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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            May 21, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            SB 1968

                 For:

                                 Gore, Rex (Self)

                                 Olsen, Brian (Self; Ucjet)

                 Against:

                                 Bell, Ronda (AFscme)

                                 Capo, Zeph (Self; Houston Federation of Teachers, Houston Community College System)

                                 Cole, John (Self)

                                 Coyle, Steve (Self; Education Austin)

                                 Dewey, Andrew (Self)

                                 Duron, Carmen (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Hernandez, Sally (Self)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Lowry, Lance (AFSCME Texas Correctional Employees - Huntsville)

                                 Lugo, Judy (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Self)

                                 Patrick, John (Self; Texas AFL CIO)

                                 Perkins, Cindy (Self)

                                 Plock, August (Self)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Afscme)

                                 Wilson, Cathe (Self; Gatesville local 3920)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Brad (Self; Keep Texas Working)

                                 Brooks, Jeffrey (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Chambers, Kimberly (Self)

                                 Cubriel, Beth (Republican party of texas)

                                 Dyer, Don (Self)

                                 Dyer, Don (Self)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 McDonald, Tony (Self)

                                 Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Posey, Jake (International Franchise Association)

                                 Simpson, Stephanie (TX Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Southwell, Brent (Self)

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

                                 Sullivan, Michael (Self; Empower Texans / Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Tarlton, Patrick (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Aguilar, Leonard (Self; Southwest Pipe Trades Association)

                                 Albert, David (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)

                                 Arabie, Joe (Texas afl-cio)

                                 Armentrout, Nathan (Self)

                                 Bailey, Richard (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Barrientos, Alicia (Self)

                                 Beardall, Bill (Self)

                                 Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Blanton, Chris (Self; Afscme)

                                 Boggess, Bethany (Self; Workers defense project)

                                 Booker, Denee (Self)

                                 Box, Daniel (Self; Houston city workers)

                                 Bradley, Susan (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Briggs, Terry (Self; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen)

                                 Brown, Caitlin (Self)

                                 Brown, Garry (Self)

                                 Buhler, Gail (Self)

                                 Bunker, Phil (Teamsters)

                                 Callaway, Anthony (Self; Afscme 1624)

                                 Canales Zarate, Maria (Self)

                                 Caraway, TG (Self)

                                 Carlton, Kristin (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Carrillovaldez, Lydia (Self; Eduaction)

                                 Castro, Susan (Self; San Antonio Aliiance of Teachers and Support Personnel)

                                 Cebulski, Mark (Self; AFSCME Texas Retirees)

                                 cervella, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Christian, DeBoss (Self; A.T.U.1338)

                                 Cofer, Rick (Self; AFSCME)

                                 Cole, Cynthia (Self; Afscme 1550)

                                 Coleman, Debra (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Corbitt, Chris (Self; Afscme 1624)

                                 Cortez, Judy (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Cox, Nancy (Self)

                                 Crews, Andre (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)

                                 Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)

                                 Cummins, Tom (Self; Bexar County Federation of Teachers)

                                 Cunningham, Michael (Self; Texas State Building and Construction Trades Council)

                                 Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)

                                 Das, Saurabh (Self)

                                 Day, Kenneth (Self; Amalgamated transit union 1338)

                                 Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Dillard, Annabelle (Self)

                                 Dominguez, Brenda (Self)

                                 Dominguez, John (Self)

                                 Dubon, Alex (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Dunlap, Traci (Self)

                                 Earnest, Daniel (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Eaton, Holly (Texas classrrom teachers Assoc)

                                 English, Brian (SMART-TD)

                                 Fetonte, Barbara (Self; Texas state employees union)

                                 Flores, Mando (Self; Afscme local 1624)

                                 Forbes, Lee (Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance)

                                 Foster, David (Self)

                                 Franks, Margie (Self)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police association)

                                 Fullerton, Amanda (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Gardner, Andrea (Self; International Longshoremen's Association)

                                 Garibay, Montserrat (Self)

                                 Giarratani, Dominic (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Greene, Joshua (Self; Northside American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Gregg, Brock (Self; Association of tx professional educators)

                                 Guerrero, Kenneth (Self)

                                 Guthrie, Carol (Self; AFscme 1624)

                                 Hallford, Currie (CWA/ Texas Political and Legislative Committee)

                                 Hamilton, Bill (Self; Retired state employees association)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Hartman, Eric (Self)

                                 Haverlah, Leroy (Self)

                                 Henry, Craig (Self)

                                 Hernandez, Mary esther (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Hinojosa, Mike (Self)

                                 Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Howell, Gary (AFSCME 1624)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Hunter, Amy (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Jimenez, Maria (Self)

                                 Johnson, Aaron (Self; Equal Justice Center)

                                 Johnson, Anthony (Self)

                                 Jones, Chris (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Jones, Thomas (AFSCME)

                                 Kennedy, Mary (Self)

                                 Kiluk, Todd (Self; Afscme)

                                 Kirchner, Gabe (Self)

                                 Kirk, Susie (Self)

                                 Klinke, Bernard (Self; Education Austin)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Lawrence, Kevin (Tmpa)

                                 Lee, Cheryl (CWA 6132)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Lee, David (Self; Alliance/AFT)

                                 Lee, Virginia (Self; AFSCME)

                                 Lewis, Anne (Self)

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self)

                                 Lopez, Jason (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Magee, Rachel (Self; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 205)

                                 Mahoney, Tim (Self)

                                 Maldonado, Mark (Self)

                                 Malfaro, Louis (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Marquardt, Anthony (Atcems association)

                                 Martin, Ed (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 Marves, Horace (Self; Transport union local 260)

                                 Mashberg, Amy (Self)

                                 McCoy, Brittany (Self)

                                 McCulloch, Mark (Self)

                                 Mckim, Mark (Self)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Self; Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Molina, Raymond (Self; Afscme)

                                 Morales, George (AFSCME 1624)

                                 Moreno, Randy (Self; AustinFirefighters Association)

                                 Musselman, KT (Self)

                                 Nicks, Bob (Austin Firefighters Association)

                                 O'Brien, Krissy (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Oldham, Pamela (Self)

                                 Ortiz, Chrisrina (Self)

                                 Owen, Martha (Self; Texas aft)

                                 Pannell, Lisa (Self; Education Austin)

                                 Peavler, Jason (Communications Workers of America Local 6132)

                                 Pedigo, Gary (Self; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainman)

                                 Perez-Wiseley, Teresa (Self; Texas alliance for Retired Americans)

                                 Perkins, Crystal (Self)

                                 Phillips, Atha (Self; AfscME 1624)

                                 Potter, Shelley (Self; San Antonio Alliance of Teachers and Support Personnel)

                                 Powers, Maura (Self; Afscme tx retirees)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (Self)

                                 Ramon, Andy (Self)

                                 Ramsey, Ronald (Self; Ibew local union 500)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Rotz, Jessica (Self)

                                 Rush, Barbara (Self)

                                 Saunders, Kamron (SMART - TD)

                                 Scallon, Susan (Self; AFSCME 1624)

                                 Scott, Glenn (Self)

                                 Seely, Peggy (Self; AFSCME Texas Retirees Chapter 12)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Shea, Brigid (Self)

                                 Sidney, Cynthia (Self; Houston organization of public employees)

                                 Sigala ramon, Mayra (Self)

                                 Sills, Ed (Self)

                                 Sisson, John (Self)

                                 Smith, Dean (Self; Afscme)

                                 Smith, Stacey (Self; Education Austin)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Self; Public citizen)

                                 Smolka, Doug (Self; San Antonio Building Trades Council)

                                 Speight, Calvin (Self; Plumbers Local 68)

                                 Speight, Dennis (Self)

                                 Stalinsky, Jason (Self)

                                 Stewart, Bob (Self)

                                 Studebaker, Jenn (Self)

                                 Suits, Stacy (Self)

                                 Takahashi, Joean (Self; Afscme)

                                 Tarr, Tanya (Self; Texas AFT)

                                 Tedford, Mark (Self)

                                 Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Thomas, David (Self)

                                 Torrence, Philesha (Self; AFL CIO)

                                 Turrubiarte, Rebecca (Self; Alfmc)

                                 Umphress, John (Self; Afscme 1624)

                                 Underwood, Trasell (Self; Education austin)

                                 Vigil, Maria (Self; AFScme)

                                 Villarreal, Johnny (Houston fire fighters local 341)

                                 Wagnerr, Christian (Self; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 520)

                                 Wald, Jerome (Self; Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Washenfelder, Karrie (Self; Fort bend employee federation)

                                 White, Kirk (Self; Education Austin)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Wolf, Lacy (Self; Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 22)

                                 WyliE, Jason (Self)

                                 Zarate, Juan (Self)

                                 Zarifis, Ken (Self; Education Austin)

                                 Zavodny, Donald (AFSCME Texas Correction)

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