WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 20, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Gonzalez, Ana (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Kennedy, Jennie (Texas AFT)
Lara, Rene (Ttexas AFL-CIO)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Construction Association)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Zito, Al (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
For:
Bulla, Cindi (Texas Realtors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Andrade, Simon (Self; TSEU)
Edwards, Carol (Self)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Fuchs, Samantha (Self)
Fuentes, G. (Self)
Gil, Gwen (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Kenefick, Kathryn (Self)
Kennedy, Jennie (Texas AFT)
Lara, Rene (Ttexas AFL-CIO)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Sheldon, Tyler (Texas State Employees Union)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Stratis (Self)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (DPS)
For:
Keller, Kristine (Self; Operation Lactation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Alvarado, Mellissa (Self)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Tx)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kennedy, Jennie (Texas AFT)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Zito, Al (Self)
Against:
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Triplett, Jeremy (Department of state health services)
On:
Kimbriel, Todd (Dept of Information Resources)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Fuentes, G. (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
For:
Keller, Kristine (Self; Operation Lactation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Alvarado, Mellissa (Self)
Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Tx)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
McGarry, Mignon (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Triplett, Jeremy (Department of state health services)
For:
Cook, Nathan (Rice University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
For:
Franklin, Allison (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Doss, Sheri (Texas PTA)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
On:
Lee, Tiffany (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen Texas office)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
For:
Allen, Ray (Self; Public Data.com)
Flack, Teri (Self; Texas state genealogical society)
Foy, David (RELX)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bridges, John (Self; Austin American-Statesman, FOI Foundation, TPA)
Campos, Lorena (City ogf Dallas)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Erskine, Jack (R l polk)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Heckler, Jeff (PublicData.com)
Hutchison, Chelsy (Experian)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Gordon, Justin (OAG)
For:
Cobler, Chris (Self)
Johnson, Rob (Clients of the firm (Foley Gardere))
Prather, Laura (FOI Foundation of Texas, Texas Press Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bridges, John (Self; Austin American-Statesman, FOI Foundation, TPA)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)
Campos, Lorena (City ogf Dallas)
On:
Gordon, Justin (OAG)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
On:
Lester, Molly (HHSC)
For:
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen Texas office)
Forbes, Tom (Professional Advocacy Associtatin of texas)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
On:
Espinosa (resource only), Nick (Texas Ethics Commission (resource only))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Frandsen, Chris (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Haug, Jessie (Texas Ethics Commission (Resource only))
For:
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen Texas office)
Forbes, Tom (Professional Advocacy Associtatin of texas)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Frandsen, Chris (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Campos, Lorena (City ogf Dallas)
On:
Espinosa (resource only), Nick (Texas Ethics Commission (resource only))
Haug, Jessie (Texas Ethics Commission (Resource only))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Coleman, Michael (Public citizen)
Fuentes, G. (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
On:
Espinosa (resource only), Nick (Texas Ethics Commission (resource only))
Haug, Jessie (Texas Ethics Commission (Resource only))
For:
Dodd, Fred (Self; CSA Construction Company, Inc.)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Smith, Mark (Self; BAR Constructors)
Against:
Ocanas, Veronica (City of Austin)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cubriel, Randy (Nucor)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal Lague)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
For:
Avila, Jaie (Self; Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Bridges, John (Self; Austin American-Statesman, FOI Foundation, TPA)
Hemphill, James (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Johnson, Rob (Clients of the firm (Foley Gardere))
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Against:
Schieffer, Tracy (Self; AGC of Texas-Highway Heavy Branch)
On:
Huddleston, Gary (Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Kowalski, Tom (Texas Healthcare & Bioscience Institute)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Schroeder, Tyler (The Boeing Company)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Vasey, Iain (Corpus christi regional edc)
Zachary, Mance (Vistra Energy)
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highway Heavy Branch)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Davies, Holli (North Texas Commission)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Gordon, Justin (OAG)
Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Meyer, Richard (Texas assn of nonprofit organizations)
For:
Hemphill, James (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Johnson, Rob (Clients of the firm (Foley Gardere))
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bridges, John (Self; Austin American-Statesman, FOI Foundation, TPA)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Gordon, Justin (OAG)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Jones, Dave (Self; Clean Elections Texas)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
On:
Gordon, Justin (OAG)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bulla, Cindi (Texas Realtors)
Chick, Craig (Safe Building Materials Association of Texas)
Cofer, Mark (Self; LP Building Solutions)
MacDonald, T. Justin (Self; Texas Association of Builders)
Mezayek, Sam (Self)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Rodriguez, James (Fox Energy Specialists)
Rohrbacher, Ron (Self; Texas Association of Builders)
Summers, Trey (Self; Coastal Bend Home Builders Association)
Against:
Burghdoff, Dana (City of Fort Worth)
Derr, Richard (City of Oak Ridge North)
Gill, Cassandra (City of Dayton)
Howard, Corbett (City of Celina)
Nelson, Garett (City of Lubbock)
O'Neal, Steve (City of Lubbock)
On:
Choate, Michael (SPEER)
Diamond, Marcie (City of coppell)
Pruitt, Jim (City of Rockwall Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierrra club)
Thompson, Evan (Preservation Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albeight, Andy (Self)
Bakir, Adam (Self)
Beevers, Kacie (Self)
Berryman, Joel (Self)
Bettis, William (Self; Greater ft worth builders association)
Biggerstaff, Michael (Self; HBA of San Angelo)
Bowerman, Doug (Self)
Bowling, Randy (El paso association of builders)
Bryan, Jared (Self)
Cardenas-Brown, Melissa (Self)
Carlyle, Joe (Self; City of troup)
Carlyle, Joseph (Self; Carlyle homes)
Carothers, Jason (Self; Carothers Executive Homes)
Chandler, Brad (Self)
Chapman, Chris (Safe Building Materials Association of Texas)
Christian, George (American Forest and Paper Association)
Christopher, John (Self)
Dishberger, Mike Dishberger (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dover, Alicia (Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association of Texas)
Drozd, Victor (Self; Texas assc. Builders)
Evans, Donnie (Self)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Ford, Kristin (Self)
Gallagher, Tony (Self)
Heinrich, Jennifer (Self)
Hodges, Kenneth (Self)
Howe, John (Self)
Hunt, William (Self; Texas Assocition of Builders)
Jackson, Tim (Self; Dallas Builders Association)
Janczak, Martin (Self; TABA)
Kercheval, Todd (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Kiella, Brooke (Self)
Kiella, John (Self)
Kiella, Megan (Self)
Kiella, Scott (Self)
Lacy, Sarah (Texas Building Owners and Managers Association (Texas BOMA))
Laminack, Heather (Self; Texas association of builders)
Latson, Steve (Self)
Lehde, David (Dallas Builders Association)
Longacre, Rhett (Longacre construction)
Lucko, Chuck (Self)
Mack, Donny (Self; Mack Professionals,Inc)
Markson, Daniel (Self)
Martin, Brett (Self)
McCarty, Austin (Texas Chemical Council)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)
McGriff, Gregg (Self)
McKinney, John (Self)
Meroney, Mike (BASF Corporation)
Meyer, Ernest (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Morgan, Todd (International Paper Corp.)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Paschall, Greg (Self)
Patterson, Weldon (Self; TABA)
Pepper, Bradley (Greater Houston Builders Association)
Pilkington, Michael (Self; Temple Area Builders Assoc.)
Pinger, Sue ann (Self)
Reber, Haylie (Self)
Reed, Jimmy (Self)
Schuler, Jon (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Schwartz, Mitch (Self)
Sickles, Matthew (Self)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Sugrue, John (Self)
Susac, Jeremy (Lennar)
Swihart, Matt (Self)
Taylor, James (Self)
Townsen, Stewart (Self; West Texas Home Builders Association)
Turner, Brad (Self)
Waldron, Ryan (Self)
Weaver, Terry (Self)
Webb, Justin (Self)
Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)
Wood, Robert (Self; West Texas HBA. Texas assoc of builders)
Wyrick, Brad (Self)
Zabala, Vanessa (Self)
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
Against:
Bark, Jerry (City of Harker Heights)
Campos, Lorena (City ogf Dallas)
Embrey, Tammy (City of corpus christi)
Embrey, Ty (City of Garland)
Franco, Brie (City of austin)
Hale, Angela (City of Mckinney)
Hines, Russell (Self; City of Bedford)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal Lague)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
Ingersoll, Stephanie (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Kennard, Karen (City of Missouri City, Texas)
Kovacs, Michael (City of Fate)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Sugar Land)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Winberry, Marcus (City of Conroe)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Morgan, Richard (South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource)
Sadler, Kelly (International Code Council)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Kelso, Craig (Texas State Library and Archives Commission resource witness)
Against:
Forbes, Tom (Professional Advocacy association of texas)
Ratliff, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Hettimger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women For America of Texas)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Scoggin, Bay (TexPIRG)
Against:
Simon, Arthur (Self)
For:
Vining, Donna (Self; Texas Association for Interior Design)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Badillo, Francisco (Self)
Brown, Jay (Texas Association for Interior Design)
LaBrant, Paul (Self; STG Design, Inc.)
Perry, Chad (Self)
Powell, Cody (Self)
Roberts, Marilyn (Self; Texas Association for Interior Design)
For:
McCutcheon, Brad (Texas State Association of Firefighters)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casaday, Kenneth (Self; Austin Police Association)
Clark, Jared (Self; Collin County Deputies Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)
Romo, Joel (Association of Texas EMS Professionals)
Rumfield, Mike (Self; TMPA/America's Defenders Foundation)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Against:
Campos, Lorena (City ogf Dallas)
On:
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
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