WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 6, 2021 - 10:00 AM
For:
Schoenfeld, Andrew (Ryan, LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lozano, Michael (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Against:
Chacon, Joseph (City of Austin)
Stout, David (Self)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Hunt, Karen (City of Coppell)
Land, Mike (City of Coppell)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police And Dallas Police Association)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Houston police retired officers assoc)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, HOPE Local 123, Austin/Travis County
Local 1624, El Paso Local 59, San Antonio Local 2021)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Snoddy, Aimee (Office of the Governor - Public Safety Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
On:
Hunt, Karen (City of Coppell)
Land, Mike (City of Coppell)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police And Dallas Police Association)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Houston police retired officers assoc)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Chacon, Joseph (City of Austin)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, HOPE Local 123, Austin/Travis County
Local 1624, El Paso Local 59, San Antonio Local 2021)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stout, David (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Snoddy, Aimee (Office of the Governor - Public Safety Office)
Against:
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Tax Group, LLC)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
On:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Hunt, Karen (City of Coppell)
Land, Mike (City of Coppell)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police And Dallas Police Association)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Houston Police Retired Officers Assoc)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Chacon, Joseph (City of Austin)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, HOPE Local 123, Austin/Travis County
Local 1624, El Paso Local 59, San Antonio Local 2021)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Stout, David (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
McCraw, Steve (Texas DPS)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Snoddy, Aimee (Office of the Governor - Public Safety Office)
For:
Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
On:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Keener, Justin (Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative)
Against:
Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)
Brownson, Amanda (Texas Association of School Business Officials, Texas School Alliance)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Martinez, Louann (Texas Urban Council of Superintendents)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Nichols, Colby (Leander Independent School District)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sheffield, Heather (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Chaudoir, Verena (Great Hearts - Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hoffer, Jospeh (Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, LLP)
Tabor, Bruce (Goddwater Montessori school)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beard, Amy (Yes. Every Kid.)
Brown, Celeste (Self; Compass Rose Public Schools)
Conger, Eddie (Self; International Leadership of Texas Public Charter Schools)
Corte Jr., Frank (Self; Schulman Lopez Hoffer and Adelstein)
Oliver, Harold (Self; New Frontiers Public Charter School)
Sage, Tom (Self)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (TASB)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)
Exter, Monty (ATPE)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA))
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
LUKE, CHARLES (Self; Pastors for Texas Children)
Terry, Mark (Self; TEPSAh)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
On:
Counihan, Will (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)
Jones, W. W. “Whit” (Self)
On:
Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Against:
Hunt, Karen (City of Coppell)
Land, Mike (City of Coppell)
On:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Chacon, Joseph (City of Austin)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, HOPE Local 123, Austin/Travis County
Local 1624, El Paso Local 59, San Antonio Local 2021)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Gwosdz, Thomas (Victoria sales tax development corporation)
Shine, Hilary (City of Killeen)
Against:
Braxton, Ellie (Coppell Chamber of Commerce)
Erb, David (City of Lewisville)
Hunt, Karen (City of Coppell)
Kroll, John (HMWK, LLC)
LaFleur, Leward (Self; Marion County)
Land, Mike (City of Coppell)
Madden, Michelle (Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mansfield, Wayne (Self; Longview Economic Development Corporation)
Scott, Robert (City of Carrollton)
Shepard, Shane (City of lancaster)
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Kasner, Kyle (Texas City Services LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Yarnell, William (City of Harlingen)
Against:
Ball, Jason (Round Rock Chamber of Commerce)
Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Pest Control Association)
Kunke, James (City of Lewisville, Texas)
Meek, Michael (Greater New Braunfels Chamber of Commerce, Inc.)
Miranda, Eduardo (Houston METRO)
Moore, Jason (City of Lewisville)
Russell, Claudia (City of San Marcos)
Shipp, Brad (Vari)
Werner, Jared (City of new braunfels)
For:
Polk, Carl Ray (Self; Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan (formerly Center for Public Policy Priorities))
On:
Barton, Karey (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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