WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education Committee

            February 25, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 99

                 For:

                                 Cushing, Blair (Self; Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc business)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Silverman, Stacey (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 123

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Poteat Phelps, Jennifer (Community College Association of TX Trustees)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 227

                 For:

                                 Velasquez, Sally (Willacy County)

                                 Weaver, Frank (Self; Valley telephone co. Inc)

                 On:

                                 Clayton, Bryant (Texas comptroller of public accounts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beurer, Leonard (Valley telepnone co)

                                 Hardcastle, Richard (Self; Rural telephone co-ops)

                 On:

                                 Clayton, Bryant (COmptroller)

                                 Torres, Frances (Comptroller)

            HB 298

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Rey (Texas Assn of Community Colleges)

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

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                 Against:

                                 Zarate, Roberto (Self; Community College Association of TX Trustees)

                 On:

                                 Fitzpatrick, John (Self; Educate Texas)

                                 Rosser, Aubrey Wynn (Self; Greater Texas Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc business)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Peebles, Rex (Texad Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 495

                 For:

                                 Zolnierek, Cindy (Self; Texas Nurses Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Garcia, Rey (Texas Assn of Community Colleges)

                                 Harris, Dana (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Hench, Marina (Texas Associatioin for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Martinez, Ray (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas assoc business)

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)

                 On:

                                 Silverman, Stacey (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 599

                 For:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Susan (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Paredes, Raymund (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

                                 Taylor, Dub (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Wood, Robert (Comptroller)

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