WITNESS LIST

            Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee

            March 30, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

HB 562

                 For:

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

                 On:

                                 Gordon, Jeff (General Land Office)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Gordon, Denise (Self; TX Democratic Veterans Caucus)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)

HB 836

                 For:

                                 Gimble, Jon (Self)

                                 Todd, Larrry (Self; State guard assoc,)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

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

                                 Laine, Dale (Self)

                                 Olson, Kym (Self)

HB 837

                 For:

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

                                 Gimble, Jon (Self)

                                 Laine, Dale (Self)

                                 Todd, Larrry (Self; State guard assoc,)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Olson, Kym (Self)

HB 2749

                 For:

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)

                                 Simonson, Virginia (Self; Texas Council of Chapters, Military Officers Association of

                                 America)

                 On:

                                 Crabtree, James (Texas Veterans Commission)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Commission on Jail Standards)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Fuler, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)

                                 Gordon, Denise (Self; TX Democratic Veterans Caucus)

HB 2979

                 For:

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

                 On:

                                 Crabtree, James (Texas Veterans Commission)

HB 3220

                 For:

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

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)

                                 Simonson, Virginia (Self; Texas Council of Chapters, Military Officers Association of

                                 America)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Gordon, Denise (Self; TX Democratic Veterans Caucus)

                                 Pankl, Grace (Self)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Crabtree, James (Texas Veterans Commission)

                                 Rodriguez, Steve (Texas GLO)

HB 4739

                 For:

                                 Alfaro-Luna, Carey Jo (Self)

                                 Castle, Esmeralda (Self)

                                 Galvan, Jesus (Self; American legion)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ibarra, Maria de los angeles (Self)

                                 Ortiz, Laura lee (Self; Vso administrator)

                                 Rodriguez, Martin (Self; Veterans service office)

                                 Ruiz, Gus (Self; Cameron County)

                                 Sepulveda, Norma (City of Harlingen)

                                 Villela III, Narciso (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Contreras, Celina (Self; Cameron county)

                                 Luna, Miguel (Self)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)

                                 Stewart, Susan (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                 On:

                                 Crabtree, James (Texas Veterans Commission)

                                 Repp, David (GLO VLB)

HB 4908

                 For:

                                 Burton, Donovan (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICE of Our Veterans)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Solid, Eddie (El Paso Water)

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