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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Agriculture & Livestock Committee

            March 18, 2019 - 10:30 AM

            HB 32

                 For:

                                 Ivey, Kevin (Self; WTPA (West Texas Pecan Association))

                 Against:

                                 Cullers, Will (Self; Cullers Farms)

                                 Millican, Winston (Self; Millican Pecan Company)

                                 Openshaw, Michael (Self)

                                 Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Andersen, David (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

            HB 70

                 For:

                                 Ivey, Kevin (Self; WTPA (West Texas Pecan Association))

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (TDA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gibson, David (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

            HB 191

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)

                                 Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)

                                 Dippel, Donnie (Texas Vegetation Management Association)

                                 Gibson, David (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

                                 Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 McCarty, Austin (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Schumann, Peyton (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Spurlock, Wesley (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas poultry Federation)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (TDA)

                                 Wright, Phil (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 792

                 For:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Moorehead, Wes (Texas A&M Forest Sevice)

            HB 969

                 Against:

                                 Alles, Richard (Self)

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Texas Environment for the Environment)

                                 McGreevy, Elizabeth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bird, Mark (City of San Antonio)

                                 Herrington, Chris (City of Austin)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)

                                 Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council)

                                 Gibson, David (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Kennedy, Meagan (Self)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Schumann, Peyton (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Spurlock, Wesley (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas poultry federation)

                 Against:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1514

                 For:

                                 Bernall, Cathy (Texas association of olive oil, lone star olive ranch)

                                 Paz, Michael (Texas Association of Olive Oil, Texana Brands, Texana Olive Ranch)

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mccabe, Christine (Texas Association of Olive Oil, Texas Mobile Mill)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas poultry assn)

                 On:

                                 Stein, Larry (Texas A & M AgriLife Extension Service)

            HB 1563

                 On:

                                 Hunter, Dan (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 2053

                 For:

                                 Hinnant, Ray (Self)

                                 Kothmann, Merwyn (Self; Prescribed Burning Alliance of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (TDA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dippel, Donnie (Texas Ag Industries Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers Association)

                                 Morris, Joe (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas Forestry Assn)

            HB 2900

                 For:

                                 Spurlock, Wesley (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Wade, Patrick (Texas Grain Sorghum Association)

                 On:

                                 Escobar, Jessica (TDA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bessent, Kody (Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.)

                                 Gibson, David (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Hodges, Kenneth (Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Martin, Angie (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Turner, Robert (Self; Texas sheep and goat raisers assn)

                                 Vaughan, Dee (Self; Texas Corn Producers Association)

                                 Wedel, James (Self)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

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