WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            April 17, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 42

                 For:

                                 Bulcao, Paula (BP America, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Dantzler, Susan (Self; Lege Dir Texas Nationalist Movement)

                                 Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Lozano, Michael (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                                 Mathis, James (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Spence, Logan (Industrial Sand Producers of Texas)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                 Against:

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

            HB 322

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hinsley, Betty (Self)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Amy (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Yanaway, Diana (Self)

            HB 388

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Thomas (Self; Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cox, Dustin (Self)

                                 Cross, Elizabeth (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Linn, Julie (Great Hearts Texas)

                                 Sage, Tom (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Luke, Charles (Self; Pastors for Texas Children)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

            HB 484

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

            HB 1068

                 For:

                                 Paul, Treangen (Self; TNW Corporation, Texas Short Line and Regional Railroad Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hutchison, Chelsy (Union pacific railroad)

                                 Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)

                                 Mullins, Lindsay (BNSF Railway)

                                 Van Schaick, Jeff (Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Services)

                                 Wehmeyer, Mackenna (Texas Rail Advocates)

            HB 1313

                 On:

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Main, Crystal (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                 Against:

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

            HB 1333

                 For:

                                 Crouch, Chandler (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 DeOtte, Richard (Self)

                                 DeOtte, Yvette (Self)

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Richard (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

            HB 1526

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

            HB 1652

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conferenc of Urban Counties)

                                 Magee, Clint (Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 1841

                 For:

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                 Against:

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2159

                 For:

                                 Harrison, Joseph (Self)

                                 Head, Ray (Self; Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals)

                 Against:

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Graydon, Galt (Citizens for Appraisal Reform)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                 Against:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2441

                 For:

                                 Rodrigue, Kathy (Ellis Appraisal District)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Litzinger, Amy (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

            HB 2770

                 For:

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Prioritied)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                 Against:

                                 Eissler, Rob (Montgomery County Tax Assessor/Collector)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Texas association of tax assessor coloectors)

            HB 2993

                 For:

                                 Kahn, Barry (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Providers, Texas Association of Builders,

                                 Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Kelley, Nathan (Self; TAAHP)

                                 Kroll, John (Bonner Carrington)

                                 Lankford, Alvin (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arriaga, Roger (Self; Tx Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)

                                 Bast, Cynthia (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Kercheval, Todd (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)

                                 Kercheval, Todd (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies)

                                 LeBas, James (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Talerico, Jeanne (Texas Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 3067

                 For:

                                 Grimes, Joshua (Self)

                                 Hildenbrand, Zacariah (Self)

                                 Thimmesch, Kevin (Self; Eureka Resources)

                                 Troxclair, Caleb (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Walden, Steven (Self; TX Desalination Assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujano, Gil (Bpx energy)

                                 Bulcao, Paula (BP America, Inc.)

                                 Hosek, Chris (Fountain Quail Energy Services)

                                 Macksood, Greg (PDC Energy)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Chevron)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Weber, Jamie (Parsely Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Prioritied)

                                 Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; Encore Green Environmental, LLC)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

            HB 3225

                 For:

                                 Bean, Chrstopher (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Mario (Texas Independent Automobile Dealers Association (TIADA))

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Eissler, Rob (Montgomery County Tax Assessor/Collector)

            HB 3243

                 For:

                                 Andro, Richard (Refund Advisory Corp)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Texas association of tax assessors)

            HB 3386

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kroll, John (AEG Live)

            HB 3423

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Association)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

            HB 3717

                 For:

                                 Grimes, Joshua (Self)

                                 Hildenbrand, Zacariah (Self)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                                 Thimmesch, Kevin (Self; Eureka Resources)

                                 Walden, Steven (Self; TX Desalination Assn)

                 Against:

                                 Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; Encore Green Environmental, LLC)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bujano, Gil (Bpx energy)

                                 Bulcao, Paula (BP America, Inc.)

                                 Carmichael, Katherine (98th Meridian Foundation Board of Directors)

                                 Hosek, Chris (Fountain Quail Energy Services)

                                 Macksood, Greg (PDC Energy)

                                 Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Chevron)

                                 Weber, Jamie (Parsely Energy)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Prioritied)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

            HB 3793

                 On:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Republican Party of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cartwright, Deborah (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Cubriel, Randy (Nucor)

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 LeBas, James (AECT, and Texas Association of Manufacturers)

            HB 4295

                 For:

                                 Blankers, Michael (Self)

                                 Hoffman, Martin (Self)

                                 Pettit, Julie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Richard (Self)

                                 Hoffman, Emma (Self)

                                 Rogers, Molly (Self)

                                 Sutton, Patrick (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)

                                 Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC)

            HB 4367

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Justin (Self; DART Police)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Justin (Self; Austin Police Association)

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers’ Union)

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

            HB 4621

                 For:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Morales, Roy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ash, Ryan (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Bender, Missy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Stanart, Gail (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Hamill, Joe (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Prioritied)

                                 Little, Egan (Self; L C Vending / TMVA)

                                 Main, Crystal (Self)

                                 Martinez, Jorge (Self; Americans For Prosperity, The LIBRE Initiative, Concerned Veterans for

                                 America)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Smith, Kendall (Self; Accent Food Services/TMVA)

                                 Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)

                 On:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HJR 3

                 For:

                                 Bender, Missy (Texas School Coalition)

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Morales, Roy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Ginn, Vance (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Prioritied)

                                 Little, Egan (Self; L C Vending / TMVA)

                                 Smith, Kendall (Self; Accent Food Services/TMVA)

                 On:

                                 Macias, Luke (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ash, Ryan (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Cox, Dustin (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Rau, Seth (San Antonio ISD)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (Austin chamber of commerce)

                                 Stanart, Gail (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Garaña, Kristine (Self)

                                 Hamill, Joe (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Main, Crystal (Self)

                                 Martinez, Jorge (Self; Americans For Prosperity, The LIBRE Initiative, Concerned Veterans for

                                 America)

                                 Menendez, Fatima (MALDEF)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Stern, Maggie (Childrens Defense Fund)

                 On:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

            HJR 13

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Bulcao, Paula (BP America, Inc.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Lozano, Michael (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                                 Mathis, James (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 Spence, Logan (Industrial Sand Producers of Texas)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                 Against:

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

            HJR 26

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Litzinger, Amy (Self; Easterseals Central Texas)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

            HJR 31

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Thomas (Self; Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 List, Amanda (ResponsiveEd)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cox, Dustin (Self)

                                 Cross, Elizabeth (Texas Charter Schools Association)

                                 Donnelly, Annemarie (Self; IDEA Public Schools)

                                 Linn, Julie (Great Hearts Texas)

                                 Sage, Tom (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Campbell, Grover (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Luke, Charles (Self; Pastors for Texas Children)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

            HJR 118

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Cartwright, Deborah (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Cubriel, Randy (Nucor)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 LeBas, James (AECT, and Texas Association of Manufacturers)

            HJR 139

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cullinane, Mary (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Kelberlau, Bill (Self)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                 Against:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

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