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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            April 26, 2023 - 8:00 AM

            HB 2698

                 For:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Goforth, Patricia (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Hill, Rachel (Self; Eqyality Texas)

                                 Ryan, Jason (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texas Suicide Prevention Council)

                                 Thompson, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

            HB 3078

                 For:

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas Chapter)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 On:

                                 Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Amare, Tsion (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)

                                 Goforth, Patricia (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Robison, Andrew (Self; Texas Energy Poverty Research Institute (TEPRI))

                                 Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Texas Public Interest Research Group)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                 On:

                                 Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 3262

                 For:

                                 Wexler, Noah (Pink Bows Foundation)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Pena, Samuel (City of Houston)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Herman, Wendy (The City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Lancton, Patrick (Self; TSAFF/HPFFA)

                                 Martinez, Mario A. (City of Brownsville, Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Hernandez, Orlando (State Fire Marshal’s Office)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

            HB 3327

                 For:

                                 Cameron, Angela (Harris County Public Defender Office)

                                 Mathis, Allison (Self)

                                 Wood, Ted (Harris County Public Defender’s Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)

            HB 4440

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herman, Wendy (The City of Corpus Christi)

                 Against:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)

            HB 4789

                 For:

                                 Alford, Claire (Self; Highland Electric Fleets)

                                 Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Amare, Tsion (Environmental Defense Fund)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas Chapter)

                                 Goforth, Patricia (Self)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)

                                 Smith, Tom (Self; TxEtra)

                 Against:

                                 Belsick, Michael (Self)

                                 Fitzpatrick, Robert (Self)

                                 Mason, Jackie (Texas Propane Gas Association)

                 On:

                                 Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Leggett, Adam (Texas Clean Fuels Alliance)

            HB 4903

                 For:

                                 Byrd, Chris (Self)

                                 Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Forehand, Ruth (Self)

                                 Freeman, Kevin (Self)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)

                                 Gremont, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Jackson, Eric (Self)

                                 Novikov, Katherine (Self)

                                 Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carter, Mike (Self)

                                 Case Pickens, Liz (Self)

                                 Freeman, Marnie (Self)

                                 Ibe, Natalie (Self)

                                 Pond, George (Self)

                                 Turner, Shann (Self)

                 On:

                                 Carter, Gilianne (Texas Credit Union Association)

            HB 4952

                 On:

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belsick, Michael (Self)

                                 Fitzpatrick, Robert (Self)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self; Protect the Texas Grid)

                                 Turner, Shann (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gleeson, Thomas (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 4996

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Laine, Dale (Self; Aon)

                                 Wright, Eric (Tanium)

                 On:

                                 Kelly, Matthew (Department of information resources)

            HB 5005

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

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