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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            April 25, 2023 - 8:00 AM

            HB 2735

                 For:

                                 McCarthy, Edmond (Self; Needmore Ranch LLC & Needmore Water LLC & LaMantia Family

                                 (HB 2735):Hidalgo County Drainage District No 1 (HB 5373))

                 Against:

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gibson, David (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                                 Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)

                 On:

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund)

            HB 2815

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Rick (Association of Water Board Directors)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berman, Mark (Self; TaylorMorrison)

                                 Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding LLP)

                                 Embrey, Ty (Dallas County Utility and Reclamation District; Paseo del Este MUD Nos. 10 and

                                 11)

                                 Fahnert, Celeste (Self; Taylor Morrison)

                                 Hughes, Ellen (Association of water board directors)

                                 Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Kennard, Karen (City of Missouri City, Texas)

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

            HB 2816

                 For:

                                 Fahnert, Celeste (Self; Taylor Morrison)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berman, Mark (Self; TaylorMorrison)

                                 Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding LLP)

                                 Hughes, Ellen (Association of water board directors)

                                 Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

            HB 3225

                 Against:

                                 Hughes, Ellen (Association of water board directors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Berman, Mark (Self; TaylorMorrison)

                                 Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding LLP)

                                 Fahnert, Celeste (Self; Taylor Morrison)

                                 Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)

            HB 4184

                 For:

                                 Roach, Jonathan (Self; Roach & Associates, PLLC)

                                 Rodriguez, Matt (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cohen, Howard (Schwartz Page Harding Llp)

                                 Ellis, Rick (Association of Water Board Directors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Desilets, Audrey (Self)

                                 Desilets, Brian (Self)

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Berman, Mark (Self; TaylorMorrison)

                                 Fahnert, Celeste (Self; Taylor Morrison)

                                 McKaughan, Mary Alice (Texas Rural Water Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Sledge, Brian (Self; SledgeLaw Group PLLC)

                                 Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)

            HB 4445

                 For:

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund)

                 Against:

                                 Guz, Karen (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McCarthy, Edmond (Self; Needmore Ranch LLC & Needmore Water LLC & LaMantia Family

                                 (HB 2735):Hidalgo County Drainage District No 1 (HB 5373))

                 Against:

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 On:

                                 Hermitte, Sam Marie (Texas Water Development Board)

                                 Rice, Daniel (Texas Water Development Board)

            HB 5373

                 For:

                                 McCarthy, Edmond (Self; Needmore Ranch LLC & Needmore Water LLC & LaMantia Family

                                 (HB 2735):Hidalgo County Drainage District No 1 (HB 5373))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Saul (County of hidalgo)

            HB 5395

                 For:

                                 Cohen, Howard (RES/VLS REAL ESTATE, LP)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

            HB 5406

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Rainer, Steven (Self)

                                                                                               3

                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Rowell, Melissa (Self)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

            SB 1188

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Benter, Tammy (Public Utility Commission)

                                 Hoke, Mike (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

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