WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            April 11, 2023 - 8:00 AM

HB 1525

                 On:

                                 Brzozowski, Patrick (Lavaca Navidad River Authority)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Keslar, Chris (Texas Sunset Advisory Commission)

                                 Romig, Robert (Sunset Commission)

HB 2109

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Clarno, Jim (Self; Lower Brushy Creek WCID)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

HB 2630

                 For:

                                 Wingert, Chris (Self; West Central Texas Municipal Water District)

HB 2914

                 For:

                                 Sears, Walt (Northeast Texas Municipal Water District)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harward, Heather (Texas Water Supply Partners)

                                 Harward, Heather (Upper Trinity Regional Water District)

                                 Kelly, David (North Texas Municipal Water District)

HB 3232

                 For:

                                 Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Environmental Defense Fund (EDF))

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boehm McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

                                 Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Yadav, Gitanjali (TCEQ)

HB 3810

                 On:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)

                                 Homan, Jerry (Self; Association of water board directors)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)

                                 Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)

                 Against:

                                 Hale, Angela (City of McKinney)

                                 Hale, Angela (Mcakinney Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Pritzlaff, Craig (TCEQ)

                                 Risko, Michelle (TCEQ)

HB 3811

                 For:

                                 Duncan, Wendy (Self)

                                 Ellis, Rick (AWBD)

                                 Homan, Jerry (Self; Awbd)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Northeast Texas Municipal Water District; San Antonio River Authority; Wells

                                 Branch MUD; Upper Trinity GCD; North Texas GCD; Prairielands GCD)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Backlund, Linda (AWBD)

                                 Cohen, Howard (Schwartz Page & Harding LLp)

                                 Martinsson, Leah (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

HB 3881

                 For:

                                 Backlund, Linda (AWBD)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Homan, Jerry (Self; Awbd)

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HB 4133

                 For:

                                 Miller, Douglas (HMW Special Utility District)

                                 Petty, Emma (Aqua Texas)

                 On:

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bentley, Matthew (SJW Group dba Texas Water Company)

                                 Boehm McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 Cammack, Kerry (Texas water Utilities)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Aqua Texas)

                                 Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commissiin)

                                 Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)

HB 4299

                 For:

                                 Guerra, Ricardo (Mayor of San Benito)

                                 Sanchez, Marco (City of Combes)

                                 Sepulveda, Norma (City of Harlingen)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Brownsville Public Utilities Board)

                                 Gonzalez, Gabriel (City of Harlingen)

                                 Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Gutierrez, Aida (City of Combes)

                                 Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Environmental Defense Fund (EDF))

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                                 Vargas, Michael (City of Pharr)

                 Against:

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lavin, Amanda (Texas Water Development Board)

HB 4704

                 For:

                                 Frankson, David (Jackson county countywide drainage district)

                                 Sklar, Jill (Jackson County)

                                                                                               3

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HB 4742

                 For:

                                 Guerra, Ricardo (Mayor of San Benito)

                                 Jennings, Steve (Cameron County Drainage District #5)

                                 Lopez, Daniel (City of Harlingen)

                                 Sanchez, Marco (City of Combes)

                                 Scheibe, Eric (Self; Scheibe Consulting, LLC)

                                 Sepulveda, Norma (City of Harlingen)

                                 Vela, Rolando (Cameron County Drainage District No. 5)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Brownsville Public Utilities Board)

                                 Gonzalez, Gabriel (City of Harlingen)

                                 Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Vargas, Michael (City of Pharr)

                 Against:

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Lavin, Amanda (Texas Water Development Board)

HB 4943

                 For:

                                 Boehm McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 Heckler, Jeff (Self)

HB 5016

                 For:

                                 Mazur, Jeremy (Texas 2036)

                                 Rubinstein, Carlos (Self; Environmental Defense Fund (EDF))

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Goshen, Danielle (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)

                 Against:

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

                                 Eaves, Celia (Public Utility Commission)

                                 Lavin, Amanda (Texas Water Development Board)

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HB 5025

                 For:

                                 Flatten, Charlie (Htgcd)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Ortiz, Alex (Sierra Club)

                                 Rogers, Linda Kaye (Self)

HB 5303

                 For:

                                 Martin, Bubba (Springs hill water supply corporation)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Boehm McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)

HB 5308

                 For:

                                 Kreider-Dusek, Kimberly (Self; McMullen County)

                                 Teal, James (McMullen County Judge)

HB 5341

                 On:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (North Harris County Regional Water Authority)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Magee, Clint (HMWK)

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