WITNESS LIST

              SB 2858

              Senate Committee Report

              Business & Commerce

              April 22, 2025 - 8:00 AM

                        FOR:

                                          Bonura, John   Policy Analyst  (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                                          Quintero, James    (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Public Policy Foundation),

                                          Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Palmer, Nicholas    (City of Dallas), Dallas, TX

                                          Teal, James   County Judge  (Self; County Judges and Commissioners Association of

                                          Texas, McMullen County), Tilden, TX

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                        FOR:

                                          Blake, Frances   General Counsel  (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX

                                          Bonham, Jeff   VP Texas State Relations  (CenterPoint Energy Inc), Austin, TX

                                          Cohen, Howard   Attorney  (Schwartz, Page & Harding, LLP), Houston, TX

                                          Horn, Sarah   Assistant State Director  (National Federation of Independent Business

                                          (NFIB)), Austin, TX

                                          Hunt, Ray   Executive Director  (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union), Houston, TX

                                          Lary, Trey   Attorney  (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP), Austin, TX

                                          Norman, Jr., M. Scott   CEO  (Texas Association of Builders), Austin, TX

                                          Parnell, James   Secretary/Treasurer  (Dallas Police Assoc), Dallas, TX

                                          Reagan, Karen    (Texas Association of Staffing), Austin, TX

                                          Roach, Blake   Associate Legislative Director  (Texas Farm Bureau), Austin, TX

                                          Saenz, Jenn    (Texas Apartment Association), Austin, TX

                                          Wilkerson, John    (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)), Austin, TX

                        AGAINST:

                                          Aragonez, Alexa   Deputy Chief of Intergovernment Relations  (City of Houston),

                                          Houston, TX

                                          Caldwell, Katelyn    (Harris County Commissioners Court), Houston, TX

                                          Figueroa, Luis   Chief of Legislative Affairs  (Every Texan), Austin, TX

                                          Gonzalez, Ana    (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX

                                          Haynes, Adam   Policy Director  (Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                          Hovatter, Keely    (City of McAllen), Austin, TX

                                          Islam, Nadia   Govt. Affairs Administrator  (City of San Antonio), San Antonio, TX

                                          Mitchell, Bryan    (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot), Dallas, TX

                                          Ramirez, Rick   Deputy Intergovernmental Relations Officer  (City of Austin), Austin, TX

                                          Reed, Cyrus   Conservation Director  (Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter), Austin, TX

                                          Shannon, Melissa   Director of Governmental Affairs  (Bexar County Commissioners

                                          Court), San Antonio, TX

                                          Tamayo, Elisa M.   Governmental Affairs Manager  (El Paso County), El Paso, TX

                                          Thompson, Rick   Legislative Director  (County Judges and Commissioners Associaton of

                                          Texas), Austin, TX

                                          Weist, Jon   Intergovernmental/Legislative Officer  (City of Irving), Irving, TX

                                          Wheeler, Julie   Intergovernmental Relations Officer  (Travis County Commissioners

                                          Court), Austin, TX

                       Providing written testimony:

                        AGAINST:

                                          Clark, Leah    (City of Georgetown), Georgetown, TX

                                          Gutierrez, Spencer   Intergovernmental Relations Manager  (City of Sugar Land, Texas),

                                          Sugar Land, TX

                                          Patterson, T.J.    (City of Fort Worth), Fort Worth, TX

                                          Skrobarczyk, Ryan   Director  (City of Corpus Christi), Corpus Christi, TX

                                          Traub, Ariel   Managing Director Legislative & Public Affairs  (City of Garland, Texas),

                                          Garland, TX

                                          Wynn, Monty    (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

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