WITNESS LIST
Agriculture & Livestock Committee
March  31, 2009 - 8:00 AM
HB  378
 
    For:
Angel, Shawnie  (Self and Texas Institute of Equine Dentistry)
 
 
Bateman, Ramona  (Self)
 
 
Blandford, Kay  (Self)
 
 
Burdette, Donald  (Self)
 
 
Duncan, Blake  (Self)
 
 
Finch, Jerry (Habitat For Horses)
 
 
Hardie, James  (Self)
 
 
Mitz, Carl  (Self)
 
 
Moriarity, Lawrence A.  (Self)
 
 
Nuckolls, Batch  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Darren  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bierschwale, Mark ((TVMA) Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
 
 
Buchanan, Benjamin  (Self and TVMA - Texas Veterinary Medical Association
TEVA - Texas Equine Veterinary Association)
 
 
Morton, John (Texas Veterinary Medical Ass.)
 
 
Nightingale, Conrad  (Self and Texas Veterinary Medical Assoc. Equine Committee)
 
 
Putnam, Harold D (TVMA & Harold Putnam
Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
 
 
Vaden, Pete  (Self)
 
 
Vickers, Michael (Las Palmas Veterinary Hosp. Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Griffin, Cleet (TVMA
Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
 
 
Helmcamp III, Dewey E (Texas BD. of. Veterinary Med. Examiners)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Absher, Jay  (Self)
 
 
Anderson, Deborah  (Self)
 
 
Bettes, Priscilla  (Self)
 
 
Bettes, Richard  (Self)
 
 
Cantwell, Pamela  (Self)
 
 
Collins-Swanson, Teri  (Self)
 
 
Davis, Jymmy Kay  (Self)
 
 
Doebbler, Howard  (Self)
 
 
Dracoulis, Rhonda  (Self)
 
 
Dwyer, Bethany  (Self)
 
 
Funderburg, Dorothy  (Self)
 
 
Geissen, Judy  (Self)
 
 
Grimm, James  (Self)
 
 
Herron, Andrea  (Self)
 
 
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Jacobs, Larry  (Self)
 
 
Kittrell, Kevin  (Self)
 
 
McGeary, Judith  (Self and Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
 
 
McLaughlin, Teresa  (Self)
 
 
Nichols, Kimi  (Self)
 
    For:
Nichols, Stephen  (Self)
 
 
Nuckolls, Jan  (Self)
 
 
Phillips, Bill  (Self)
 
 
Phillips, Doris  (Self)
 
 
Phillips, Will  (Self)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (Tx and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Smith, Cindi  (Self)
 
 
Thome, Janet  (Self)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Tx Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn)
 
 
Warnke, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Assoc.)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Texas Association of Dairyman)
 
 
Zant, Sheila  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Fields, John  (Self)
 
 
Wurster, Joe  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Biscoe, Laurie (Texas Workforce Commission)
 
 
Clader, John  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  865
 
    For:
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
Gentsch, Denise  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winters, Richard (Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industies Association
Texas Vegetation Management Association)
 
 
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Assoc.)
 
 
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (Tx and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Tx Sheep & Goat Raisers)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bender, Kelly (Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.)
 
 
Boggus, Tom (TX Forest Service)
 
 
Brown, Kirby (Texas Wildlife Association)
 
 
Chilton, Earl (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
 
 
Goodrich, Robert (Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.)
 
 
Hart, Charles (Texas AgriLife Extension Service)
 
 
Isom, Rex (Texas Soil & Water Conservation Board)
 
 
Jacobs, Larry (Texas Soil & Water Conservation Board)
 
 
Wright Steele, Catherine (Texas Dept of Agriculture)
 
 
 
 
HB  2038
 
    For:
Wilson, Vancal (Texas Pest Control Ass.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gregg, Michele (Texas Apartment Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Indostries Association
Texas Vegetation Management Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bush, Jimmy (Texas Dept. of Agriculture)
 
     On:
Gissell, Dennis (Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept.)
 
 
 
 
HB  2318
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Verenium Corp.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Deberry, Drew (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
 
 
 
HB  2366
 
    For:
Lambert, Thomas (Landmark Structures)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hastings, Debbie (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Nasi, Mike (Biodiesel Coalition of Texas)
 
 
Ross, Susan (TREIA)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Tyson Foods)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Verenium Corp.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Skaggs, Jason (TX and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Wiengarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Deberry, Drew (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
 
Grimm, James (Tx Poultry Federation)
 
 
 
 
HB  2527
 
Against:
Crawford, Lauren (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
 
 
Engelke (ing-gull-key), Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)
 
 
Grimm, James (Tx Poultry Federation)
 
 
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Tx Sheep & Goat Raisers
Tx Poultry Federation)
 
 
 
 
HB  2528
 
    For:
Morton, John (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Roussel, Allen (College of Veterinary Medicie Texas A&M)
 
 
 
 
HB  3143
 
    For:
Small, Ed (Rio Grande Valle Sugar Growers)
 
 
Small, Ed (Texas Forestry Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, Kirby (Texas Wildlife Association)
 
 
Cooper, Kevin (US Custom Harvesters)
 
 
del Core Borromeo, Marida (Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)
 
 
Engelke (ing-gull-key), Tommy (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council)
 
 
Garza, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Gee, Charles (Texas Logging Council)
 
 
Gentsch, Denise (Texas Seed Trade Assn)
 
 
Grimm, James (Tx Poultry Federation)
 
 
Horton, Ken (Texas Pork Producers Assn.)
 
    For:
Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)
 
 
Oefinger, David (Texas Pest Management Association)
 
 
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (Tx and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Tx Poultry Federation
Tx Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn)
 
 
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Assoc.)
 
 
Woodard, Shayne (Texas Association of Dairyman)
 
 
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Thompson, John (Polk County)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Miles, Kennis (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  3330
 
    For:
Bluntzer, Warren  (Self)
 
 
Brown, Kirby (Texas Wildlife Association)
 
 
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Exotic Wildlife Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Skaggs, Jason (Tx and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Winters, Richard (Texas Animal Health Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hillman DVM, Bob (Texas Animal Health Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  3429
 
    For:
Wallace, Grant (American Cancer Society)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Anding, Jenna (Texas Agrilife Extension)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Pediatric Society)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Partnership for a Healthy Texas)
 
 
Zackel, Katherine (Texans Care For Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Golson, Kathy (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
 
 
 
HB  4002
 
     On:
Boggus, Tom (TX Forest Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
 
 
Blocker, Trey (State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association)
 
 
Engelke (ing-gull-key), Tommy (Tommy Engelke)
 
 
Gee, Charles (Texas Logging Council)
 
 
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (Tx and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Thompson, John (Polk County)
 
 
Turner, Bob  (Self and Tx Sheep & Goat Raisers Assn)
 
 
 
 
HB  4006
 
     On:
Hillman DVM, Bob (Texas Animal Health Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Copeland, Chris (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
 
 
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Skaggs, Jason (Tx and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)
 
 
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  4031
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cotter, Charles (Biomass Energy Resources LLC)
 
    For:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Lambert, Thomas (Landmark Structures)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  4245
 
    For:
Ford, Jason (Taylor Economic Development Corporation)
 
 
Holcombe, Linda (TIVA - Texas Industrial Vocational Assoc)
 
 
Kolek, Richard (East Williamson County Higher Education Center, Legacy Early College High School)
 
 
Mc Carter, S Chuck (East Williamson County Higher Education Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Blocker, Trey (Texas Association of Manufacturors)
 
 
Duty, David (Texas Assoc. of Community Schools (TACS))
 
 
Gentsch, Denise (Texas Agri - Women)
 
 
Gentsch, Denise (Texas Seed Trade Assn.)
 
 
Giarratani, Dominic (TASB - Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Khozein, Fred  (Self)
 
 
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Boarder Coalition)
 
 
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA))
 
 
Nelson, John (Temple College at Taylor Foundation (TCAT))
 
 
Painovich, Robin (Career & Technology Association of Texas)
 
 
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
 
 
Sanderson, Josh (Association of TX Professionel Educators)
 
 
Turner, Bob (Tx Sheep & Goat Raisers,  Coleman Economic Development Co Inc)
 
 
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
 
 
Young, Gerald (Agriculture Teachers Assn of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Deberry, Drew (Texas Department of Agriculture)
 
 
 
 
HB  4284
 
    For:
Bluntzer, Warren  (Self and Texas Deer Assocation
)
 
 
Clark, Chase (Texas Deer Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Sinclair, David (Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Gabell, Chris (ACLU of Texas
American Civil Liberties Union)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Brown, Kirby (Texas Wildlife Association)