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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Urban Affairs Committee

            March 31, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 191

                 For:

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Salcido, Jr., Robert (Self; Pride Center San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)

                                 Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Hall Lecuona, Shawn (Self; Lecuona Law PLLC dba Lecuona Life Ministries Burning For

                                 Quote)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)

                 On:

                                 Snoddy, Bryan (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Busey, Kelli Anne (Self; Planet transgender)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Gilbert, Earl (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Lackey, Holt (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Mariappuram, Rosann (Self)

                                 Martinez, Ricardo (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                 Against:

                                 Bell, Alicia (Self)

                                 Brown, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Deininger, Susan (Self)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Fry, Pat (Self)

                                 Garner, Donald (Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition)

                                 Glover, Jill (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Hall, McKenna (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)

                                 Olson, Kenneth (Self)

                                 Russell, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

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            HB 195

                 On:

                                 Reyna, Israel (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Against:

                                 Engelke, Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                 On:

                                 Cabello, Homero (Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs)

                                 Dwyer, Daniela (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc.)

            HB 754

                 Against:

                                 Adrian, Teresa (Self; City of Irving)

                                 Aubin, Richard (City of Garland, Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                 Against:

                                 Brockett, Matthew (Self; City of Irving)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Fortune, Andrew (City of Grand Prairie)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)

                                 Hale, Angela (City of Mckinney)

                                 Hale, Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Solis, Nicole (City of Sugar Land)

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)

                                 Weist, Jon (City of Irving)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Zavala, Luz (Self; City of Irving)

            HB 792

                 For:

                                 Severance III, Robert (Cleburne Police Department)

                                 Wickson, Shane (Cleburne Police Department)

                                                                                               2


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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

            HB 862

                 For:

                                 Beccerra, Abel (Self)

                                 Harrington, Jim (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Galezazzi, Dante (Texas International Produce Association (AKA: TIPA))

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                 On:

                                 Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)

                                 Dwyer, Daniela (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc.)

                                 Mauch, Dave (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Against:

                                 Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)

                                 Engelke, Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Beekeepers Association, Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Woodard, Shayne (Texas Cotton Ginners Association)

                 On:

                                 Cabello, Homero (Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs)

            HB 1087

                 For:

                                 Bush, Deborah (Self)

                                 Clark, Pharaoh (Reliable revolutionaries)

                                 Garcia, Josey (Self; Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Hilbrandt, Nathaniel (Reliable revolutionaries)

                                 Klein, Deborah (City of San Antonio)

                                 Mendoza, Antony (Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

                                 Parks, Jourdyn (Self; The village Projekt)

                                 Reyes, Jimmy (City of San Antonio)

                                 Roundtree, Bernice (Self)

                                 Salas, Mario (Self; San Antonio Coalition for Police Accountability)

                                 Wallace, Dorothea (Self; Black Lives and Allies in Community)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)

                                 Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Pan, David (CHCS)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                                 Weist, Jon (City of Irving)

                 Against:

                                 Casaday, Kenneth (Self; Austin police association)

                                 Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

                                 Gomez, Mike (Tmpa)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Self)

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

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Assoc)

            HB 1216

                 For:

                                 Bush, Deborah (Self)

                                 Clark, Pharaoh (Reliable Revolutionaries s.a)

                                 Garcia, Josey (Self; Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Hilbrandt, Nathaniel (Reliable revolutionaries)

                                 Mendoza, Antony (Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

                                 Parks, Jourdyn (Self; The village Projekt)

                                 Roundtree, Bernice (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                 Against:

                                 Casaday, Kenneth (Self; Austin police association)

                                 Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

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                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

                                 Gomez, Mike (Tmpa)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Self)

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

                                 McGalin, John (Houston Police Department)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Assoc)

            HB 1301

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medcal Association)

                 On:

                                 Cabello, Homero (Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs)

            HB 1561

                 For:

                                 Bush, Deborah (Self; Billing Coordinator)

                                 Clark, Pharaoh (Reliable Revolutionaries s.a)

                                 Garcia, Josey (Self; Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Mendoza, Antony (Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Parks, Jourdyn (Self; The village Projekt)

                                 Reyes, Jimmy (City of San Antonio)

                                 Roundtree, Bernice (Self)

                                 Salas, Mario (Self; San Antonio Coalition for Police Accountability)

                                 Wallace, Dorothea (Self; Black Lives and Allies in Community)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Klein, Deborah (City of San Antonio)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

                 Against:

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

                 On:

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

            HB 1861

                 For:

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

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            HB 1973

                 For:

                                 Glynn, Michael (Texas State Association of Firefighters)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefigthers Association)

                                 Garcia, Leroy (Self; Mission Firefighter Association)

                                 Silva, Michael (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Todd, Jack (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

            HB 2045

                 For:

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Lackey, Holt (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Macpherson, Kim (Self; Coalition for Aging LGBT)

                                 Martinez, Ricardo (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Salcido, Jr., Robert (Self; Pride Center San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)

                                 Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Hall Lecuona, Shawn (Self; Lecuona Law PLLC dba Lecuona Life Ministries Burning For

                                 Quote)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bentsen, Kendall (Self)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Gilbert, Earl (Self; Equality Texas)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Hale, Angela (LGBTQ statewide Chambers of Commerce)

                                 Mariappuram, Rosann (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Thomas (Self)

                                 Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Pan, David (CHCS)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Ray, Isabel (Self)

                                 Rocap, Blake (Self; Avow)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                                 Till, Justin (Stonewall Democrats of Dallas)

                 Against:

                                 Bell, Alicia (Self)

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                 Against:

                                 Brown, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Deininger, Susan (Self)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Fry, Pat (Self)

                                 Garner, Donald (Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition)

                                 Glover, Jill (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Hall, McKenna (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)

                                 Olson, Kenneth (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cabello, Homero (Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs)

            HB 2474

                 For:

                                 Cogliano, Angelica (Self; Austin Lawyers Guild)

                                 Linder, Nelson (Austin NAACP)

                 On:

                                 Jones, Dallas (Center for Justice Research)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

            HB 2670

                 For:

                                 Mohr Boleware, Alison (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Smith, Ali (Self; National Association of Social Workers Texas Chapter)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Riley, Jessica (Self)

                                 Sowers, Bri (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas)

                 On:

                                 Levecque, Joniel (Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation)

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                 On:

                                 Wilt, Michael (Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation)

            HB 2726

                 For:

                                 Garza, Frank (Cibolo Canyons Special Improvement District)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

            HB 2869

                 For:

                                 Glynn, Michael (Texas State Association of Firefighters)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Pharaoh (Reliable revolutionaries)

                                 Garcia, Josey (Reliable Revolutionaries of San Antonio)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefigthers Association)

                                 Garcia, Leroy (Self; Mission Firefighter Association)

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

                                 Leeton, Scott (Self; Corpus christi police officers assc)

                                 Silva, Michael (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Todd, Jack (Self; Lubbock Fire Fighters)

                 Against:

                                 Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Self)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Roundtree, Bernice (Self)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2893

                 For:

                                 Marez, John (Self; Nueces County)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Canales, Barbara (Self; Nueces County Judge)

                                 Shipton, Patricia (Nueces County)

                 On:

                                 Cabello, Homero (Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs)

            HB 2914

                 For:

                                 Jensen, Ron (City of Grand Prairie)

            HB 2939

                 For:

                                 CeBallos, Chris (Tmpa)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                 Against:

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

            HB 2962

                 For:

                                 Gomez, Mike (Tmpa)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police)

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

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

            HB 3546

                 For:

                                 Joslove, Scott (Texas hotel assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                 Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3690

                 For:

                                 Rice, Dalton (Self; City of Morgan's Point Resort)

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