WITNESS LIST

            Delivery of Government Efficiency Committee

            April 16, 2025 - 8:00 AM

HB 3146

                 On:

                                 Linkous, Shane (State office of administrative hearings)

HB 3719

                 For:

                                 Edwards, Thomas (Self; Granite Media Partners and texas press assn)

                                 Ellis, Joe (Texas Association of Broadcasters, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Sunshine Coalition)

                                 Varn, Richard (Self; Coalition for Sensible Public Records Access)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Culley, Robert (Relx)

                                 French, Emily (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)

HB 3895

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Pope, Clay (Texas EV Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Kraus, Edgar (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)

HB 3923

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)

                                 Cottingham, Jacob (Texas Association of Community Colleges)

                                 Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Posson, Amanda (Every Texan (CPPP))

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)

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HB 4748

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 MacCrossan, Gerard (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Pounds, Bobby (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

HB 4751

                 For:

                                 Hurley, William (Self; Strangeworks, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Zhou, Lin (Texas tech university)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

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

                                 Foster, Matt (AT&T)

                                 Gonzales, Larry (Dell Technologies)

                                 Holloway, Tom (Amazon Web Services)

                                 Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                                 Mauro, Megan (Texas Association on Business)

                                 Soto, Renzo (TechNet)

                                 Sreenivasan, Rahul (Texas 2036)

                                 Wiese, David (IonQ)

                 Against:

                                 Bledsoe, Hunter (Self)

                                 Bledsoe, Hunter (Self)

HB 4936

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)

HB 4952

                 Against:

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

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Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)

                                 Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)

                                 Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)

                 On:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

HB 4990

                 For:

                                 French, Emily (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Kontnier, Ashley (Barton Publications- Hays Free Press/News-Dispatch)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan (CPPP))

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

HB 4991

                 For:

                                 French, Emily (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan (CPPP))

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

HB 5196

                 For:

                                 Bickley, Sam (Self)

                                 Bishop, Ann (Self; TPEA)

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                 For:

                                 Norris, Chase (Self; TSEU)

HB 5238

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Woolley, Larry (Self; Johnson County and County Judges & Commissioners Association of

                                 Texas)

                                 Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)

                                 Zeller, Ben (County Judges & Commissioners Assoc.)

                 Against:

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

HB 5246

                 For:

                                 Ayres, Tom (Starlab Space)

                                 Kim, Jason (Firefly Aerospace)

                 On:

                                 Garza, Jr., Norman (Texas Space Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)

                                 Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)

                                 Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)

                                 Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)

                                 Lopez-Guerra, Ricardo (The Boeing Company)

                                 Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)

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