WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            March 13, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 49

                 For:

                                 Ashby, James (Self)

                                 Berggren, Jerry (Self)

                                 Habluetzel, Martha (Self; Campaign to Opt Out of Daylight Saving Time in TX)

                                 Legere, Barbara (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Michelle (Self)

                                 Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Forbes, Connie (Self; Nettp)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self)

                                 Hopkins, Norma (Self)

                                 Kuykendall (pronounced: KUR-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Self)

                                 Lanterman, Charles (Self)

                                 Maddux, Mary (Self; Ne ttp)

                                 Masters, Kelley (Self)

                                 McCarty, Julie (Self)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Self)

                                 Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tea party)

                                 Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Jennings, Stacy (Self)

            HB 853

                 For:

                                 Akpan, Erika (Assoc. of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (AEP SWEPCO)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Tri Global Energy / Sunfinity Solar)

                                 Reinhart, Patrick (El Paso Electric Company)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Self)

                 On:

                                 Harris, Therese (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 985

                 For:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Roden, Gary (Associated Builders and Conractors of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Southwest Pipe Trades Association)

                                 Bunker, Phil (Teamsters Joint Council 58)

                                 Hendricks, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Puente, Paul (Houston Gulf Coast Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Smitherman, Ronnie (Texas Building Trades)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Conner, Rita (Self; Abc)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Littlefield, Tracey (Self)

                                 Peniston, Nathaniel (Self)

                                 Schultz, Steven (Associated Builders and Contractors South Texas Chapter)

                                 Smith, David (Self; Associated Builders and Contractors)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)

                                 Utkov, Clayton (Self)

                                 Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Zapalac, Shad (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Garibay, Montserrat (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Gonzalez, Ana (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lopez, David (Texas Building Trades)

                                 Sills, Edward (Self)

            HB 986

                 For:

                                 Akpan, Erika (Assoc. of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (AEP SWEPCO)

                                 Hudson, David (Xcel Energy & Southwestern Public Service Company)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Tri Global Energy / Sunfinity Solar)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Self)

                 On:

                                 Harris, Therese (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 1128

                 For:

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Quin, David (Public Power Pool)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Autry, Larry (Txu energy)

                                 Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Oney, Jessica (NRG)

                                 Ross, Edward (Direct Energy)

                                 Zachary, Mance (Vistra Energy)

                 On:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mills, Ken (Texas General Land Office)

            HB 1397

                 For:

                                 Griffin, Jonathan (AEP SWEPCO)

                                 Mendiola, Lino (Entergy Texas, Inc.)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Staples, Todd (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                 On:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Tietjen, Darryl (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Urban, JP (PUC of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albarado, Isaac (AEP TEXAS)

                                 Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (AEP SWEPCO)

                                 Posey, Jake (Universal Coin and Bullion, Ltd. of Beaumont)

                                 Reinhart, Patrick (El Paso Electric Company)

                                 Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy / Southwestern Public Service Co.)

                                 Zachary, Mance (Vistra Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Arnold, Joe (BASF Corporation)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero)

                                 Bulcao, Paula (BP America, Inc.)

                                 Cubriel, Randy (Nucor)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Harding, Jonathan (WestRock Company)

                                 Herrera, Alfred (Counsel for Cities Advocating Reasonable Deregulation, Texas Coast Utilities

                                 Coalition of Cities, Alliances of CenterPoint Municipalities, Atmos Texas Municipalities)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas municipal league)

                                 Moore, Julie (Occidential Petroleum)

                                 Morgan, Todd (International Paper Corp.)

                                 Omey, Samantha (Exxon Mobil)

                                 Partida, Neftali (Phillips 66)

                                 Schlueter, Brad (U.S. Steel)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)

            HB 1550

                 Against:

                                 Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Jones, Jennifer (Texas Sunset Commission)

            HB 1595

                 For:

                                 Akpan, Erika (Assoc. of Electric Companies of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albarado, Isaac (AEP Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)

                                 Gibbs, Gary (AEP SWEPCO)

                                 Griffin, Jonathan (AEP SWEPCO)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Tri Global Energy / Sunfinity Solar)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Shelley, Adrian (Self)

                 On:

                                 Harris, Therese (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 1680

                 On:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Roberts, Wayne (Self; Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Jones, Jennifer (Texas Sunset Commission)

            HB 1767

                 For:

                                 Bender, Mark (Texas Gas Service)

                                 Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Brocato, Thomas (Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, Steering Committee of

                                 Cities Served by Atmos, Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Sampson, Chance (Entergy Texas, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Herrera, Alfred (Counsel for Cities Advocating Reasonable Deregulation, Texas Coast Utilities

                                 Coalition of Cities, Alliances of CenterPoint Municipalities, Atmos Texas Municipalities)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas municipal league)

                 On:

                                 Evarts, Mark (Railroad Commission of Texas)

            HB 2011

                 For:

                                 Autry, Larry (Txu energy)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Quin, David (Public Power Pool)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, David (Arlington ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Brocato, Thomas (Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, Steering Committee of

                                 Cities Served by Atmos, Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)

                                 Busby, William (Self)

                                 Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Oney, Jessica (NRG)

                                 Ross, Edward (Direct Energy)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                                 Zachary, Mance (Vistra Energy)

                 On:

                                 Mills, Ken (Texas General Land Office)

            HB 2263

                 For:

                                 Autry, Larry (Txu energy)

                                 Brocato, Thomas (Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor, Steering Committee of

                                 Cities Served by Atmos, Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)

                                 Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Mills, Ken (Texas General Land Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Gonzalez, Dax (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Gregg, Michele (Texas Competitive Power Advocates (TCPA))

                                 Oney, Jessica (NRG)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Ross, Edward (Direct Energy)

                                 Webking, Catherine (TEAM. Texas Energy Association for Marketers)

                                 Webster, Richard (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                                 Zachary, Mance (Vistra Energy)

            HJR 79

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Busby, William (Self)

                                 Forbes, Connie (Self; Nettp)

                                 Franklin, Shelia (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Hopkins, Norma (Self)

                                 Maddux, Mary (Self; Ne ttp)

                                 Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tea party)

                 On:

                                 Ogle, Steven (Sunset Commission)

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