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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Appropriations Committee

            March 18, 2019 - 10:00 AM

            HB 1

                 For:

                                 Butler, Daniel (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Lee, Timothy (Texas retired teachers association)

                                 Merz, Evelyn (Self; Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 On:

                                 Barasch, Joan (Self)

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Day, Joanne (Self; Tesxas State Employees Union)

                                 Fuchs, Samantha (Self)

                                 Gooch, George (Texas Health Services Authority)

                                 Heflin, Talmadge (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Keyton, Sarah (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Lewis, Anne (Self)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn.)

                                 Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

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

                 On:

                                 Coleman, Rob (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Guthrie, Brian (TRS)

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

                                 EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)

                                 Morath, Mike (Texas education agency)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Phillips, Courtney (HHSC)

                                 Wood, Trey (HHSC)

            SB 500

                 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)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 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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