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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            International Relations & Economic Development Committee

            April 8, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1478

                 For:

                                 Arrambide, Aimee (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas Foundation)

                                 Wang, Jasmine (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Shelley, Dan (Harris County Commissioner Garcia)

                                 Tigner, Drucilla (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

            HB 1855

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dawn-Fisher, Lisa (Texas State Teachers Association)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

            HB 1911

                 For:

                                 Masey, Chris (Self; Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                 On:

                                 Arbour, Courtney (Texas Workforce Commission)

                                 Gerken, Lauren (The arc of texas)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Easter Seals Central Tx)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability rights texas)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

            HB 2784

                 For:

                                 Arriaga, Eva (Self)

                                 Brightmon, Stacia (Self)

                                 Grace, Dwana (Self)

                                 Slaughter, James (Self; S & B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Association)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (CompTIA)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Mathis, James (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 McCarty, Austin (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Association)

                                 Sampson, Chance (Entergy Texas, Inc.)

                                 Shelley, Dan (Plumbing Heating Cooling Contractors)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Sullivan, Ray (Quanta Services)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Dow)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

                 On:

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerece)

            HB 3511

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Goins-Andrews, Judea (Project Lead The Way)

                 On:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Mathis, James (Occidental Petroleum)

                                 McCarty, Austin (Texas Chemical Council)

                                 Melson, Ben (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Munoz, Lindsay (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Scheberle, Drew (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerece)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

            HB 3565

                 On:

                                 Francis, Brian (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

            HB 3847

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                 Against:

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ellis, Rodney (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Monterosso, Analise (Self)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Sheldon, Tyler (Texas state employees union)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)

            HB 3942

                 For:

                                 Barrera, Janie (LiftFund)

                                 Leija, Mauro (Self; Lift fund)

                                 Rauker, Meghan (Self; PeopleFund)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  Disabilities)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

                                 Thetford, Tim (Texas Association of Community Development Corporations)

                 Against:

                                 Baxa, Jim (Self)

                                                                                               4