WITNESS LIST

SB 17

HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Higher Education Committee

May 8, 2023 - 8:00 AM

For :

Bonevac, Daniel (Self)

Johnson, Richard (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Kolasinski, Adam (Self)

Against :

Albert, David (Self; Texas AFT / ACC AFT)

Alexander, Nathan (Self; People of Prairie View Texas and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Inc.)

Altfeld, Clara (Self)

Bartos, Katherine (Self)

Bihun, Meaghan (Self)

Breeding, William (Self)

Bridges, Connor (Self)

Burns, Chelsea (Self)

Cabaniss, Emily (Self)

Carnes, Molly (Self)

Chavez, Karma (Self)

De Lissovoy, Noah (Self)

Evans, Brian (Self)

Fagelson, Bill (Self)

Garcia, Amanda (Self)

Gore, Andrea (Self)

Grijalva, Richard (Self)

Gutterman, Lauren (Self)

Hagan, John (Self)

Hale, Trevor (Self; Texas Council of Faculty Senates)

Hammond, Tracy (Self)

Hastings, Teresa (Self)

Heintzelman, Pat (Self; Texas Faculty Association)

Henderson, Craig (Self)

Hill, Angela (Self)

Hsu, Jo (Self)

Ingram, Antonio (Self; NAACP Legal Defense Fund)

James, Zion (Self)

Jefferson, Samuel (Self)

Jeffress, Annalee (Self)

Kemgang, Steve (Intercultural Research Development Association (IDRA))

Latham Sikes, Chloe (Texas Legislative Education Equity Coalition (TLEEC))

Lemon, W Clyde (Self)

Lewis, Anne (Self; Texas state employees union cwa6186)

Li, Wei (Self)

Liu, Allen (NAACP Legal Defense Fund)

Marotta, Gwynn (Self)

Marron, Victoria (Self)

Martinez, Alberto (Self)

Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)

McBride, Brianna (Self)

Mckiernan-Gonzalez, John (Self)

Min, Alice (Self)

Mira, Christian (Self)

Mitchell-Bennett, Caelan (Self)

Newman, Martha (Self)

Omowale Jarmon, Deborah (Self)

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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Higher Education Committee

Pang, Melanie (Self)

Quiroga, Carolina (Self)

Rable, Kyle (Texas State Employees Union)

Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)

Rollins, Tanya (Self)

Sanchez, Joslynn (Self; Deeds Not Words)

Schwartz, Ana (Self)

Sherris, Ari (Self)

Shook, Lauren (Self)

Smith, Patrick (Self)

Solice, Margaret (Self)

Strong, Pauline (Self)

Thomas, Grace (Self)

Thompson Falla, Jessica (Self)

Torres Yanez, Claudia (Self)

Villarreal, Becky (Self)

Vouga, Etienne (Self)

Wahlgren, William (Self)

Walcerz, Douglas (Self)

Wheeler, Jim (Self)

Zani, Steven (Self)

Zhu, Chunwu (Self)

On :

Doane, Jenna (Texas Center for Education Policy)

Feyten, Carine (Texas Woman’s University System)

Hallmark, James (Texas A&M University System)

McCall, Brian (Texas State University System)

Mitchell, Tedd (Texas Tech University System)

Smith, LaToya (Self; UT at Austin)

Tang, Ashley (Texas Woman’s University)

Williams, Michael (Unt system)

Registering, but not testifying:

For :

Belsick, Michael (Self)

Besinger, Jackie (Self)

Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

Crow, Ralph (Self)

Glass, Tom (Self)

Hall, Mark (Self)

Hazlewood, Keith (Self)

Higdon, David (Self)

Kruckemeyer, Cheryl (Self)

Lucas, Susan (Self)

Martin, Dante (Self)

Martin, Owen (Self)

Martin, Teresa (Self)

Oliver, Edis (Self)

Patterson, Jerry (Self)

Richardson, Mark (Self)

Rose, Austin (Self)

Rush, Leah (Self)

Symank, Dennis (Self)

Symank, Vivian (Self)

Theis, Sidney (Self)

WITNESS LIST

SB 17

HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Higher Education Committee

Viens, Catherine (Self)

Wiley, Cynde (Self)

Against :

Adams Hernandez, Theo (Self)

Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)

Allsup, Ashlea (Self)

Alvarado, Beatriz (Self)

Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)

Apodaca, Steven (Self)

Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)

Au, Azaria (Self)

Bailard, Andra (Self)

Baldwin, Jeremiah (Self; Phi Beta Sigma)

Barsalou, Denee (Self)

Becker, Sarah (Self)

Bell, Christopher (Self)

Belmarez, Emerald (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

Bernard, Jennifer (Self)

Berry, Jocelyn (Self)

Bohm, Rudolf (Self)

Bonds, Kristin (Self)

Brookins, Julia (Self)

Byers, Austin (Self)

Calbert, Jordan (Self)

Calkins, Carter (Self)

Caraway, Ethan (Self)

Carranza, Susana (Self)

Charrie, Miguel (Self)

Chase, Garrett (Self; ASHwell)

Cheng, Zhengang (Self)

Chiou, Derek (Self)

Clarida, Kimberly (Self; Every Texan)

Clark, Anne (Self)

Clausen, Liz (Self)

Clemmons, Jeffrey (Self)

Constantinides, Caryn (Self)

Cordova, Cary (Self)

Cornett, Savvy (Self)

Corpuel, Raymie (Self)

Corpus, Kasey (Self; Young Invincibles)

Costilla, Veronica (Self; Texas Rising)

Craig, Evan (Self)

Cruz, Naomi (Self; Young Invincibles)

Darby, Karen (Self)

Davis, Jessica (Self)

Davis, Lindsey (Self)

Davis, Micahel (Self)

De la Garza, Izabella (Self)

DiSanza, Maggie (Self; Texas Rising Action)

Dow, Trinity (Self)

Edwards, Cody (Self)

Elsen, Liz (Self)

Erisman, Wendy (Self)

Farmer, Ashley (Self)

Figueroa, Tez (Self)

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Fitzgerald, Alexander (Self)

Flores-DuMond, Iliana (Childrens Defense Fund Texas)

Florez, Julio (Regional Hispanic Contractors Association)

Floyd, Tarniesha (Self)

Garcia, Sophia (Self)

George, Alexis (Self)

Goforth, Patricia (Self)

Golightly, Pete (Self)

Griffith, Idona (Self)

Hagin, Kit (Self)

Hale, Amy (Self)

Hale, Angela (Texas Competes Action)

Hale, Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)

Hall, Ash (Self)

Hatcher, Daniel (Self)

Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)

Heroux, Emily (Self)

Hime, Lilli (Self)

Hogan, Carter (Self)

Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

Hu, Bin (Self)

Hubbard, Mandy (Self)

Huston, Kathleen (Self)

Iverson, Brent (Self)

Jang, Patricia (Self)

Jones, Garry (DFER TX)

Kafer, Alison (Self)

Kennedy, Christina (Self)

Kerr, Lonzo (Texas State Conference of NAACP)

Kincaid, Jeannette (Self)

Kincaid, Rain (Self)

Kitcher, Fuerza (Self)

Koen, Terri (Self)

Koonce, Katy (Self)

Kosobud, Pamela (Self)

Kosobud, Terry (Self)

Kron, Carla (Self)

Leahy, Francesca (Self)

Leblanc, Melody (Self)

Li, Hugh (Self)

Liter, Steve (Self)

Loehlin, Jennifer (Self)

Lorigo-Johst, Chevonne (Self)

M., Samuel (Self)

Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori Juntos)

Macor, Alison (Self)

Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)

Margolis, Eve (Self)

Martin, Isaiah (Self)

McArdle, Kathryn (Self)

Meakin, Jacob (Self)

Meis, Nova (Self)

Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

Metraux, Eric (Self)

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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Higher Education Committee

Minich, Julie (Self)

Mitchell, Paul (Self)

Morgan, Jane Elizabeth (Self)

Morris, Ren (Self)

Morris, Tory (Self)

Netscher, Frank (Self)

Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)

Niemeyer, Steven (Self)

Nieto, Jesus (Self)

Noor, Sarah (Self)

Norris, Robert (Self)

O'Quin, Ana (Self; Girls Empowerment Network)

Oefinger, Cameron (Self)

Olander-Waters, Sheri (Self)

Olander-Waters, Stephen (Self)

Ortiz, Pedro (Mexican American School Boards Association)

Ostertag, Jennifer (Self)

Padilla, Daniela (Self)

Pankl, Grace (Self)

Patel, Hemali (Self)

Patterson, Tiffany (Self)

Payne, Helah (Self)

Payne, Katherina (Self)

Perales, Jennifer (Self)

Petrakis, Rory (Self)

Puente, Jaime (Self; Every Texan)

Raley, Ruthine (Self)

Ramirez, William (Self)

Ramsey, Nicholas (Self; Human Rights Campaign)

Reese, Ashanté (Self)

Regassa, Saron (Self)

Robinson, Jersey (Self)

Rogers, Corisha (Self; Texas Rising, Texas Freedom Network)

Sayde, Rox (Self)

Schilt, Paige (Self)

Schmader, Katherine (Travis County Democratic Party)

Seeloff, Ariana (Self)

Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

Skerpan-Wheeler, Elizabeth (Self)

Skidmore, Danielle (Self)

Smith, Alphonso (Self)

Smith, Cherise (Self)

Sohan, Pam (Self)

Sowards, Stacey (Self)

Steel, Montana (Self)

Stern, Maggie (Self; Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

Stewart, Susan (Self)

Strub, Matthew (Self)

Stuver, Ashley (Self)

Stuver, Brad (Self)

Szell, Cody (Self)

Tate, Kolby (Self)

Teitelman, A. Carol (Self)

Tendler, Stuart (Self)

Thompson, Stephanie (Self)

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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Higher Education Committee

Thomson, Susan (Self)

Toretto, Courtney (Self; Anti-Defamation League)

Tran, Anthony (Self)

Tran, Crystal (Self)

Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

Unda, Maria (Self)

Urieta, Leticia (Self)

Urieta, Ramiro (Self)

Uriostegui, Victoria (Self)

V., Paul (Self)

Villarreal Islas, Emily (Texas Rising - UHD)

Voosen, Maureen (Self)

Walker, Hannah (Self)

Walsh, Brendan (Self)

Waters, Hally (Self)

Whiteaker-Lewis, Corinna (Self; San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship)

Williams, Joseph (Self)

Wilson, Janeva (Self)

Winton, Preston (Self)

Wojciehowski, Hannah (Self)

Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)

Yeats, Daniel (Self)

Yeh, Cathery (Self)

Yi, Alice (Self; Asian Texans for Justice)