WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
April 23, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted.
For:
Chester, Brian E (Self)
Wilshusen, Fred (Self; Texas Construction Association)
Against:
Bocchini, Anna (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Childress, Lisa (NACM SW and BMC West LLC)
Drake, Lori (Martin Marietta Materials)
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Harwell, Gregory (Texas Association of Builders)
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Lindley, Randall (Self; NACM)
Love, Chloe (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates)
Love, Roland (Self; Texas Land Title Association)
Mode, Wendy (NACM and ROMCO Equipment Co. LLC)
Sampson, Shelley (Airtron Inc. A Direct Energy Company)
On:
Wagner, Sara (Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cervantes, Angie (Texas Masonry Council)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Lambert, Wendy (Self; Central Texas Subcontractors Association)
Risk, Raymond (Texas Construction Association)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of Texas)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (Associated General Contractors-Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Bernardo, Anna (Ferguson)
Cawthon, Denise (Self)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Civil Justice League)
Gonzales, Lila (Self; Action Gypsum Supply)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)
Inglis, Ian (Self)
Kellis, Charles (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company and First American Title Insurance Company)
Macias, Gloria (ACTION GYPSUM SUPPLY)
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Against:
McCarty, Austin (Texas Chemical Council)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Moore, Timothy (Cassity Jones Lumber)
Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Assn of Texas)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Short, Jim (Self; Houston real estate council)
Skidmore, Melissa (Self)
Sorensen, Kurt (NACM, H&E Equipment)
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
For:
Cooms, Robert (Self; Spring Shadows Civic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Perkins, Val (Texas Community Association Advocates)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
Against:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Bocchini, Anna (Equal Justice Center)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
For:
Bocchini, Anna (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Against:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
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Against:
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Iqbal, Sommer (City of Dallas)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Pursell, Leigh (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Vera, Colleen (Self)
Against:
Farine, Trisha (Self; TCAA)
Hartman, David (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Long, Matt (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Lux, Carolyn (Self)
Olson, Ken (Self)
Roninson, John (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Against:
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
For:
Hussey, William (Self)
Kelsey, Buck (Self)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Stotts, James (Self)
Against:
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Against:
Schumann, Peyton (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
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For:
Castro, Guillermo (Self)
Perez, Vanessa (Self; Homeowners Voices United)
Against:
Valdes, Alex (Winstead PC, member, Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Petra M (Self; Homeowners Voices United)
Flores, Rudy (Self; Homeowners Voice United)
Garza, Raul (Self; Homeowners Voices United)
LaFleur, Thomas W. (Self; Homeowners Voices United)
Otero, Salo (Self; Homeowners voices united)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Perez, Etelvina (Self; Homeowners Voices United)
Piland, Jo Ann (Self; Homeowmers Voices United)
Against:
Ficken, Rainer (Newland Co.)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Ilkenhans, Jim (DR Horton)
Jones, Kenneth (Armbrust & Brown, PLLC)
Jones, Kenneth (Stratus Properties)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Kirkpatrick, Shawn (KB Home)
Lamkin, Jeff (Cinnamon Shore)
Louden, Malcolm (Walsh Ranch)
Love, Chloe (Self; Texas Community Association Advocates, Inc.)
Martin, Garrett (Self; Milestone Community Builders, LLC)
Mitchell, Terry (Momark Development LLC)
Randow, Herman (Lennar)
Weaver, Gregory (Catellus)
York, Elizabeth (The Johnson Development Corporation)
For:
Harwell, Gregory (Texas Association of Builders)
Kellis, Charles (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association)
Love, Roland (Self; Texas Land Title Association)
Against:
Bocchini, Anna (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Childress, Lisa (NACM SW and BMC West LLC)
Drake, Lori (Martin Marietta Materials)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
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Against:
Lindley, Randall (Self; NACM)
Mode, Wendy (NACM and ROMCO Equipment Co. LLC)
Moore, Timothy (Cassity Jones Lumber)
Sampson, Shelley (Airtron Inc. A Direct Energy Company)
Wilshusen, Fred (Self; Texas construction Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Civil Justice League)
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company and First American Title Insurance Company)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Neeley, Karen (Independent Bankers Assn of Texas)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of Texas)
Short, Jim (Self; Houston real estate council)
Against:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
On:
Bernardo, Anna (Ferguson)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Gonzales, Lila (Self; Action Gypsum Supply)
Macias, Gloria (ACTION GYPSUM SUPPLY)
Sorensen, Kurt (NACM, H&E Equipment)
For:
Baldwin, Bill (Self; Boulevard Realty)
Castillo, Mario (Self; Your Houston)
Harpold, Grant (Self)
On:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
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For:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chaptet sierra club)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)
Against:
Lawson, Drew (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Moseley, Becky (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)
Against:
Lawson, Drew (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Simmons, Carrie (Nationwide Eviction)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Iqbal, Sommer (City of Dallas)
Against:
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
On:
Keig, Lowell (Texas Workforce Commission)
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