WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
April 13, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Against:
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Staffing)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Kozanecki, Nancy (Self; HOA Reform Coalition of Texas)
Against:
Devine, Tara (President of Majestic Hills Homeowners Association)
Woss, Alison (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)
McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Against:
Krueger, John (Associa)
Plas, Doug (Texas Community Associations Advocates)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women, Texas Chapter)
Strandberg, Katherine (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA))
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Realtors)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Against:
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Chapman, Randy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Fitzgerald, Tamara (Self)
Hand, Robert (Self)
Tamez, Laura (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (Self)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
For:
Boyd, Sipra (Texas State Bar Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)
Plas, Doug (Texas Community Associations Advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kozanecki, Nancy (Self; HOA Reform Coalition of Texas)
Krueger, John (Associa)
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
For:
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Against:
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Head, Phil (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Against:
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Landrum, Mary (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Warren, Gary (Self; Central South Carpenters Regional Council)
On:
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Martinez, Mario A. (Regional Hispanic Contractors Association)
Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Stern, Maggie (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Oakley, Chris (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
Zito, Al (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzales, Larry (Texas Credit Union Association)
Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rodriguez, Micah (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
For:
Castle, Christian (Self; Entertainment & Sports Law Section, State Bar of Texas)
Linares Jr., Luis Carlos (Recording Industry Association of America)
Mathis, Robert (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Valdez, Jerry (Recording Industry Assoc. of America)
For:
Chapman, Randy (Self)
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Rosales, Christina (Texas Housers)
Against:
Bookstaff, Howard (Texas Apartment Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability Rights Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Poinsett, Royce (RealPage, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
For:
Colvin, Elizabeth (Self; RAISE Texas)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan (Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Against:
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
On:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Pendleton, D.J. (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
For:
Cooley, Amy (Self)
Peters, Natalie (Self)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Bull, Felisha (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Watson, Phil (Knife Rights Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
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