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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee

            April 12, 2021 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 1984

                 Against:

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Kirby (Ducks Unlimited)

                                 Oldenburger, Shaun (Texas Parks and Wildlife)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HB 2238

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Kirby (Ducks Unlimited)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Stone, Harold (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

                 On:

                                 King, Stormy (Texas Parks amd Wildlife)

            HB 2417

                 For:

                                 Barshop, Bruce (Self)

                                 Calvert, Tommy (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Doherty sr., Sean (Sharpened Iron Studios LLC)

                                 Hockenyos, Jon (Self)

                                 Perez, Richard (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Jensen, Paul (Texas Motion Picture Alliance TXMPA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arreola, Al (Self; South & West San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Bunker, Phil (Self; Teamsters JC 58)

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

                                 Harris, Dana (Metro 8 Chambers of Commerce)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                                 York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)

                 On:

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

                                 Poinsett, Royce (Robert Rodriguez/Troublemaker Studios/IATSE)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

            HB 2724

                 On:

                                 Barker, Jarret (Texas Parks amd Wildlife)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bonnot, Shane (Coastal conservation association)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Short, Jim (Self)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HB 2978

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOO)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

            HB 3481

                 For:

                                 Alloway, Leroy (VIA Transit)

                                 Williams, Robert (Self; Alliance For A New Justice System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barksdale, Jay (Dallas Area Rapid Transit)

                                 Bustos, Eric (Capital Metro)

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

                                 Lacy, Sarah (Trinity Metro)

                                 LaQue, Eloy (VIA Metropolitan Transit Authority)

                                 Long, Wade (Texas Transit Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

            HB 3522

                 For:

                                 Bonnot, Shane (Coastal Conservation Association)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Barker, Jarret (Texas Parks amd Wildlife)

            HB 3584

                 For:

                                 Wylie, David (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Sadnick, Charles (Texas Historical Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clement, George (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self)

                                 Glover, Jill (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Guy, Linda (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

            HB 3710

                 For:

                                 Almrud, Noelle (Self; Black Beauty Ranch, Big Cat Sanctuary Alliance, North American

                                 Primate Sanctuary Alliance, BEAR Alliance)

                                 Cantrell, Jamey (Texas Animal Control Association)

                                 Carrasco, Liz (Self)

                                 Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Pharr, Melinda (Self; Elephants Austin)

                                 Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                 Against:

                                 Alayan, Katie (Self; The Preserve)

                                 Burton, Shawn (Self; TPOU Member)

                                 Cook, Marc (Self; NAWA)

                                 Friend, Ted (Self)

                                 Gagne, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Hosseini-Browder, Margaret (Self; Texas & United States Owners United)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Kardon, Alan (Self; San Antonio Zoo)

                                 Smith, David P. (Self; The Preserve; San Antonio Zoological Foundation)

                                 Stewart, Sevanna (Self; The Preserve)

                                 Swain, Viviana (Self; Trunks and humps)

                                 Swain, William (Trunks and Humps)

                                 Terranova, Doug (Self; National Animal Welfare Assoc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Burns, Bill (Self)

                                 Deshea, Deanna (Self)

                                 Glover, Alesha (Self)

                                 Glover, Leann (Self)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Animal Legal Defense Fund)

                                 Jarl, Katie (Texas Pets Alive)

                                 Jensen, Allen (Self)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kreye, Alex (Self)

                                 Kreye, David (Self)

                                 Kreye, Sherry (Self)

                                 Lawrence, Melanie (Self; Elephants Austin)

                                 Loney, Gary (Self)

                                 Loney, Lauren (Self; The Humane Society of the United States)

                                 O'Banion, Margaret (Self)

                                 Rushford, Peter (Self)

                                 Sigg, Monti (Self)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Armstrong, Desie (Self)

                                 Browder, David (Self)

                                 Burton, Rodney (Self)

                                 Clark, Patti (Self; Austin Zoo)

                                 Claville, Charles (Self; San Antonio Zoo)

                                 Davis, Daniel (Self; Tpou)

                                 Davis, Gwendi (Self; Tpou)

                                 Dorsey, Angela (Austin Zoo)

                                 Johnson, Kari (Self; The Preserve)

                                 Velsor, Julie (Self)

            HB 4202

                 For:

                                 Dowdy, Chris (Paul Quinn College)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Steve (Independent Colleges & Universities of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Williams, Robert (Self; Alliance For A New Justice System)

            HB 4436

                 For:

                                 Clinton, Tres (Self; Recreational Aviation Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HB 4499

                 For:

                                 Merritt, Garry (Great Springs Project)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Guy, Linda (Self)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas Foundation for Conservation)

                                 Vunderink, Gregg (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)

            HB 4554

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Van de Putte, Leticia (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HCR 15

                 For:

                                 Murray, Charles (Self; Texas Heroes Museum)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HCR 23

                 For:

                                 Craig, Ray (City of Llano)

                                 Lang, Gail (City of Llano)

                                 Mitchell, Briley (Llan Chamber of Commerce)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

            HCR 24

                 For:

                                 Bayes, Diann (San Angelo Convention. and Visitors Bureau)

            HCR 33

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

            HCR 46

                 For:

                                 Denson, Kiwana (Self)

                                 Lane, Vanessa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HCR 50

                 For:

                                 Hoffman, Sean (Self; Seguin ISD)

                                 Shepperd, John (Self; Texas foundation for conservaztion)

                                 Silvius, Pete (Self; Seguin ISD)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gescheidle, Allen (Self)

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Yeates, David (Texas Wildlife Association)

            HCR 55

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)

                 Against:

                                 York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)

            HCR 61

                 For:

                                 Banik, Randal (Self)

                                 Resident, C (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gescheidle, Paul (Self)

            HCR 62

                 For:

                                 Poncho, Yolanda (Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas)

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