Werkenthin, PC)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
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For:
Merz, Evelyn (Self; Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Schiotis, Cynthia (Self; Southwest Texas Beekeepers Association)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Against:
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Kuehl, Carrie (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mansker, Sarah (Self)
Marshall, Susie (GROW North Texas)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Nobles, Jackie (Self)
Ralph, Ashley (Texas Beekeepers Association)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Weaver, Daniel (Self; Bee Weaver Apiaries,Inc.)
Wygant, James (Self)
Against:
Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Pest Control Association)
Nunley, Jeff (South Texas Cotton & Grain Association, Inc.)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)
Woodard, Shayne (Corteva)
On:
Wright, Phil (Texas Department of Agriculture)
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For:
Merz, Evelyn (Self; Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Schiotis, Cynthia (Self; Southwest Texas Beekeepers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Christal, Travis (Self)
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Kuehl, Carrie (Self)
Mansker, Sarah (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Ralph, Ashley (Texas Beekeepers Association)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Weaver, Daniel (Self; Bee Weaver Apiaries,Inc.)
Wygant, James (Self)
Against:
Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
Nunley, Jeff (South Texas Cotton & Grain Association, Inc.)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)
On:
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Pahl, Stephen (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Wright, Phil (Texas Department of Agriculture)
For:
Hyder, Leesa (Texas Beekeepers Association)
Moore, Chris (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association)
Ralph, Ashley (Self; Prime Bees, Texas Beekeepers Association)
Against:
Giesecke, Ryan (Self; Metro Beekeepers Association)
Giesecke, Ryan (Trinity Valley Beekeepers Association)
Giesecke, Ryan (Coastal Bend Beekeepers Association)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Schiotis, Cynthia (Self; Southwest Texas Beekeepers Association)
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On:
Reed, Mary (Texas Apiary Inspection Service)
Wright, Phil (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bowlby, Jay (Self)
Fierro, Raquel (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Heivilin, Alaime (Self; A&E Beekeeping & Bee Removal)
Kuehl, Carrie (Self)
Leigh, Kelsi (Self)
Mansker, Sarah (Self)
Morris, Joe (Texas Beekeepers Association)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Ramsey, Anna (Self)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Russell, Justin (Self; Prime Bees)
Sherrod, Karherine (Self)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Steinbach, Don (Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society)
Against:
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Hull, Stephen (Self)
Marques, Cassandra (Self)
Marshall, Susie (GROW North Texas)
Norris, Mitchell (Self)
Smith, Kelly (Self)
York, Ruth (Self)
On:
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Lyles, Steve (Self)
Weaver, Daniel (Self; Bee Weaver Apiaries, Inc.)
For:
Canepa, Alex (Sustainable Food Center)
Marshall, Susie (GROW North Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Denison, Christopher (Self)
Denison, Kathy (Self)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)
Robinson, Erin (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
On:
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
For:
Crawford, Jeffery (Self; TexasAssociation of School Nutrition)
On:
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Marshall, Susie (GROW North Texas)
Nobles, Jackie (Self)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Wygant, James (Self)
On:
Wright-Steele, Catherine (Texas Department if Agriculture)
For:
Hutchings, Don (AgTexas Farm Credit Services)
Kercheval, Todd (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas (WSWT))
Nelson, Bree (Self; AgTexas Farm Credit Services. High Plains Winegrowers Association)
Seaton, Katy Jane (Self; High Plains Winegrowers)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Texas Wine Growers)
Bentley, Matthew (William Chris Vineyards)
Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)
Floyd, Robert (Southern Glazers Wine And Spirits)
Frazier, Kyle (Texas wine and grape growers)
Hodges, Kenneth (Self)
On:
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Against:
Ballard, Wendy (Self; Bastrop County Animal Shelter)
Brown, Meagan (Texas Foundation for Animal Care)
Bruce, Amanda (Self)
Bruhn, Cathi (Self; Operation Pets Alive)
Burgess, Lane (Self)
Ferguson, Sherry (Self; Houston Humane Society)
Floyd, Brian (Self)
Friedricks, Susann (PetPALs non-profit 501c3)
Gummelt, Terry (Self)
Hermans, Ashley (Self)
Holguin, Donna (Self; Best Friends Animal Society (volunteer))
Jefferson, Ellen (Self; Austin pets alive!)
Johnson, Aaron (Self; Montgomery County Animal Shelter)
Kempf, Loren (Self)
Key, Shelby (Self; Animal welfare society)
Kuehl, Carrie (Self)
Lawler, Mary Kate (Self; Spay-Neuter Assistance Program, Inc; veterinarians working in the
non-profit industry)
Mansker, Sarah (Self; Emancipet)
Michel, Lorri (Texas Pets Alive!)
Mills, Amy (Emancipet)
Schumacher, Stacey (Texas coaltion for animal protection)
Sellens, Deana (Self; Texas litter control)
Struchtemeyer, Jeff (Self; Texas Humane Heroes)
Vandermeer, Emily (Self; Lucky Lab Rescue)
Voss, Carrie (Self; Emancipet)
Whitaker, Madison (Self; Emancipet)
On:
Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))
Garcia, Imelda (Texas Department of Health Services)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hodges, Kenneth (Self)
Wurster, Joe (Self)
Against:
Aquino, Joan (Self)
Argersinger, Abigail (Bastrop County Animal Shelter)
Bagnaschi, Heather (Self)
Bardzinski, Alexis (Self)
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Bauke, Julie (Self; Clermont Animal Care)
Beach, Kiyomi (Self; Emancipet)
Beauregard, Savannah (Self)
Behrhorst, Ishmael (Self; Austin Humane Society)
Bellanti, Beth (Self)
Bellonzi, Susan (Self)
Berent, Katera (Self)
Bowring, Dierdra (Self; Idaho humane society)
Breyer, Sally (Self; Kern County Animal Services)
Brooks, Kerristen (Self)
Brown, Sarah (Self)
Cadena, Carolyn (Self)
Carrasco, Liz (Self)
Carrera, John (Self)
Chadwick, Georgina (Self; Emancipet)
Chadwick, Myles (Self; Emancipet)
Chayeb, Kasey (Self; Austin pets alive)
Colbert nichols, Missy (Emancipet)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Colmenero, John (Emancipet)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio, Animal Care Services)
Crowe, Carri (Self)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Debremaecker, Chris (Self)
DeJesus, Alyssa (Emancipet)
Dorsey, Angela (Self; Emancipet)
Evans, Carolyn (Self; Clermont Animal CARE Humane Society)
Faulkner, Jack (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Fons, Brian (Self)
Fuentes, Regina (Self)
Gerritsen, Pamela (Self; Shadow Cats Rescue)
Gezana, Susan (Self)
Gil, Gwen (Self)
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Against:
Goss, Del (Self)
Gunderson, Cindy (Self)
Hazell, Sarah (Self)
Herne, Jennifer (Self)
Holcomb, Susan (Self)
Holguin, Pete (Self)
Holtz, Lindsay (Self; THLN)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Janke, Shelley (Self)
Jarl, Katie (Humane Society Veterinary Medical Assoc.)
Johnson, David (Self)
Johnson, Shannon (Bastrop Animal shelter)
Kane, Ryan (Self)
Keys, Melissa (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Kohlbus, Elsa (Self; Animal Balance)
Lawson, Kaci (Self)
Legeer, Heather (Self)
Levitt, Lynn (Self)
Lyles, Steve (Self)
Lynch, Marianne (Self; Emancipet)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Marquardt, Barbara (Self)
Mccullough, Missy (Emancipet)
McGuire, Katelyn (Self)
Merz, Evelyn (Self)
Miriani, Briana (Self)
Morris, Susan (Self)
Mosi, Prima (Self; PAWS of Austin)
Murray, Kayla (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Norris, Mitchell (Self)
Osborne, Suzanne M (Self)
Parker, Elizabeth (Self)
Parris, Michelle (Self)
Patriquin, Erin (Self)
Piottrr, Marcia (Self; Operation Pets Alive)
Powers, Jessica (Self; American pets alive)
Ralph, Ashley (Self)
Ramage, Alexandria (Self)
Ramage, Karen (Self)
Ramsey, Anna (Self)
Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Ratnayaka, Nipuni (Self)
Reyes, Otilio (Self)
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Against:
Rice, Kelley (Self)
Richmond, Kristine (Self)
Robles, Adriana (Self; Happy Hearts Dog Rescue)
Rodgers, Brian (Self)
Ross, Robyn (Self)
Russell, Kim (Self)
Sandy, Robert (Self)
Sebens, Karen (Self)
Sebens, Karen (Self)
Sermeno, Mia (Self; Emancipet)
Shenefiel, Lee Ann (Self; Best Friends)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smith, Kelly (Self; TAKE ME HOME-ADVOCATES FOR TRANSPORT)
Sprague, Shannon (Self)
Standeford, Holly (Self)
Standifer, Mary (Self)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self)
Toussaint, Jennifer (Self; Animal Welfare League of Arlington)
Valls-Trelles, Pat (Self)
Walker, Amanda (Self)
Waters, Kim (Self; Pflugerville pets alive!)
Watts, Chris (Self; City of Denton)
Webb, Rachelle (Self)
Wells, Sabrina (Self; Austin Pets Alive!)
White, Jennifer (Self; White Family Funeral Home)
Whitley, Tracey (Self)
Wilks, Bree (Self)
Wolf, Sarah (Self)
Wright, Kyleen (Self)
Zion, Mark (Self)
On:
Hughes, Mandi (Self; COCW)
Odum, Lauren (Self)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Public Health)
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