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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            March 11, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            PUC

                 On:

                                 D’Andrea, Arthur (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 3

                 For:

                                 Esparza, John (Self; Texas Trucking Association)

                                 Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Holm, Anthony (Texans for lawsuit reform)

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

                                 Kelemen, George (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Mason, John (AT&T)

                                 McBride, Eddie (Lubbock Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 Against:

                                 Barreras, Mimi (Self)

                                 Beamer, Don (Self)

                                 Bentley, Christin (Self; Texas Freedom Coalition)

                                 Bittrick, Sandy (Self)

                                 Bodine, Brian (Self)

                                 Bohnert, Henry (Self)

                                 Bohnert, Richard (Self)

                                 Buntrock, James (Self; Glorious Way Church)

                                 Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso, Texas)

                                 Gallagher, Auburne (Self; True texas project)

                                 Georgeff, Tim (Self)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enfoercement)

                                 Ho!ughton, Spencer (Self)

                                 Hodson, Paul (Self; Grassroots Gold)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Lester, Lee (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Lopez, Teri (Self)

                                 Luther, Shelley (Self)

                                 Mccauley, Ronda (Self)

                                 McMahan, Stacy (Self)

                                 Morris, Dr Milinda (Self)

                                 O'Shea, John (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Rhodes, Fran (Self; True Texas Project)

                                 Roberts, Stacey (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; True Texas Project)

                                 Scott, Timothy James (Self)

                                 Swirsky, Alexie (Self)

                                 Velasco, Diane (Self)

                                 Whitt, Kevin (Self)

                                 Wilbanks, Darcie (Self; Prime-Systems)

                                 Woelfel, Christy (Self)

                                 Wylie, David (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)

                                 Kidd, Nim (TDEM Tx EM Council)

                                 Kinghorn, Austin (Texas Attorney General's Office (resource witness))

                                 Perdue, Jr, Jim (Self; TTLA, Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Urban, JP (AECT)

                                 Zerwas, MD, John (UT System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Tray (Texas REALTORS)

                                 Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)

                                 Keener, Justin (Americans for Prosperity, and the Libre Initiative)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Turner, Andi (Texas State Rifle Association)

                 Against:

                                 Beamer, Jenny (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, John (Self)

                                 Bell, Alicia (Self)

                                 De Marines, Regan (Self; Texans for vaccine choice)

                                 DeKoning, Diane (Self)

                                 Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Austin Local 1624, HOPE Local 123, Harris County Local 1550, San

                                 Antonio Local 2021, El Paso Local 59)

                                 Heyer, Daniela (Self)

                                 Holman, Frank (Self)

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

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Maynard, Beth (Self)

                                 Murphy, Joseph (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Schlegel, Jackie (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Self, Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                                 Stufflebeam, Denise (Self)

                                 Stufflebeam, John (Self; COS)

                                 Vernon, Van (Self)

                                 Virdell, Sara (Self)

                                 Virdell, Wesley (Self)

                                 Werley, Suzanne (Self)

                                 West, Col. Allen (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bull, Felisha (Gun owners of america)

                                 Bull, Felisha (Gun owners of america)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Sutarwalla, Murtaza (Office of Attorney General)

            HB 315

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Holman, Frank (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; TEPSA)

            HB 327

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; TEPSA)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Holman, Frank (Self)

                 On:

                                 Carlton, Stephen (Texas Medical Board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Hoffman, John (DIR)

            HB 587

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Holman, Frank (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

            HB 1082

                 For:

                                 Price, Betsy (Self; City of Fort Worth)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Gordon, Justin (Office of Attorney General)

            HB 1118

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Holman, Frank (Self)

                                 Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; TEPSA)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso, Texas)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Rainosek, Nancy (Department of Information Resources)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1322

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bates, Tray (Texas REALTORS)

                                 Franklin, Shelia (Self; True TexasProject)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; True Texas Project)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McDowell, Brian (Self)

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