WITNESS LIST

            Business & Industry Committee

            March 17, 2015 - 11:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            Discussion of audit on Office of Injured Employee Counsel

                 On:

                                 Clark, Nancy (Texas Department of Insurance - RESOURCE)

                                 Corna, Jessica (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

                                 O'Neill, Audrey (State Auditor's Office)

                                 Wiederhold, Jennifer (State Auditor's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Franco, Andria (Office of injured employee counsel)

                                 Linder, Kelly (State Auditor's Office)

            HB 58

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Smith, Casey (Self; United Ways of Texas)

                                 Willis, Cheree (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 94

                 For:

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Murillo, Eric (Lift Up El Paso Alliance)

                                 Scharrer, Gary (Associated General Contractors of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Vajgert, Dana (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Self)

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 232

                 For:

                                 Donmoyer, Adam (Self)

                                 Donmoyer, Krisdee (Self; Texas Breastfeeding Coalition; Central Texas Breastfeeding

                                 Coalition)

                                 Jones, Janet (Self; Central Texas Breastfeeding Coalition)

                                 Waggett, Gordon (Self)

                                 Waggett, Rega' (Self)

                                 Wilson-Clay, Barbara (Self; Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies of Central Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers DefensecProject)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Lucas, Shannon (Self; March of Dimes)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Smith, Anna (Self)

                                 Smith, Casey (Self; United Ways of Texas)

            HB 532

                 For:

                                 Kazen, Melissa (Communities in schools of san antonio)

                 On:

                                 Shaddix, Julian (Self; Texas Association of Secondary School Principals)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Bosse, Portia (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Carlberg, Mareth (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Chimene, Grace (League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Clemmer, Nancy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Friese, Jan (Texas counseling association)

                                 Garcia, Jorge (Self)

                                 Green, Krystal (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Hart, DeAnne (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Hughes, Lisa (AT&T)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Jarratt, Judy (Self; Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Mendoza, Dani (Self)

                                 Morrison, Kristi (Self)

                                 Newsham, Tarah (Self)

                                 Pais iii, Jacob (Self; Tca)

                                 Poe, Janet M (Self)

                                 Proctor, Carrie (Self; Texas counseling association)

                                 Sartor, Teri Ann (Self)

                                 Scott, Glenn (Self)

                                 Solmonson, LeAnn (Self)

                                 Staggs, Kathryn (Self)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 White, Betty (Self; Texas Counseling Association, Texas School Counseling Association,

                                 Public Education Employees, Texas Licensed Professional Counselors)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Williamson, Debra E. (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Association of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Williams, Kathy (Texas association of Staffing)

            HB 786

                 For:

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kuttesch, Sarah (Self)

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Smith, Anna (Self)

                                 Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Wilson-Clay, Barbara (Self; Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies of Central Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Davé, Neesha (Self)

                                 Donmoyer, Adam (Self)

                                 Donmoyer, Krisdee (Self; Texas Breastfeeding Coalition; Central Texas Breastfeeding

                                 Coalition)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers DefensecProject)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Jones, Janet (Self; Central Texas Breastfeeding Coalition)

                                 Kuhlmann, Kate (Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Lucas, Shannon (Self; March of Dimes)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Scott, Glenn (Self)

                                 Smith, Casey (Self; United Ways of Texas)

                                 Waggett, Gordon (Self)

                 On:

                                 Sajak, Tammy (Texas department of state health services)

                                 Sajak, Tammy (Texas department of state health services)

            HB 1094

                 For:

                                 Hardy, Ashlee (Self; Concerns of Police Survivors)

                                 Story, Danielle (Self; Concerns of Police Survivors)

                 On:

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Hatch, Brent (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Hurst, Amanda (Self; Surviving Spouses of LE)

                                 Kincaid, Nancy (Self; Concerns of Police Survivors)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Williams, Deanna (Self; Concerns Of Police Survivors)

                 Against:

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance- RESOURCE)

            HB 1151

                 For:

                                 Bryson, Freda (Self; Aauw@texas state univ)

                 On:

                                 Covington, Vickie (Texas Workforce Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State employees union)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

            HB 1265

                 On:

                                 Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 1686

                 For:

                                 Finley, Erin (Self; Mr. Gatti's)

                                 Hagedorn, Stephen (Jani-King Int'l)

                                 Hanscom, Jeff (International Franchise Association)

                                 Perry, Scott (Sport Clips, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Johnson, Aaron (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                 On:

                                 Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Besserman, Kenneth (Texas restaurant Association)

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel @ Lodging Association)

                                 Hopper, Drew (Self)

                                 Jatzlau, Jamie (Self; Keller Williams Realty, Inc. - franchisor)

                                 Johnson, Scot (Self)

                                 Murphy, Don (Home Instead Senior Care)

                                 Romo, Jesus (Self; MR Gattis)

                                 Sanchez, George (Self)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Association of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Williams, Charles (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Scott, Glenn (Self)

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