WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            March 14, 2011 30 minutes after final adjournment

             

            HB 303

                 For:

                                 Forest, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Aguirre, Antolin (Self)

                                 Cipriano, Meredith (Western Union)

                                 Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Medina, Maria (Self)

                                 Reyes, Esther (Self)

                                 Shelton, Emily (Texas Impact)

            HB 340

                 For:

                                 Baum, Walt (AECT)

                                 Bruce, Mark (Distributed Wind Energy Association)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Power, David (Publc Citizen)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Richie JR, Carl S. (TXU Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Craven, Eric (Texas Electric Cooperatives)

                                 Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))

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

                 On:

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jewell, Michael (ECD / United Solar OVONIC)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Clean Energy Coalition)

                                 Macfarlane, Andy (Data Foundry, Inc)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas Assn of Community Schools)

                                 Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Olson, Anne (TX Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Quin, David (Public Power Pool)

                                 Savransky, Alejandro (Self; Environment Texas)

                                 Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association)

                                 Tarlton, Patrick (AEP Texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Posey, Jake (StarTex Power)

                                 Shilling, Mark (Rio Grande Electric Cooperative)

            HB 449

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Smith, Jason (Texas Public Employees Association (TPEA))

            HB 561

                 For:

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

                                 Seale, Marie (Self; Catholic Diocese of Austin)

                 Against:

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Horne, Emily (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Huemmer, Maria (Self)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Wilda (Self; League of Women Voters, Texas)

                                 Collier, Brenda (Self)

                                 Cowan, Andrea (Self)

                                 Davila, Samantha (Self)

                                 Meister, Miriam (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matthew (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Stuart, Jen (Self)

                                 Tierney, Danielle (Self)

                                 Vidali, Lorenzo (Self)

                                 Wall, Matthew (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Woodard, Sue (Self)

                                 Woodard, Taylor (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

            HB 776

                 For:

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))

                                 Webking, Catherine (TEAM - Texas Enery Association for Marketers)

                 On:

                                 Baum, Walt (AECT)

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bruce, Mark (Distributed Wind Energy Association)

                                 Jewell, Michael (ECD / United OVONIC)

                                 Lovell, Trevor (Public Citizen Texas)

                                 McCraw, Ken (Texas Assn. of Community Schools)

                                 Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Olson, Anne (TX Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Phillips, Matt (The Nature Conservancy)

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

                                 Quin, David (Public Power Pool)

                                 Savransky, Alejandro (Self; Environment Texas)

                                 Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

            HB 966

                 For:

                                 Harder, Chuck (Center Point Energy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Nugent, Patrick (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Park, David (Atmos Energy)

                                 Ruckel, Grant (ONEOK)

                                 Santos, Mark (Texas Gas Association)

            HB 1046

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Russell, David (Texas Municpal Police Association (TMPA))

                 Against:

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Assoc. of Broadcasters)

                                 Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association; TX Press Association)

            HB 1232

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

            HB 1607

                 On:

                                 Darr, Shyra (Texas Facilities Commission)

                                 Yawn, Keith (Legislative Budget Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acosta, Leticia (Texas Exes - alumni association for UT Austin (501c3))

            HB 1997

                 For:

                                 Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))

                                 Webking, Catherine (TEAM - Texas Energy Assciation for Marketers)

                 Against:

                                 Dreyfus, Mark (City of Austin / Austin Enengy)

                                 Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

                 On:

                                 Ramirez, Jorge (Texas Facilities Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2133

                 For:

                                 Doegey, Jay (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) - President; Oncor Cities Steering

                                 Committee (OCSC) - Chair)

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Smith, Tom 'Smitty' (Public Citizen)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Carroll, Marianne (Texas Competitive Power Advocates)

                                 Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))

                                 Fainter JR, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)

                                 Jones, Dan (Potomac Economics)

                                 Smitherman, Barry (PUC of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Peterson, Michael (AT&T)

            HB 2134

                 For:

                                 Brown, Clifford (Alliance of Oncor Cities)

                                 Doegey, Jay (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power (TCAP) - President; Oncon Cities Steering

                                 Committee (OCSC) - Chair)

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Smith, Tom 'Smitty' (Public Citizen)

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

                 Against:

                                 Gray, Weldon (Eastex Telephone Cooperative, Inc and Texas Statewide Telephone

                                 Cooperative, Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Davis, Stephen (Alliance for Retail Markets (ARM))

                                 Doggett, Trip (ERCOT)

                                 Fainter JR, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc)

                                 Givens, Sheri (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Spock, Karl (Sunset Commission Staff)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, James (TW Telecom)

                                 Hicks, Sheri (TEXALTEL)

                                 Morstad, Tim (AARP)

                                 Zion, Mark (Texas Public Power Association)

                 On:

                                 Barrett, Andy (Aqua America)

                                 Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Quin, David (Public Power Pool ('P3'))

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2184

                 For:

                                 Hubert, Hiram (Andrews County)

                                 Rogers, Robby (Andrews Economic Development Corp.)

                                 Tompkins, Chad (Self)

                                 Wallace, Julia (Andrews Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Zap, Robert (City of Andrews)

                 Against:

                                 Gregory, Bob (Self)

                                 Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

                                 Lovell, Trevor (Public Citizen Texas)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Selig, Edward (Advocates for Responsible Disposal in Texas (ARDT))

                 On:

                                 Ford, Michael (Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Compact Comm.)

                                 Oney, Thomas (Luminant)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ables, Jeff (Self)

                                 Alexander, Samuel (Self)

                                 Baltzer, Rodney (Waste Control Specialists)

                                 Beach, Linda (Self)

                                 Berta, Lisa (Self)

                                 Caballero, Rosendo (Self)

                                 Carruth, Clinton (Self)

                                 Cisneros, Jesus O (Self)

                                 Cisneros, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Coggin, Carl (Self)

                                 Dabney, Tommy (Self)

                                 Dolgener, Richard (County of Andrews Texas)

                                 Espinosa, Ivey (Self)

                                 Gould, Royce (Self)

                                 Gray-Serrato, Jacklynn (Self)

                                 Greene, Patricia (Self)

                                 Greenwood, Candance (Self)

                                 Gressett, Marshall (Self)

                                 Grieco, Matthew (Self)

                                 Harper, Britany (Self)

                                 Harper, Paula (Self)

                                 Harper Jr, Jerry (Self)

                                 Henderson, David (Self)

                                 Hernandez, Aldo (Self)

                                 Herrera, Belinda (Self)

                                 Holzmer, Greg (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Holzmer, Jaclyn (WCS (Waste Control Specialist))

                                 Hultman, John (Self)

                                 Ivancovich, Robert (Self)

                                 Jones, Tom (Permian Regional Medical Center)

                                 King, Hugh (Self)

                                 Kirk, Mina (Self)

                                 Kirk, Scott (Self)

                                 Kline, Eugene (Self)

                                 Kline, Patricia (Self)

                                 Klutz, Karl (Self)

                                 Martinez, Marco (Self)

                                 Matthews, Travis (Self)

                                 McCasland, Michelle (Self)

                                 Mutter, David (Self)

                                 Muziani, Christy (Self)

                                 Muziani, Gregory (Self)

                                 Noble, Rod (Self)

                                 Noll, Barney (Self)

                                 Page, Keri (Self)

                                 Parker, Johnny (Self)

                                 Parker, Sheila (Self)

                                 Parsons, Sterling (Self)

                                 Prevost, Andrea (Self)

                                 Reed, Rene (Self)

                                 Rodriquez, Tony (Self)

                                 Sanchez, Elicia (Self)

                                 Shaw, Chris (Self)

                                 Short, Dustin (Self)

                                 Shruck, Gregg (Self)

                                 Smart, Robert (Self)

                                 Stottlemyre, Elizabeth (Andrews County / Andrews Industrial Foundation)

                                 Taylor, Charles (Self)

                                 Turnbull, Robert (Self)

                                 Turnbull, Tammy (Self)

                                 Vasquez, Kimberlyn (Self)

                                 Wilkerson, David (Self)

                                 Williams, Britni (Self)

                                 Williams, Wyvonne (Self)

                                 Yates, Sam (Self)

                                 Young, Brandon (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Alcorta, Victor (Studsvick Inc.)

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