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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            May 10, 2021 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            SB 63

                 For:

                                 Altinger, Roland (Texas Association Appraisal Districts)

                                 DeOtte, Richard (Self)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Self; Citizens For Appraisal Reform)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Altinger, Roland (Hcad)

                                 DeOtte, Yvette (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Popp | Hutcheson, LLP)

                                 Grant, Stephen (Popp Hutcheson PLLC)

                                 Graydon, Galt (Citizens for Appraisal Reform)

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Association Manufacturers, AECT, Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Retzloff, Scott (Self; Ryan, LLC)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                                 Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 296

                 For:

                                 Marcaccio, Dino (Texas Tax Group, LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Tax Group LLC)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                 On:

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 334

                 For:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Broaddus, Kirk (Self)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 DeOtte, Richard (Self)

                                 DeOtte, Yvette (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 938

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 On:

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 1245

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 1315

                 For:

                                 Campirano, Eduardo (Brownsville Navigation District, dba, Port of Brownsville)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bagwell Rudy, Sarah (Port of Port Arthur)

                                 Delay, Randy (Self; Port of Brownsville)

                                 Grant, Stephen (Popp Hutcheson PLLC)

                                 Lewis, Ron (Port of Beaumont)

                                 Martinez, Mario A. (Port of Brownsville)

                                 Richardson, Elise (Texas Ports Association & Port Freeport)

                                 Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 1413

                 For:

                                 Sharp, Teresa (Ryan LLC)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County)

                                 McRae, Tammy (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeOtte, Richard (Self)

                                 DeOtte, Yvette (Self)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Grant, Stephen (Popp Hutcheson PLLC)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Self; Citizens For Appraisal Reform)

                                 Retzloff, Scott (Self; Ryan, LLC)

                 Against:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 Elfanr, Bruce (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Young, Christopher (Linebarger)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

            SB 1421

                 For:

                                 Retzloff, Scott (Self; Ryan, LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeOtte, Richard (Self)

                                 DeOtte, Yvette (Self)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Grant, Stephen (Popp Hutcheson PLLC)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Self; Citizens For Appraisal Reform)

                                 Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                                 Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                 Against:

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 1427

                 For:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Altinger, Roland (Harris CAD)

                                 DeOtte, Richard (Self)

                                 DeOtte, Yvette (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Popp | Hutcheson, LLP)

                                 Grant, Stephen (Popp Hutcheson PLLC)

                                 LeBas, James (AECT)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Self; Citizens For Appraisal Reform)

                                 Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Retzloff, Scott (Self; Ryan, LLC)

                                 Smith, R Clint (Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                                 Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                 Against:

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Castillo, Korry (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 1524

                 For:

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

                                 Praesel, Sylvia (Self; Coalition for Apprenticeship Partners in Economic Development)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commercre)

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Coalition for Apprenticeship Partners in Economic Development)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Association of Manufacturers, AECT)

                                 Marcaccio, Dino (Texas Tax Group)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Currah, Tom (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            SB 1655

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Graham, Ann S (Texans for the arts)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

                                                                                               5