WITNESS LIST
Business & Commerce Committee
April 19, 2005 - 9:00A
SB 305
FOR: Day, Donald (Self), Victoria, TX
Lamb, John S. (Texas Glass Association), Dallas, TX
Lee, Virginia (Texas Glass Association), Houston, TX
Robbins, Eric (Texas Glass Association and Admiral
Glass), Dickinson, TX
Smith, Eileen (Star Windshield Repair), Cedar Park,
TX
AGAINST: Arabie, Joe (Texas AFL-CIO), Austin, TX
Dobernecki, Jeff J. (International Union of Painters
and Allied Trades), Georgetown, TX
Levy, Rick (Ironworkers District Council - State of
Texas), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Freemen, Harold (Texas Construction Association),
Austin, TX
Risinger Jr., Charles (North Texas Glass
Association), Mesquite, TX
Against: Crofford, Ira (Ironworkers Local 482), Austin, TX
Travis, Paul (Glaziers Local Union 1778), Houston,
TX
SB 398
FOR: McClellan, Christopher (Texas County Mutual
Association), Austin, TX
AGAINST: Floyd, Beaman (USAA, Nationwide, Allstate, State
Farm and American Insurance Association),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Thompson, Jay (AFACT), Austin, TX
SB 542
ON: Huffman, Gregory (Self), Dallas, TX
Kincaid, Mark (Texas Trial Lawyers Association),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Fisher, Rebecca (Office of the Attorney General -
Antitrust Division), Austin, TX
Tobey, Mark (Office of the Attorney General),
Austin, TX
SB 624
FOR: Carr, Bruce (Harris County Sheriff's Office),
Houston, TX
AGAINST: Winful, Joel (Dallas County District Attorney's
Office), Dallas, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Braddock, Kathy (Harris County District Attorney's
Office), Houston, TX
Finney, David L. (Denton County Criminal District
Attorney), Denton, TX
Kithil, Dave County Judge (Burnet County), Burnet,
TX
Oakley, James Commissioner (Burnet County), Burnet,
TX
SB 707
FOR: Squyres, Robert (The American Legion), Austin, TX
ON: Montemayor, Cruz (Texas Veterans Commission),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Kuntz Jr., William H. (Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation), Austin, TX
SB 1096
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Kastrin, Deborah C. (Texas Border Infrastructure
Coalition), Austin, TX
SB 1159
AGAINST: Ingram, Blake (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers
Association), Sunnyvale, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Bower, Tommy (Bower Services Inc.), Fort Worth, TX
Roper, Angela (Tiptow), Georgetown, TX
Smith, Steve (Texas Towing and Storage Association),
Dallas, TX
Against: Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association), Austin,
TX
On: Hall, Jim (Hall Recovery Specialist D/F.W.),
Duncanville, TX
Kuntz Jr., William H. (Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation), Austin, TX
SB 1585
FOR: Scott, Caroline (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP), Austin,
TX
AGAINST: Floyd, Beaman (USAA, Nationwide, Allstate, State
Farm and American Insurance Association),
Austin, TX
Thompson, Jay (AFACT), Austin, TX
ON: Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP), Austin, TX
Yelkin, Kim (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP), Austin, TX
Against: Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association),
Austin, TX
SB 1599
FOR: Jenkins, Bobby (ABC Pest and Lawn Services), Austin,
TX
Stepan, William (Texas Pest Control Association),
Rosenberg, TX
AGAINST: Dyer, Jay (Texas Association of Builders), Austin,
TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Myers, Ken (Texas Pest Control Association), Austin,
TX
Against: Sprague, Bob (Independent Pest Management
Consulting), Austin, TX
SB 1697
FOR: Paris, Stephen J. (Lexington Insurance Company),
Boston, MA
ON: Johnson, Gary (Comptroller), Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cobb, Ron (American Insurance Association), Austin,
TX
Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP), Austin, TX
Yelkin, Kim (Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP), Austin, TX
On: Brady, Kevin (Self), Austin, TX
Hooser, Greg (Texas Surplus Lines Association),
Austin, TX
Leicht, Marshall (Texas Surplus Lines Association),
Houston, TX
Roeder, Carl (Texas Surplus Lines Association),
Abilene, TX
SB 1829
FOR: Cohen, Martin (Loya Insurance Group), Dallas, TX
Loya, Fred (Fred Loya Insurance), El Paso, TX
AGAINST: Floyd, Beaman (USAA, Nationwide, Allstate, State
Farm and American Insurance Association),
Austin, TX
ON: Durden, David (Texas Department of Insurance),
Austin, TX
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Thompson, Jay (Loya Insurance Group), Austin, TX
Against: Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association),
Austin, TX