WITNESS LIST

            International Relations & Economic Development Committee

            February 25, 2019 - 10:00 AM

            Invited Testimony from Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office

                 On:

                                 Daniel, Bryan (Office of the Governor)

            HB 48

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Farasat, Arash (Self)

                                 Farasat, Arash (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Orman, Adam (Self)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 83

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

            HB 106

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Golinelli, Claudia (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                 Against:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

            HB 194

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Orman, Adam (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Dionne, Christopher (Self)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 287

                 For:

                                 Areche, Malenie (Self)

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Jordan, Frances (Young Women's Alliance)

                                 Levihn-Coon, Sophie (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self; Texas Employment Lawyers Association)

                                 Nance Hendricks, Lyn (Laborers International Union of North America)

                                 Zeko, Tatum (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Lauren (Self; Deeds not words)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Reyes, Andrea (Self; Deeds not words organization)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-choice Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

            HB 290

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Dionne, Christopher (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Cruz, Devon (Self)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Orman, Adam (Self)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-choice Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

            HB 393

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self; Texas Employment Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Bratton, Pamela (Self; Texas State Council of Society for Human Resource Management)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 On:

                                 Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)

            HB 399

                 For:

                                 Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Medina, Caharon (Workers Defense Action Fund)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Hallford, Currie (Self; Tecas Political & Legislative Committee/CWA)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lewis, Jonathan (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Monroy, Laura (Self)

                                 Motley, Susan (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Robles, Samantha (Progress Texas)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

                                 Weems, Amanda (Self)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Bratton, Pamela (Self; Texas State Council of Society for Human Resource Management)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

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