WITNESS LIST

            Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee

            March 29, 2021 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 409

                 For:

                                 Brown, Kathryn (Constables)

                                 Ochoa, Rene (Self; Bcso)

                                 Payne, Jeremy (Self; Deputy Sheriffs Association of Bexar County)

                 On:

                                 Halverson, Justin (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barquer, Philip (Self; Austin Travis County EMS)

                                 Fuentes, Timothy (Self)

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

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Smith, Craig (Self; Austin Travis Co EMS)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Xie, Selena (Self; Austin EMS Association)

                 Against:

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

            HB 1381

                 For:

                                 Pruett, Gretchen (Self; Texas Library Association)

                 On:

                                 Smith, Mark (Texas State Library and Archive Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

            HB 1631

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Kevin (Self; Deer Breeders Corporation)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

                 On:

                                 Silvosky, John (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

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            HB 1781

                 For:

                                 Abraham, Jason (Self; Wildlife Reflections)

                                 Russell, Blake (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Treadwell, Brian (Self)

                 On:

                                 Silovsky, John (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Richardson, Elise (Texas Deer Association)

                 Against:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Texas Chapter of the Wildlife Society)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

            HB 2040

                 For:

                                 Castillo, Melissa (Veterans County Service Officer Association of Texas)

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; Department of Texas, Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Oldenburger, Shaun (Texas Parks amd Wildlife)

            HB 2132

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Christen (Texas Motorplex)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Cruz, Adriana (Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor)

                                                                                               2


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            HB 2420

                 For:

                                 Spies, Brad (SXSW)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Kralj, Nicole (Self; Music Venue Alliance of Austin)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Xie, Selena (Self; Austin EMS Association)

                 On:

                                 Cruz, Adriana (Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor)

            HB 2450

                 For:

                                 Sturm, Leonard (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Halverson, Justin (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

            HB 3023

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Cruz, Adriana (Texas Economic Development & Tourism, Office of the Governor)

            HB 3081

                 Against:

                                 Vandivier, Tom (Texas wildlife assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Kevin (Self; Deer Breeders Corporation)

                                 Richardson, Elise (Texas Deer Association)

                                                                                               3


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                 On:

                                 Halverson, Justin (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

            HB 3216

                 For:

                                 Sinclair, David (Game warden Peace Officers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ash, Ky (Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA))

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

                                 Morris, Joe (Self)

                                 Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

            HB 3252

                 For:

                                 Pyron, Blake (Self)

                                 Pyron, Mary Ann (Self)

            HB 3257

                 For:

                                 Czarlinsky, Randall (Self; American Jewish Committee)

                                 Proler, Ben (Self)

                 On:

                                 Wolfe, Mark (Texas historical commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Schwitzer, Joel (Self; American jewish committee)

                                 Vane, Mark (Self)

            HB 3339

                 For:

                                 Roe, Marla (City of Frisco convention and visitors bureau)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

            HB 3373

                 For:

                                 Cabaniss, Edwin (Self)

                                 Reynolds, Rebecca (Music Venue Alliance)

                                                                                               4


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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                 On:

                                 Bianchi, Andrew (Live Nation Entertainment)

            HB 3568

                 For:

                                 Ekstrom, Jim (Self; Ekstrom Aquaculture, LLC)

                 On:

                                 Barker, Jarret (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HB 3600

                 For:

                                 Lomax, Bradley (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Park, Joey (Coastal Conservation Association Texas)

                                 Shipton, Patricia (Nueces County)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Reichers, Robin (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

            HB 3644

                 For:

                                 Howard, Catherine (Self)

                                 Owens, Daniel (Self; Association of Texas EMS Professionals)

                                 Smith, Craig (Self; Austin Travis Co EMS)

                                 Smith, Erin (Self; Association of Texas EMS Professionals)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barquer, Philip (Self; Austin Travis County EMS)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Fuentes, Timothy (Self)

                                 Preston, Clay (Self)

                                 Romo, Joel (Austin EMS Association)

                                 Todd, Joshua (Self; Austin EMS Association)

                                 Xie, Selena (Self; Austin EMS Association)

                                                                                               5


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            HB 3706

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Wolfe, Mark (Texas historical commission)

            HB 3807

                 For:

                                 Denson, Kiwana (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barquer, Philip (Self; Austin Travis County EMS)

                                 Brannan, Ryan (Galveston Park Board of Trustees)

            HB 3813

                 For:

                                 Vance, Brett (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Block, Brian (City of Austin)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Sonia (Self)

                                 Anderson, Mckenzie (Self)

                                 Berry, Brett (Self)

                                 Chicoine, Adrien (Self)

                                 Drummond, Robert (Self; Green Light Social)

                                 Enders, Preston (Self)

                                 Hernandez, Alan (Self)

                                 Jeffers, Rachael (Self)

                                 Kilborn, Caleb (Self; Greenlight Social)

                                 Ross, Christopher (Self)

                                 Shirley, Josiah (Self)

                                 Stark, Kati (Self)

                                 Stark, Matt (Self)

                                 Stark, Willie (Self)

                                 Talley, Austin (Self; Whiskey tango foxtrot icehouse)

                                 Watson, Robert (Self)

                                 Wood, Nathan (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Ashworth, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 McNew, Patricia (Self)

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