WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
March 30, 2021 - 8:00 AM
COVID-19
On:
Lakey, David (Self)
For:
Bumpus, Serena (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Smith, Kimberly (Texas Nurses Association & National Nurses United)
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)
Against:
Burklund, Adam (Sentry Insurance)
On:
Cox, Timothy (Self)
Holt, Todd (State Office of Risk Management)
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management)
For:
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Texas Corrections)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Martinez, Pete (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bailey, Rick (Johnson County)
Graves, Robert (TACRMP)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Stokes, Robert (TMLIRP)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abad III, Macario (Self)
Aldaba, Carolina (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Allen, Ted (Self; Sherman County Sheriffs Office)
Arias, Fred (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Ash, Ky (Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA))
Becker, Adam (Abilene Police Officers Association)
Brown, Michelle (Self)
Firebaugh, Jonathan (Self)
Fowler, Chanze (Self; Texas Panhandle Peace Officers Association)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP)
Gonzalez, Jose (Nueces County Sheriff Officers Assoc.)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kearns, Brendan (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Kemp, Blaik (Self; Hutchinson County Sheriffs Office)
Kostecka, Jerod (Self)
Leeton, Scott (Self; Corpus christi police officers association)
Lehman Vega, Rachel (Self)
Multer, Angela (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Pezina, Pauline (Self)
Riddle, John (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ryals, Marvin (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Association)
Spencer, Jason (Self)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Holt, Todd (State Office of Risk Management)
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Ormsby, Jeff (Afscme texas corrections)
Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management)
For:
Allen, Ted (Self; Sherman County Sheriffs Office)
Becker, Adam (Abilene Police Officers Association)
Brown, Michelle (Self)
Gonzalez, Jose (Nueces County Sheriff Officers Assoc)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Leeton, Scott (Self; Corpus christi police officers association)
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For:
Lehman Vega, Rachel (Self)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Ormsby, Jeff (Afscme texas corrections)
Pezina De La Fuente, Pauline (Self)
Ryals, Marvin (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Spencer, Jason (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
On:
Graves, Robert (TACRMP)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Stokes, Robert (TMLIRP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abad III, Macario (Self)
Aldaba, Carolina (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Arias, Fred (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Ash, Ky (Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA))
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Firebaugh, Jonathan (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Kearns, Brendan (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Kostecka, Jerod (Self)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Multer, Angela (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Romo, Joel (Austin EMS Association & Association of Texas EMS Professionals)
Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Association)
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
Holt, Todd (State Office of Risk Management)
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management)
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
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For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Against:
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Brannan, Ryan (Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers' Compensation)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
For:
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters Association)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Firebaugh, Jonathan (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP)
Garcia, Leroy (Self; Mission Firefighters Association)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kostecka, Jerod (Self)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Multer, Angela (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Silva, Mike (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
DeWitt, Cathy (Jobs for Texas)
Firebaugh, Jonathan (Self)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kostecka, Jerod (Self)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Salyers, Barbara (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
Thompson, Jay (Association of fire and casualty companies of texas)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Barta, Jessica (Office of Injured Employee Counsel- Resource only)
Craddock, Allen (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
DeWitt, Cathy (Jobs for Texas)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Kaufman, Lisa (TMLIRP)
Salyers, Barbara (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
Thompson, Jay (Association of fire and casualty companies of texas)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
On:
Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Young, Christopher (Linebarger)
Against:
Doran, Laird (Gulf States Toyota)
Hearn, Skylor (R L Polk / IHS)
McMahon, Lori (Toyota Motor North America)
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Against:
Sullivan, Mike (Group 1 Automotive)
For:
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Kostecka, Jerod (Self)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Martinez, Pete (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Against:
Graves, Robert (TACRMP)
Stokes, Robert (TMLIRP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters Association)
Firebaugh, Jonathan (Self)
Garcia, Leroy (Self; Mission Firefighters Association)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Multer, Angela (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Riddle, John (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC))
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
For:
Criner, Joaquin (Lewisville Firefighters Association)
Martinez, Pete (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Stokes, Robert (TMLIRP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Fire Fighters Association)
Firebaugh, Jonathan (Self)
Graves, Robert (TACRMP)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kostecka, Jerod (Self)
Riddle, John (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
BEACHLEY, PAM (TEXAS COTTON GINNERS TRUST)
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
On:
Cotton, Traci (Secretary of State)
Elwell, Michael (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
For:
Robertson, Daryl (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)
Wassdorf, Lorna (Texas Business Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mains, Chuck (Texas Business law foundation)
On:
Cotton, Traci (Secretary of State)
For:
Ouyang, Jimmy (Toyota)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Doran, Laird (Gulf States Toyota)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Dept of Public Safety)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Robertson, Daryl (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)
Wassdorf, Lorna (Texas Business Law Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mains, Chuck (Texas Business law foundation)
On:
Cotton, Traci (Secretary of State)
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