WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
February 27, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Miller, Travis (Self; Montgomery County Search and Rescue)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Business First)
Owens, Daniel (Self)
Romo, Joel (Association of Texas EMS Professionals)
Shipp, Patrick (Self; Texas fire chief assosiation)
West II (RET), Walter (Self; VHSE RPT SELF)
For:
Sanchez, Carlos (Self; Texas Monthly, Texas Freedom of Information Foundation)
Sterling, Shelby (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bryant, Sam (Self)
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Dorazio, Mark (Self)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Common Cause Texas)
Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Lopez-Guerra, Ricardo (The Boeing Company)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club lone star chapter)
Romero, Anna (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Scoggin, Bay (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Swift, Sheryl (Self)
Swigert, Scott (Self; City of Mont Belvieu)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wise, Summer (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
On:
Gordon, Justin (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
1
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hoffman, Courtney (Texas Association for Behavior Analyst Public Policy Group)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Against:
West II (RET), Walter (Self; VHSE RPT SELF)
On:
Beverly, Eric (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
Speer, Timothy (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Burns, Demeisha (Self)
D, D (Self)
DYER, KATHY (Self)
Dyer, Robert (Self)
Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)
Rodgers, Chaz (Self)
Against:
Berry, Justin (Self; Austin Police Association)
Casaday, Kenneth (Self; Austin police association)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
On:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc State FOP)
Hunt, Ray (Hpou)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Common Cause Texas)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Romero, Anna (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Elkin, Bill (Self)
2
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Kivela, Anthony (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Wilkison, Charley (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
On:
Gordon, Justin (Office of Attorney General)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
For:
Burton, Branson (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Gordon, Steven (National Lemonade Day)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Srinivasan, Sidharth (Self)
Ulmer, Mikaila (Self; Me andthe bees)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Cook, Kelli (Self)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self)
Davey, Richard (Self; Nettp)
Easton, Darl (Self)
Fincher, Julia (Self)
Fincher, Rusty (Self)
Geerlings, Pete (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Grider, Devin (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hall, Terri (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self; Convention of States)
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Lennon, James (Self; Kingwood TEA Party)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Masters, Kelley (Self)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)
McGeary, Judith (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
3
WITNESS LIST
For:
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC SD7)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Stanart, Gail (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Stewart, Dustin (Self)
Williams, Shelby (Self; Convention of States)
Wise, Summer (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Zito, Al (Self)
For:
,cooper, No rm (Self)
Baehr, Evan (Self)
Bickley, Charles (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Bryant, Sam (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Carter, David (Self)
Chavez-Torres, Federico (Self)
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Colbert, Tamara (Self; Convention of States)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self)
Covo, Amanda (Self)
Davis, Michelle (Self)
DeOtte, Richard (Self)
DeVore, Chuck (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Dorazio, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas State Republican Executive Committee)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF and Texans for Toll-free Highways)
Harper, Terry (Self; RPT)
Heimlich, Ed (Self; Informed citizens)
Hodson, Paul (Self; Convention of States)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Licciardi, Craig (Self)
Long, Nick (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Martin, Melissa (Self)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Palmer, Joe (Self)
Putnam, Terry (Self)
4
WITNESS LIST
For:
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC SD7)
Sharma, Saurabh (Young Conservatives of Texas)
Stults, Bill (Self)
Swift, Sheryl (Self)
Williams, Shelby (Self; Convention of States)
Wise, Summer (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Against:
Allred, Don (Oldham county)
Forbes, Tom (Professional Advocacy Association of Texas)
St. John, Becky (Self; Texas Association of School Boards)
On:
Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arbuckle, Trey (Self)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Cassidy, Michael (Self; Convention of States)
Cook, Kelli (Self)
Davey, Richard (Self; Nettp)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Drees, Wesley (Self)
Easton, Darl (Self)
Falk, Roger (Self; Travis County Taxpayers Union)
Fincher, Julia (Self)
Fincher, Rusty (Self)
Fry, Pat (Self)
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council)
Geerlings, Barbara (Self)
Geerlings, Pete (Self)
Giles, James (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hale, Darrell (Self; Collin county commissioner)
Hill, Chris (Self; Collin County)
Hobson, Karen (Self)
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
Keener, Justin (Americans for Prosperity-Texas)
Kennedy, Meagan (Self)
Keough, Mark (Self; Montgomery County)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
5
WITNESS LIST
For:
Lanton, Rodney (Self)
Lennon, James (Self; Kingwood TEA Party)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
Matocha, Dustin (Self)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Mcmahan, Stacy (Self; East Texans for Liberty)
Morales, Peter (Self; COS)
Peabody, Susan (Self)
Pendleton, Richard (Self)
PUtnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Singletary, Angela (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Stanart, Gail (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Stewart, Dustin (Self)
Troxclair, Ellen (Self; TPPF)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
West II (RET), Walter (Self; VHSE RPT SELF)
Yeck, Gary (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
Against:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Elliott, Jay (Falls county)
Embrey, Tammy (Self; The City of Corpus Christi)
Fisher, Tracy (Self)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Common Cause Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Klement, John (Cooke county)
Klement, Leon (Cooke county)
Love, John (Texas Municipal League)
Neighbor, Brad (City of Garland)
Palmer, David (City of Irving)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club lone star chapter)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Swigert, Scott (Self; City of Mont Belvieu)
6
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC SD7)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Harper, Terry (Self; RPT)
Lennon, James (Self; Kingwood TEA Party)
For:
Rosendorf, Lisa (El Paso Water)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club lone star chapter)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Against:
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
For:
DeVore, Chuck (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC SD7)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Bryant, Sam (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Cassidy, Michael (Self; Convention of States)
Cheshire, Cary (Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Cook, Kelli (Self)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self)
Davey, Richard (Self; Nettp)
7
WITNESS LIST
For:
Davis, Michelle (Self)
DeOtte, Yvette (Self)
Easton, Darl (Self)
Geerlings, Barbara (Self)
Geerlings, Pete (Self)
Gnaedinger, Amanda (Common Cause Texas)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF and Texans for Toll-free Highways)
Harper, Terry (Self; RPT)
Heimlich, Ed (Self; Citizens United 4 Accountable Government)
Hobson, Karen (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self; Convention of States)
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Johnson, Cheryl (Self; Galveston County Tax Office)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Lanton, Rodney (Self)
Lennon, James (Self; Kingwood TEA Party)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Pendleton, Richard (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club lone star chapter)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
Scoggin, Bay (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Sheaffer, Scott (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Stanart, Gail (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Stewart, Dustin (Self)
Swift, Sheryl (Self)
Williams, Shelby (Self; Convention of States)
York, Ruth (Self)
Against:
Grey, John (Texas School Alliance)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Swigert, Scott (Self; City of Mont Belvieu)
On:
St. John, Becky (Self)
Steusloff, Ian (Texas Ethics Commission)
8
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Cyrus (Sierra club lone star chapter)
Scoggin, Bay (Texas Public Interest Research Group)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
For:
Parker, Sandra (Self; CUFI Action Fund)
Polner, Kim (Self)
Ramsey, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas, SREC SD7)
Against:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Amawi, Bahia (Self)
Homsi, Sammy (Self)
Younes, Abraham (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Cassidy, Michael (Self; Convention of States)
Chen, Ophir (Self)
Cohen, Yifat (Self)
Colbert, Tamara (Self; Convention of States)
Davis, Michelle (Self)
Davis, Michelle (Self)
Dorthe, Rachael (Self)
Geerlings, Barbara (Self)
Geerlings, Pete (Self)
Giles, James (Self)
Grider, Devin (Self)
Harper, Terry (Self; RPT)
Hart, Sari (Self)
Hazzan, David (Self; Israeli American Council)
Hobson, Karen (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self; Convention of States)
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Holcomb, Terry (Self)
Hubbart, Brooke (Self)
Hubbart, Grace (Self)
Hubbart, Grace (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self)
9
WITNESS LIST
For:
Jech, Laurena (Self)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)
Kelton, Nikki (Self)
Lennon, Robin (Self; Kingwood TEA Party, Inc.)
Linebaugh, Kirsten (Self)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
Mazor, Eti (Self)
Mendelsohn, Robert (Self)
Morales, Peter (Self; COS)
Payen, Elisabeth (Self)
Peabody, Susan (Self)
Pendleton, Richard (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rubin, Jacob (Self)
Simmoms, Noa (Self)
Tairy, Moran (Self)
Trepp, Moshe (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
White, Avi (Self)
Williams, Shelby (Self; Convention of States)
York, Ruth (Self)
Zadok, Galit (Self)
Against:
Alfadda, Bashir (Self)
Cohen, Elaine (Self)
El-Zabri, Haithem (Self)
Gomez, Yvette (Self)
Hubbart, Grace (Self)
Kanso, Connor (Self)
Kelsey, Margaret (Self)
Madaninejad, Banafsheh (Self)
Quraishi, Saad (Self; IndoPak Grocers)
Rashed, Shakeel (Self)
Sheikh, Maira (CAIR Austin)
On:
Blanton, Whitney (TX Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company)
Vassar, Ryan (Office of the Attorney General)
10