WITNESS LIST
Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
August 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Herman, Mark (Self; Harris County Constable Office Precinct 4)
Ramsey, Tom (Self; Harris County Pct 3)
Rosen, Alan (Harris County Precinct One)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Key, Kenneth (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Bailey, Rick (Johnson County and County Judge and Commissioners Association)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Rose, Shannon (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sharpe, Rove (Self)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Bonura, John (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Against:
“Baz” Bazaldua, Adam (Self; City of Dallas)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
C. Blackmon, Paula (Self; City of Dallas)
Cerise, Fred (Parkland Health)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hurlbert, Heather (City of Corpus Christi)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
M. McMahon, Linda (Self; Dallas Economic Development Corporation)
Martin, Ann (Self; TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND)
Rasti, Kelly (Texas Association of School Boards)
Simmons, Christianne (City of Fort Worth)
Van Eenoo, Ed (City of Austin)
Wade Ireland, Jack (City of Dallas)
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Healy, Lisa (Self)
Martinez, Jorge (The LIBRE Initiative)
Mayville, James (Americans for Prosperity)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sheetz, Sam (Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Abbott, Robert (Self; Lake Travis Fire Rescue / Texas Fire Chiefs Assoc)
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Bailey, Rick (Johnson County and County Judge and Commissioners Association)
Bazaldua, Adam (Self)
Blackmon, Paula (Self)
Borja, Rob (Central Health)
Cain, Randy (City of Round Rock)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Fawcett, Dustin (Ector County)
Finley, Trace (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Flores, Jasmin (City of El Paso)
Fowler, Perry (The Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Giesinger, Ross (Harris Health System)
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Hallamek, James (Texas State Teachers Association)
Hedrick, Dylan (City of Garland, Texas)
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Holzheauser, Craig (Eagle Ford Shale Coalition)
Ireland, Jack (City of Dallas)
Islam, Nadia (City of SA)
Keating, John (City of Frisco)
Kocian, Aaron (Texas Ports Association)
Kuhlmann, Kate (Fast Growth School Coalition)
Lewis, Alec (Cedar Port Navigation and Improvement District)
Lewis, Alec (Port of Port Arthur)
Lewis, Alec (Port of Beaumont)
Massingill, Gavin (Port Freeport)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
McMahon, Linda (Dallas Economic Development Corporation)
Miller, Scott (San Antonio Water System)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Myers, Brynn (City of Temple)
Nichols, Colby (Leander ISD)
Preston, Rachel (Self)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (City of College Station)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (City of Coppell)
Rodriguez, Ralph (Self; Bexar County Emergency Service District No. 2)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County Hospital District/ Nueces County)
Rose, Shannon (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Rummel, Laura (Self; City of Frisco)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Souriyasak, Kent (City of Leander)
Spence, Logan (City of Denton)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Thomson, Michael (Self; City of Carrollton)
Tolbert, Kimberly (City of Dallas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Grady, Victoria (Health and Human Services Commission)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County)
For:
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Against:
Bailey, Rick (Johnson County and County Judge and Commissioners Association)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Billings, David (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Lay Lamas, Cayce (Town of Westlake)
Pfaff, David (City of Irving)
Ramirez, Helen (City of Brownsville)
Simmons, Christianne (City of Fort Worth)
Webb, Dennis (Self; City of Irving Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ryan (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association - (TTARA))
Bonura, John (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Healy, Lisa (Self)
Martinez, Jorge (The LIBRE Initiative)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mayville, James (Americans for Prosperity)
Sheetz, Sam (Americans for Prosperity)
Against:
Abbott, Robert (Self; Lake Travis Fire Rescue / Texas Fire Chiefs Assoc)
Bazaldua, Adam (Self)
Blackmon, Paula (Self)
Bloch, John (Self; City of Irving)
Cain, Randy (City of Round Rock)
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Coker, Andrea (Self; North Texas Commission)
Fawcett, Dustin (Ector County)
Flores, Jasmin (City of El Paso)
Fowler, Perry (The Texas Water Infrastructure Network)
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
Hausenfluck, Amber (City of McAllen)
Hawkins, Stacey (City of Temple)
Hedrick, Dylan (City of Garland, Texas)
Hillman, Chris (City of Irving)
Hurlbert, Heather (City of Corpus Christi)
Ireland, Jack (City of Dallas)
Islam, Nadia (City of SA)
Keating, John (City of Frisco)
Martin, Ann (Self; TOWN OF FLOWER MOUND)
McMahon, Linda (Dallas Economic Development Corporation)
Miller, Clark (City of Deer Park)
Miller, Scott (San Antonio Water System)
Myers, Brynn (City of Temple)
Rice, Dalton (Self; City of Kerrville)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (City of College Station)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (City of Coppell)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Rose, Shannon (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Rummel, Laura (Self; City of Frisco)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Souriyasak, Kent (City of Leander)
Spence, Logan (City of Denton)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Tolbert, Kimberly (City of Dallas)
Van Eenoo, Ed (City of Austin)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County)
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Against:
Billings, David (Self)
On:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter USGBC)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Sampson, Chance (Texas Realtors)
Sullivan, Ray (Greyter Water Systems)
Susac, Jeremy (Lennar)
Against:
Clark, Leah (City of Georgetown)
Kennard, Karen (City of Missouri City)
Morgan, Elizabeth (Self)
Rose, Shannon (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
Rose, Valerie (Self)
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