WITNESS LIST

            Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee

            April 13, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

HB 538

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bagley, Bob (Self)

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

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

HB 2951

                 For:

                                 Cook, Damian (K9s For Warriors, Inc.)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (Self)

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

                                 Jones, Robert (Self)

                                 Parent, Mark (Self)

                                 Ridenour, Jessica (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Soltes, Sheri (Self; Service Dogs, Inc. and Assistance Dogs International)

                                 Stevens, Lori (Self; Patriot PAWS Servic Dogs)

                                 Tate, Jill (Self)

                 On:

                                 Palladino, Col. Tom (Texas Veterans Commission)

                                 Smiley, Cindy (Canine Companions)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bagley, Bob (Self)

                                 Olson, Kym (Self)

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

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Rose, Denise (Best Friends Animal Society)

HB 3031

                 For:

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

                 On:

                                 Taylor, Shelia (Texas Military Department)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bagley, Bob (Self)

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

                                 Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Olson, Kym (Self)

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

                 On:

                                 Vinklarek, Chelsa (TX Comptroller of Public Accounts)

HB 4174

                 For:

                                 Evans, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 King, Brandi (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Schlegel, Jackie (Self; Texans For Medical Freedom)

                 On:

                                 Palladino, Col. Tom (Texas Veterans Commission)

HB 4421

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)

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

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Ulis, Monie (Texas Military Department)

HB 4972

                 For:

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

                 On:

                                 Harris, Dr. Blake (Texas Veterans Commission)

                                 McEntyre, George (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)

                                 Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)

HB 5150

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bagley, Bob (Self)

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

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

HB 5229

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                 On:

                                 Ulis, Monie (Texas Military Department)

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