WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            April 27, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 493

                 On:

                                 Gear Jr., Bob (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corp., and Huntsman Corporation)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 654

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corp., and Huntsman Corporation)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Eklund, Julie (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 796

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corp., and Huntsman Corporation)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)

                                 Stewart (Acc mobility rn program)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 971

                 For:

                                 Bowman, Mary Jane (Grand Prairie Independent School District)

                                 Little, Derek (Dallas ISD)

                                 May, Joe (Dallas County Community College)

                                 Uptain, Wendy (The Commit Partnership)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bryant, Heather (Self; Momentous Institute)

                                 Carter, Janis (Dallas Citizens Council)

                                 Ewing, Diane (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Hodge, Stacey (Self; Stand for Children)

                                 Jones, Max (Early Matters Houston)

                                 Mace, Stephanie (Self; United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)

                                 Martinez Schaefer, Virginia (Dallas regional chamber)

                                 Mulder, Erica (Irving-Las Colinas Chamber)

                                 Rubin, Melanie (Self; Dallas Early Education Alliance)

                                 Uptain, Wendy (Early Matters Dallas)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 973

                 For:

                                 Hellyer, Dr. Brenda (Self; San Jacinto College)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beavers (Self)

                                 Cing, Lian (Self)

                                 Cing, Lian (Self)

                                 Delaney, Jeff (Self)

                                 Dubec, Kendra (Self; Acc)

                                 Fadden, Samantha (Self)

                                 Fucciani (Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Bo (Self; Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Michelle (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Hamlett, Karen (Self)

                                 Hext, Howard (Self; East Harris County Manufacturers Associatiom)

                                 Hu, Shelby (Self)

                                 Hurt, Clay (Self)

                                 Jackson, Cedricka (Austin community college)

                                 Lucas, Lori (Self)

                                 McDonald, Amos (Lone Star College)

                                 Meador, Leatrice Marlene (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corp., and Huntsman Corporation)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Perez, Lupe (Self)

                                 Reed, Jeanna (Self; Acc)

                                 Rodriguez, Josefina (Acc adn program)

                                 Schulze, Amber (Austin Community College)

                                 Smith, Stephan (Self)

                                 Stewart (Self)

                                 Stewart, Amanda (Self)

                                 Tchamani, Aristides (Self)

                                 Tibbits, Lorie (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                                 Wells, Kelly (Self; ACC Nursing)

                                 Wells, Robert (Self)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Teague, Blaine (Self)

            HB 1007

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Victor (Self; Student veterans Assoc, Student Veterans of America)

                                 Rice, Leela (The Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1192

                 On:

                                 Gear Jr., Bob (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and Texas Council of

                                 Chapters of the Military Officers Association of America)

                                 Gonzalez, Victor (Self; Student Veterans Assocaition, Student Veterans of America)

                                 Gonzalez, Victor (Self; Student veterans Assoc, Student Veterans of America)

                                 Ivie, Walter (Self; American Legion Department of Texas)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Mckinny, John (Self; American Legion)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1212

                 For:

                                 McMillen, Jeremy (Grayson College)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beavers (Self)

                                 Cing, Lian (Self)

                                 Delaney, Jeff (Self)

                                 Dubec, Kendra (Self; Acc)

                                 Fadden, Samantha (Self)

                                 Fucciani (Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Bo (Self; Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Michelle (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Hamlett, Karen (Self)

                                 Hu, Shelby (Nurse)

                                 Hurt, Clay (Self)

                                 Jackson, Cedricka (Austin community college)

                                 Johnson, Jared (Self; City Of Denison)

                                 Lucas, Lori (Self)

                                 Perez, Lupe (Self)

                                 Reed, Jeanna (Self; Acc)

                                 Schulze, Amber (Austin Community College)

                                 Stewart (Self)

                                 Stewart, Amanda (Self)

                                 Tchamani, Aristides (Self)

                                 Tibbits, Lorie (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                                 Wells, Kelly (Self; ACC Nursing)

                                 Wells, Robert (Self)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1369

                 On:

                                 Demerson, Aaron (Texas Workforce Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Workforce Coalition, BASF Corp., and Huntsman Corporation)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Garza, Wanda (South Texas College)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 1563

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Delaney, Jeff (Self)

                                 Dubec, Kendra (Self; Acc)

                                 Hu, Shelby (Nurse)

                                 Hurt, Clay (Self)

                                 Lucas, Lori (Self)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Schulze, Amber (Austin Community College)

                                 Smith, Stephan (Self)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                                 Wells, Kelly (Self; ACC Nursing)

                                 Wells, Robert (Self)

            HB 1828

                 For:

                                 Berman, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Rhodes, Richard (Self; Austin Community College)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baezotero, Kristi (Self)

                                 Beavers (Self)

                                 Bradley (Self; Austin CC)

                                 Cing, Lian (Self)

                                 Del rio, Akicia (Self)

                                 Delaney, Jeff (Self)

                                 Dubec, Kendra (Self; Acc)

                                 Fadden, Samantha (Self)

                                 Fucciani (Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Bo (Self; Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Michelle (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Gullahorn, Jack (Self; McGraw Hill Education)

                                 Hamlett, Karen (Self)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hanspard (Self; Acc)

                                 Hu, Shelby (Nurse)

                                 Hurt, Clay (Self)

                                 Jackson, Cedricka (Austin community college)

                                 Jackson, Cedricka (Austin community college)

                                 Lucas, Lori (Self)

                                 Malcolm, Molly Beth (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 May, Leah (Seton Healthcare Family)

                                 Meador, Leatrice Marlene (Self)

                                 Nation, John (Self)

                                 Perez, Lupe (Self)

                                 Ransom, Travis (Self)

                                 Reed, Jeanna (Self; Acc)

                                 Schulze, Amber (Austin Community College)

                                 Smith, Amber (Self)

                                 Smith, Stephan (Self)

                                 Stewart (Self)

                                 Stewart, Amanda (Self)

                                 Tchamani, Aristides (Self)

                                 Tibbits, Lorie (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                                 Walters, Nancy (Self)

                                 Wells, Kelly (Self; ACC Nursing)

                                 Wells, Robert (Self)

                 On:

                                 Brooks (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Teague, Blaine (Self; Austin Community College)

            HB 2156

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2421

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Buchanan, Maggie Jo (Young Invincibles)

                 On:

                                 Puls, Charles (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2478

                 For:

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Kleinworth, Tom (Baylor College of Medicine)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness))

                                 Kohler, Adriana (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Rice, Leela (The Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                 On:

                                 Maples, Mike (Texas Department of State Health Services)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2988

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Martha (Texas tech university system)

            HB 2996

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Collins, Marcia (Texas Medical Association (as a resource))

                                 Kleinworth, Tom (Baylor College of Medicine)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Rice, Leela (The Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3179

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Sullivan, Ray (Amazon.com)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Puls, Charles (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3766

                 Against:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and Texas Council of

                                 Chapters of the Military Officers Association of America)

                                 Darwin, Jim (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, Victor (Self; Student Veterans Association)

                                 Hince, John (Self; American Legion)

                                 Ivie, Walter (Self; American Legion Department of Texas)

                                 Mckinny, John (Self; American Legion)

                                 Ransom, Travis (Self)

                                 Silva, Javier (Self; Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion)

                                 Torres, Ann Marie (VFW Post 2375)

                                 West, Dan (Self; Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars)

                 On:

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas veterans commission)

                                 Paredes, Raymund (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self)

                                 Craig, Terry (Self; Veterans of Foreign Wars , Leander Tx Post 10427)

                                 Doffing, Kevin (Self; Lone Star Veterans Association)

                                 Frye, Edward (Self)

                                 Jimenez, Manuel (Self; ATXVET)

                                 Lumpkin, Peyton (Self; Texas Veterans of Foreign Wars)

                                 Martin, Will (Self; American Legion)

                                 Norton, Douglas (Self; American Legion George Johns Post 447)

                                 Owen, Mike (Self; Vfw 4443 oak hill)

                                 Pearce, Matt (Self)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                                 Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 On:

                                 Bryant, Charles (Texas veterans commission)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Eklund, Julie (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Micallef, Tammy (Texas veterans commission)

                                 Paredes, Raymund (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 3775

                 For:

                                 Leo, Januari (Legacy Community Health)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Goodsheller, Miranda (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 4092

                 For:

                                 Berman, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Hamlett, Karen (Self)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Matkin, Neil (Self; Collin College)

                                 May, Leah (Seton Healthcare Family)

                                 Ransom, Travis (Self)

                                 Rhodes, Richard (Self; Community College Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barksdale, Jay (Plano Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Beavers (Self)

                                 Bradley (Self; Austin CC)

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self)

                                 Cing, Lian (Self)

                                 Crackel, Katey (Self; Bayshore Medical Center)

                                 Del rio, Alicia (Self)

                                 Delaney, Jeff (Self)

                                 Dubec, Kendra (Self; Acc)

                                 Fadden, Samantha (Self)

                                 Fucciani (Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Bo (Self; Austin community college)

                                 Gillespie, Michelle (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Gullahorn, Jack (Self; McGraw Hill Education)

                                 Hellyer, Dr. Brenda (Self; San Jacinto College)

                                 Hext, Howard (Self; East Harris County Association)

                                 Hu, Shelby (Nurse)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Hurt, Clay (Self)

                                 Jackson, Cedricka (Austin community college)

                                 Johnson, Jared (Self; City of Denison)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Raymond (Galveston College)

                                 Lucas, Lori (Self)

                                 Malcolm, Molly Beth (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 May, Joe (Dallas County Community College)

                                 McDonald, Amos (Lone Star College)

                                 McMillen, Jeremy (Grayson College)

                                 Meador, Leatrice Marlene (Self)

                                 Nation, John (Self)

                                 Perez, Lupe (Self)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD)

                                 Reed, Jeanna (Self; Acc)

                                 Schulze, Amber (Austin Community College)

                                 Smith, Amber (Self)

                                 Smith, Stephan (Self)

                                 Stewart (Self)

                                 Stewart, Amanda (Self)

                                 Tchamani, Aristides (Self)

                                 Tibbits, Lorie (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Uptain, Wendy (The Commit Partnership)

                                 Velazquez, Tomeka (Self)

                                 Walters, Nancy (Self)

                                 Wells, Kelly (Self; ACC Nursing)

                                 Wells, Robert (Self)

                 On:

                                 Brooks (Self; Austin Community College)

                                 Garza, Wanda (South Texas College)

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Teague, Blaine (Self; Austin Community College)

            HB 4276

                 For:

                                 Anglin, Pamela (Paris Junior College District)

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