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WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
March  9, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  24
 
Against:
VOLKENING, RONNIE (TX RETAILERS ASSOCIATIO)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
CARMONA, PAUL (OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
BARBER, KATHY (TEXAS RETAILERS Assoc.)
 
 
Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Assc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
DOUGLAS, BARBARA (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
 
 
HULL, MIKE (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
Oakley, Keith (Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of TX (ASSIST))
 
 
 
 
HB  24 - Committee Substitute  (Deshotel)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
JONES, NEAL T. (HEB Grocery, Inc. 646 S. Main Avenue San Antonio, TX 78204)
 
 
 
 
HB  345
 
    For:
Davies, Steve  (Self)
 
 
Davis, Gary (Texas Credit Union League)
 
 
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
LOFTIS, LEE (INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS of TEXAS)
 
 
VOLKENING, RONNIE (TEXAS RETAILERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DAVIS, JAMES (TEXANS FOR LAWSUIT REFORM)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
MAY, CELESTE (TEXAS BANKERS ASSOCIATION)
 
 
NEELEY, KAREN (Independent Bankers Assn of Texas)
 
 
WOLFE, JONATHAN (The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Betts, Albert (Association of Fire and Casualty Insurers of Texas (AFACT))
 
 
Brown, Sabrina (Acxiom)
 
 
Clark, Jeffrey (Technology Association of America)
 
 
CULLEY, ROBERT (Choice Point)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Douglas, Barbara (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
 
 
LIVELY, LANCE (NFIB Texas)
 
 
McDaniel, Demetrius (First Data Corporation)
 
 
NATION, BRENDA (American Council of Life INSURERS (ACLI))
 
 
RODRIGUEZ, JENNIFER (Apple, Inc.)
 
 
Sims, Carol (TEXAS Civil Justice League)
 
 
Von Sehrwald, UWE (Uba) (CASH REGISTER SERVICES)
 
 
WISE, ANDREW (MICROSOFT CORP.)
 
 
WURZEL, GEOFF (TECHNET)
 
 
 
 
HB  615
 
    For:
Miller, Jeff (Advocacy Incorpororated)
 
 
SMITH, DONALD (Texas Early Childhood Education Coalition)
 
 
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bratton, Pamela  (Self and TX. ASSOC. STAFFING; SHRM Career Consultants Staffing Svs.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
 
    For:
BURSTAIN, JANE (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Fickel, Ann (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Gunter, Samuel (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (Texas - AFT)
 
 
HENNING, LORI (TX Association of Goodwills)
 
 
LEVY, RICK (TX AFL-CIO)
 
 
Marlin, Justin (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
SABO, JASON (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Assc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
BOULETTE, JASON (TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW COUNCIL)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
FISHER, JON (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
 
 
LIVELY, LANCE (NFIB Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  978
 
    For:
EAST, BRIAN (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
GRIFFIN, JOHN (Texas Diabetes Council American Diabetes Association (Vice Chair, National Board))
 
 
Smith, Jason  (Self and Texas Employment Lawyers Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
GOLDEN, MICHAEL (TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW COUNCIL)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Kim Suiter of National Multiple Sclerosis)
 
 
BANKS, YANNIS (Texas NAACP)
 
 
DeLaGarza, Veronica (American Diabetes Association)
 
 
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  978 - Committee Substitute  (Deshotel)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
LEVY, RICK (TX  AFL-CIO)
 
 
 
 
HB  1005
 
    For:
Fickel, Ann (TX Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Guerrero, Nora  (Self)
 
 
LOPEZ, RAMIRO (Travis Heights Elementary - PTA)
 
 
METCALF, ERIC (COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS of CENTRAL TEXAS)
 
 
Ridley, Vielka  (Self)
 
 
Terrazas, Erica (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
BOULETTE, JASON (TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW COUNCIL)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
RITTER, SUE (Texas State Council of Society of HR Prof's)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
BURSTAIN, JANE (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
 
 
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Gunter, Samuel (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (Texas - AFT)
 
 
LEVY, RICK (TX AFL-CIO)
 
 
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission, Baptist General Convention of TX)
 
    For:
SABO, JASON (United Ways of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
BARBER, KATHY (TEXAS RETAILERS ASSOC)
 
 
Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Assoc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
FISHER, JON (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
 
 
LIVELY, LANCE (NFIB Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1057 - Committee Substitute  (Deshotel)
 
    For:
HSU, SARA  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
LEVY, RICK (Tx AFL-CIO)
 
 
 
 
HB  1057
 
Against:
BOULETTE, JASON (TEXAS EMPLOYMENT LAW COUNCIL)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Riley, Steve (Texas Workforce Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Marlin, Justin (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
Terrazas, Erica (Texas Appleseed)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
BARBER, KATHY (TEXAS RETAILERS ASSOC)
 
 
Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Assc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
FISHER, JON (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
 
 
LIVELY, LANCE (NFIB Texas)
 
 
MARTIN, DANA (The Lynd Company San Antonio Human Resource Mgmt Assoc)
 
 
 
 
HB  1058
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
LEE, AMY (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
 
 
White, Brian (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
 
 
 
 
HB  1162
 
    For:
HENNING, LORI (Texas Association of Goodwills)
 
 
 
 
HB  1209
 
    For:
DEVAUGHN MD, BEVERLY  (Self)
 
 
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
WADDILL, DUANE (Texas Residential Construction Commission)