WITNESS LIST
Insurance Committee
April 30, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Bostick, Ches (Texas Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (TAPIA))
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, John ‘Ben’ (Self; American Adjuster Association)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Eiland, Craig (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
Roach, Carie Ann (Self; Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Meroney, Mike (Chubb, Inc.)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
On:
Muckerheide, David (Texas Department of Insurance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Calvert, Jess (Texas Dental Assn)
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Hausenfluck, Amber (Texas Academy of Pediatric Dentistry)
Kuykendall, Deanna L. (Texas Brain Injury Providers Alliance)
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
For:
Rose, Korey (Self; Texas chiropractic association)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
VanDeWalle, Audrey (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
For:
Strandberg, Katherine (Self; Every Body Texas)
Vilardo, Carla (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)
Flanders, Caitlin (Every Body Texas)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Lenau, Kristen (Self; Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
Against:
Edwards, Rebecca (Texas Impact)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
For:
Snyder, Michael (Avalon Healthcare Solutions)
Against:
Benavides, Raul (Self; Texas Medical Association and Texas Society for Pathologists)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals, Texas
Chapter)
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For:
Ressler, Kristie (Avalon Healthcare Solutions)
Vane, Mark (Self)
Against:
Warren, Kevin (DHR Health)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
Against:
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
Warren, Kevin (DHR Health)
Against:
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Spilman, Annie (Texans for Affordable Healthcare)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
For:
Grace, Jim (BIC Corporation, US Lighter Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
On:
Allen, Charles (State Fire Marshal’s Office (TDI))
For:
Brown, John ‘Ben’ (Self; American Adjuster Association)
Against:
Badger, Steven (Self)
Thompson, Jay (Insurance council of texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Brown, John ‘Ben’ (Self; American Adjuster Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Tisdale, Ward (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Against:
DeWitt, Cathy (General Motors)
Flanders, Caitlin (National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors -- Texas)
Hanson, Donald (GEICO)
Hill, Jarrett (Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
Hodge, Daniel (Al Boenker Insurance Agency, Inc.)
McCartt, J. (Farmers Insurance)
Merideth, Chris (Farmers Insurance Group)
Meroney, Mike (Chubb, Inc.)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Morgan, Ashley (Nationwide)
Oryan, Anne (AAA TEXAS)
Roach, Carie Ann (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Ross, Susan (Self; State Farm Insurance)
Wittenburg, Michelle (The Hartford)
On:
Byckovski, J’ne (Texas Department of Insurance)
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For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Brown, John ‘Ben’ (Self; American Adjuster Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Schnautz, Jon (Insurance Council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
On:
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Muckerheide, David (TDI)
For:
Corrales, Lauren (Self; Texas Pharmacy Association)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cascio, Charles (AARP Texas)
Holzheauser, Craig (National Association of Chain Drug Stores)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals, Texas
Chapter)
Poole, Preston (Texas association of community health centers)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Fleming, Lauren (Texas Coalition for Patients)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Galloso, Tessa (Texans Care for Children)
Gonzalez, Sara (Texas Hospital Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Meroney, Shannon (National Association of Benefits & Insurance Professionals, Texas
Chapter)
Poole, Preston (Texas association of community health centers)
Strandberg, Katherine (Self; Every Body Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (TDI)
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