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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            April 3, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 14

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (DallasPolice Association)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Harmon, Micah (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio police officers association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio police officers association)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Richardson Police Department and Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                 On:

                                 Puls, Chad (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 327

                 For:

                                 Mancera, Ray (Self)

                                 Monteros, Janet (Self)

                                 Ramirez, Oscar (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 739

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (City of Del Rio)

            HB 879

                 On:

                                 Booker, Jerel (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

            HB 1439

                 For:

                                 Jaskinis, Clayton (Self)

                                 Lyssy, Marissa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Matson, Cynthia (Texas A&M San Antonio)

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            HB 1630

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                 On:

                                 Eklund, Julie (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1759

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1933

                 For:

                                 Becker, Jennifer (McGraw-Hill)

                                 McClendon, Mark (Tarrant County College district)

                                 Thomason, Susan (Austin Community College)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Compton, Ann (Self)

                                 Fountain, Sandra (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Kralj, Nicole (Association of American Publishers)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Ross, Robyn (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                 On:

                                 Eklund, Julie (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Hendrix, Dean (Self; University of Texas at San Antonio)

                                 Puls, Chad (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1943

                 For:

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 On:

                                 Henderson, Melissa (Educate texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Hallmark, James (Texas A&M University System)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2072

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                 On:

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

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                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2073

                 For:

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2078

                 For:

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 On:

                                 Henderson, Melissa (Educate texas)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Hallmark, James (Texas A&M University System)

            HB 2197

                 For:

                                 Fraire, Jacob (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 On:

                                 Henderson, Melissa (Educate texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Pharr San Juan Alamo ISD)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2206

                 For:

                                 Litle, Ben (Brazos Higher Education)

                                 Turman, Ricky (Brazos Higher Education)

                                 Wambsganss, Phillip (Self; North Texas Higher Education Authority)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fountain, Sandra (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)

                                 Parker, Jimmy (Panhandle-Plains Higher Education Authority)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Ross, Robyn (Self)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

                 On:

                                 Martin, Ken (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2573

                 For:

                                 Brahmaroutu, Ankita (Self; Texas Medical Association)

                 On:

                                 Hermesmeyer, Paul (Joint Admission Medical Program)

                                 Smith, Stephen (Dell Medical School at The Uneversity of Texas in Austin)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cepeda, Miriam (The City of Edinburg)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Ozuna, Jesse (Doctor's Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

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

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2668

                 On:

                                 Fernandez, Linda (Comptroller of public accounts)

            HB 2870

                 For:

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                                 Miller, Naomi (Northside ISD)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Bourgeois, Eugene (Texas State University)

                                 Millican, Si (UTSA)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Smith, Barbara (UTSA)

            HB 3003

                 For:

                                 Balle-Voyles, Isabella (Self; Young Invincibles)

                                 Galasso, Fedora (Young Invincibles)

                                 Webster, Rene (Self)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Ramirez, Erika (Healthy Futures of Texas)

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

            HB 3055

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3312

                 For:

                                 Williams, Deshavian (University of Houston Victoria Student Government Association)

                 On:

                                 Glenn, Robert (University of Houston Victoria)

            HB 3382

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Steve (WGU Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Puls, Chad (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3607

                 For:

                                 Abnet, Zekarias (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Freund, Keely (Self)

                 On:

                                 Eklund, Julie (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3612

                 For:

                                 Nelson, Charis (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)

                                 Crawford, Maverick (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Sanders, Jolene (Easterseals)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

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            HB 3650

                 For:

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Galasso, Fedora (Young invincibles)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3652

                 For:

                                 Eversmann, Nicole (Self)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3657

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Steve (WGU Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Puls, Chad (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3808

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 4010

                 For:

                                 Fraire, Jacob (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 4018

                 On:

                                 Hallmark, James (Texas A&M University System)

                                 Meador, Dustin (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Paredes, Raymund (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 4182

                 On:

                                 Mong, Bob (UNT Dallas)

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