WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture & Livestock Committee

            March 22, 2023 - 8:00 AM

            HB 2329

                 For:

                                 Stillman, Dorothy (Self; Texas Beekeepers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albert Donovan, Carolyn (Self)

                                 Masters, Kelley (Self; Homemade Texas)

                 Against:

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

                 On:

                                 Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)

            HB 2568

                 On:

                                 Gentsch, Bryan (Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans Property Rights Association)

                 On:

                                 Foster, John (State Soil and Water Conservation Board)

                                 Oswald, Johnny (State Soil and Water Conservation Board)

            HB 2684

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans Property Rights Association)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Turley, Darren (Texas Association of Dairymen)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

                 Against:

                                 Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)

                                 Leo, Myra (Kansas City Southern)

                                 Mullins, Lindsay (BNSF Railway)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 Zientek, Richard (Union Pacific Railroad)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Archer, Jimmy (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 2851

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benz, Simone (Sustainable Food Center)

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans Property Rights Association)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                                 Reichek, Karen (Texas Deparment of Agriculture)

            HB 2945

                 For:

                                 Arrington, Tahne (Self)

                                 Dyer, Christopher (Self; Pixie Hollow Farm)

                                 Kilbourn, Rebecca (Self)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Ritchry, Joshua (Self)

                                 Smith, Steve (Self; Smith Pastures, LLC and Devine Markets Association, 501(c)(3))

                                 Trammell, Justin (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                 Against:

                                 Essler, JC (Texas Poultry Federation ans Texas Egg Council)

                 On:

                                 Wright, Philip (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benz, Simone (Sustainable Food Center)

                                 Clark, Brady (Self)

                                 Dyer, Christopher (Self; Pixie Hollow Farm)

                                 Gonzales, Lindsay (Self)

                                 Masters, Kelley (Self; Homemade Texas)

                                 Provence, Leslie (Self; Food Policy Council of San Antonio)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)

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

                                 Sebesta, Annabelle (Texas Association of City and County Health Officials)

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3049

                 For:

                                 Hightower, Trent (Texas veterinary medical association)

                 Against:

                                 Santerre, Judy (Self)

                                 Ware, Jodi (Self)

                 On:

                                 Sharkey, Brittany (TBVME)

            HJR 126

                 For:

                                 Boening, Russell (Self; Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Lockridge, James (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Essler, JC (Texas Poultry Federation)

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas landowners Council)

                                 Gentsch, Bryan (Self; Texas Seed Trade Association)

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans Property Rights Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Self; Travis County Farm Bureau, President)

                                 Park, Joey (Texas Wildlife Association)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

                 Against:

                                 Gamez, Alex (Self; Humane Society)

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