WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
April 24, 2023 - 8:30 AM
For:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Chincanchan, David (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Hernandez, Daniela (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Against:
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
On:
Canaday, Nicholas (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades Council)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)
Smith, Jacob (Texas Employment Lawyers Association)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Johnson, Dirk (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Dawson, Patti (Self; Dallas Dog Rescue Rehab Reform)
Gearing, Rachael (Self; City of Dallas - Dallas Animal Services)
LeUnes, Judy (Self; Wienerspiel)
Sampaio, Angelita (Self; Unity for a Solution)
Torres, Sebastian (Self)
Turner, Randy (Self; Law Offices of Randall E. Turner, PLLC)
Against:
Barron-Ethridge, John (Pet City Houston)
Evans, Pamela (Self; Pets Plus, LLC)
Evans, Richard (Self; Pets Plus)
Gagne, Vanessa (National Animal Interest Alliance)
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Against:
Gonzalez, Jonathan (Self; You Pets Vets)
Hennen, Noah (Petland Frisco)
Kunzelman, Elizabeth (Self; Petland)
Montanez Torres, Karla (Self)
Moreno, David (Self; Petland Shavano Park)
Nie, Joshua (Self; Petland)
Patel, Jake (Self; Petland frisco tx)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abernathy, Amy (Self)
Bobosky, Shelby (Self; THLN)
Boich, Pamela (Self)
Cantrell, Jamey (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)
Carneiro, Mary (Self)
Correa, Dayne (Self)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
DeStaffany, Gina (Self)
Gamez, Alex (Humane Society)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gross, Amy (Self)
Hill, Alana (Self)
HILL, CAROL (Self)
Hubbard, John (Self; Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jarl, Katie (Texas Pets Alive)
Johnson, Ashley (Self; Righteous Paws Rescue)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lee, Randy (Self)
Lee, Stephanie (Self)
Leigh, Courtney (Self; Puppy mill awareness day texas, founder and director)
Lynch, Natalie (Self)
Marquette, Christine (Self)
Montgomery, Sherrie (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Oakey, Susan (Self)
Palleschi, Terri (Self)
Pattist, Lance (Self)
Peters-Fineske, Susan (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Quintana, LaRessa (City of Denton)
Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
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For:
Samudio, Ernest (Self)
Sewell-Pattist, Tanja (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Torberson, Eric (Self)
Van Landingham, Erin (Self)
Wasserman, Mary (Self)
White, Kimberly (Self)
Whitehouse, Rebecca (Self)
Zaboroski, Jessica (Self)
Against:
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Suk, Jay (Petcenter)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
For:
Parker, Mary (Self; Texas Physicians for Social Responsibility)
Against:
Baldovinos, Brittney (Texas Chemical Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Moore, Julie (Occidential Petroleum)
On:
Veal, Kevin (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blaisdell, Manya (Self)
Boehne, Caitlin (Self; Equal Justice Center)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hernandez, Daniela (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades Council)
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For:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Rubin, Miriam (Self)
Smith, Jacob (Texas Employment Lawyers Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Hernandez, Daniela (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Against:
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
On:
Holen, Eric (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Chincanchan, David (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades Council)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)
Smith, Jacob (Texas Employment Lawyers Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
For:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
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For:
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Smith, Jacob (Texas Employment Lawyers Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
On:
Holen, Eric (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Loney, Lauren (Texas Pets Alive)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gamez, Alex (Self; Humane Society)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walker, Nathaniel (Texas Housers)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Society of CPAs)
Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
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For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walker, Nathaniel (Texas Housers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Foster, Wendy (Tx Independent Bankers Assoc)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self)
Wright, Eric (Tanium)
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (Pamerican Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
On:
Robinson, Steve (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Harris, Andy (Self)
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Florez, Julio (Regional Hispanic Contractors Association)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Against:
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Messer, Carolinr (AT&T)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
For:
Fuller, Mitch (Self; Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Department of Texas)
La porte, Tracy (Self; Military Moms Of Texas, Gold Star Families of TX , 2stepact)
Westley, Tim (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Ron (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kavelmam, Daniel (Farm&City)
Koebele, Steve (Self)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Pacheco, Kimberly (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sims, Taylor (Vision Zero Texas)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Graydon, Galt (Avis/Budget Car Rental)
Moff, Alli (Toyota)
Yarbrough, Brian (EAN Holdings, LLC (dba Enterprise/Alamo/National))
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (Pamerican Property Casualty Insurance Association)
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On:
Canaday, Nicholas (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Johnson, Dirk (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
For:
Tounget, Craig (Texas Physical Therapy Association)
Against:
McMurry, Sam (Self; Texas Self Insurance Association)
Sholar, Alina (Self; Texas400)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades Council)
Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
Alexander, Lee Ann (Pamerican Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Capelo, Jaime (Self; Texas400)
Childs, Tilden (Self)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians Services)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Assn)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Johnson, Dirk (Office of Public Insurance Counsel)
Landrum, Mary (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Voegele, Christopher (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensatiom)
For:
Barron-Ethridge, John (Pet City Houston)
Gagne, Vanessa (National Animal Interest Alliance)
Gonzalez, Jonathan (Self; You Pets Vets)
Hennen, Noah (Petland Frisco)
Kunzelman, Elizabeth (Self; Petland)
Moreno, David (Self; Petland Shavano Park)
Nie, Joshua (Self; Petland)
Patel, Jake (Self; Petland frisco tx)
Suk, Jay (Petcenter)
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Against:
Boich, Pamela (Self)
Cantrell, Jamey (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)
Gamez, Alex (Self; Humane Society)
Palleschi, Terri (Self)
Torberson, Eric (Self)
Turner, Randy (Self; Law Offices of Randall E. Turner, PLLC)
Whitehouse, Rebecca (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Montanez Torres, Karla (Self)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Abernathy, Amy (Self)
Carneiro, Mary (Self)
Correa, Dayne (Self)
Dawson, Patti (Self; Dallas DogRRR)
DeStaffany, Gina (Self)
Gearing, Rachael (Self; City of Dallas - Dallas Animal Services)
Gross, Amy (Self)
Hill, Alana (Self)
HILL, CAROL (Self)
Hubbard, John (Self; Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Johnson, Ashley (Self; Righteous Paws Rescue)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lee, Stephanie (Self)
Leigh, Courtney (Self; Puppy mill awareness day texas, founder and director)
Lynch, Natalie (Self)
Marquette, Christine (Self)
Montgomery, Sherrie (Self)
Oakey, Susan (Self)
Pattist, Lance (Self)
Peters-Fineske, Susan (Self)
Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Sampaio, Angelita (Self; Unity for a Solution)
Samudio, Ernest (Self)
Sewell-Pattist, Tanja (Self)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Van Landingham, Erin (Self)
Wasserman, Mary (Self)
White, Kimberly (Self)
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For:
Armendariz, Daniel (Ending Community Homelessness Coalition)
Wardlow, Lyric (Self; Ending Community Homelessness Coalition)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Murray, Megan (Self; ATX DAO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Smith, Jacob (ATX DAO)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Smith, Tom Smitty (Self; TxEtra)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas Chapter)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Kavelmam, Daniel (Farm&City)
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For:
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades Council)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Poche, Barton (Self)
Pollock, Ryan (Self; IBEW Local 520)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sims, Taylor (Farm & City)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Florez, Julio (Regional Hispanic Contractors Association)
Kennedy, Thomas (Texas Building Trades Council)
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Place, Shea (Texas Land Title Association)
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