WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture & Livestock Committee

            April 15, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 1284

                 For:

                                 Griffiths, Jesse (Self; Dai Due)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Marshall, Susie (Self; GROW North Texas)

                                 Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)

                                 Smock, Roxanna (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Poultry Federation)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas Poultry Federation)

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 1723

                 For:

                                 Acuff, Sylvia (Self)

                                 Bonnett, Bruce (Self; Lone Star Beekeepers Association)

                                 Gray, Dennis (Self; Coastal Bend Beekeepers Assn)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Leidner, Michael (Self; South Texas Apiaries, Coastal Bend Beekeepers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Ralph, Ashley (Self; Texas Beekeeper Association)

                 On:

                                 Reed, Mary (Texas Apiary Inspection Service)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carlson, Rollyn (Self)

                                 Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Gray, Dennis (Self; Trinity valley beekeepers assn)

                                 Gray, Dennis (Self; Metro beekeepers assn)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Mayville, James (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 RANKIN, MARSHALL (Texas Young Republican Federation)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                 Suh, Jinny (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Tropp, Dustin (Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republican)

                 Against:

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Beekeepers Association)

                 On:

                                 Wright, Phil (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 2155

                 For:

                                 Bazan, Luis (Pharr International Bridge)

                                 Erickson, Bret (Self; Texas International Produce Association)

                                 Martinez, Tony (Self; Pharr International Bridge)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carlson, Rollyn (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                                 Suh, Jinny (Self)

                                 Vargas, Michael (City of Pharr)

                                 Woodard, Shayne (Wonderful Citrus)

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 4374

                 For:

                                 Hinnant, Ray (Self)

                                 Kothmann, Merwyn (Self; Prescribed Burning Alliance of Texas)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self; South Texans Property Rights Assn.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas  Sheep and Goat Raisers Assn)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Assn)

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 4395

                 For:

                                 Hinnant, Ray (Self)

                                 Kothmann, Merwyn (Self; Prescribed Burning Alliance of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Opiela, Eric (Self; South Texans Property Rights Assn.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            SB 1113

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

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

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

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

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