WITNESS LIST

            International Relations & Economic Development Committee

            March 18, 2019 - 10:00 AM

            HB 441

                 For:

                                 Farias, Richard (Self; Alamo Colleges District)

                                 Middleton, Deborah (Self)

                                 Renteria, Sabrina (Self)

                                 Rincon, Luis Enrique (Self)

                                 Vera, Helen (San Antonio College)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Self; CPPP)

                 On:

                                 Ballast, Kerry (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Joiner, Caroline (Rackspace)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Torres, Sophie (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

            HB 618

                 For:

                                 Eisenbrey, Rebecca (Equal Justice Center)

                 On:

                                 Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas police association)

                 Against:

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 700

                 For:

                                 Weeks, Roosevelt (Texas Library Assoc.)

                 On:

                                 Demerson, Aaron (Texas Workforce Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 James, Aryn (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 1527

                 For:

                                 Eisenbrey, Rebecca (Equal Justice Center)

                 On:

                                 Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 1529

                 For:

                                 Eisenbrey, Rebecca (Equal Justice Center)

                 On:

                                 Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 1714

                 For:

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Barth, Brian (Texas Departnemt of Transportation)

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            HB 1720

                 For:

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Anderson, Darran (Texas Department of Transportation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Edmonson, David (TechNet)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

            HB 1949

                 On:

                                 Almaraz, Francisco (Workforce Solutions)

                                 Ballast, Kerry (Texas Workforce Commission)

                                 Garza, Wanda (Resourse witness for Representative Guillen)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 2240

                 For:

                                 Gatlin, Buddy (The Home Depot)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Fowler, Meredyth (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Lewis, Ron (Mastercard)

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

                                 Roberts, Jack (BANK of AMERICA)

                                 Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Strama, Keith (Visa)

                                 Vane, Mark (Walmart)

            HB 2279

                 For:

                                 Beagle, Joell (Self; The SAFE Alliance)

                                 De La Paz, Laura (Hays Caldwell Womens Center)

                                 Eisenbrey, Rebecca (Equal Justice Center)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Weigel, Alicia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

            HJR 83

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

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