WITNESS LIST
Higher Education Committee
April 1, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Bierly, Kate (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Browning, Jessica (State Armor)
Gallen, Patti (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Against:
Albert, David (Self)
For:
Kuykendall, Tobie (Self; 63rd District Attorney’s Office)
Poole, Amanda (Self; 63rd District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Against:
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
On:
Krampitz, Tom (Border Prosecution Unit)
For:
Austin, John (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Public Health Coalition, Texas Pediatric
Society)
Gagen, Charlie (American Lung Association)
Guerra, Priscilla (Self)
Monge, Maria (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Public Health
Coalition)
On:
Lakey, David (UT System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Self)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
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For:
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Puente, Alec (American Heart Association)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albert, David (Self)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
O'Banion, Stephanie (United Ways of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Salazar, Yvette (Texas Council on Family Violence)
For:
Astran, Sierralynn (Self)
Belseth, Tymothy (Self)
On:
Eighmy, Peggy (UTSA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers Texas)
Mckenzie, Heather (Self; League Of Women Voters)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
O'Banion, Stephanie (United Ways of Texas)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Walters, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS))
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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On:
Van Buskirk, Lindsey (Dept of Family and Protective Services)
For:
Gardner, Bill (State Firefighters and Fire Marshals Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albert, David (Self)
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Lindsay, Tom (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Albert, David (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
On:
Keyton, Sarah (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Mayer, Elizabeth (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Dauth, Barbara (FBIC)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Faculty Association, Pat Heintzelman)
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
For:
Britt, Elaine (Rice University)
Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Hutson, Blake (Texas Association of Health Plans)
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For:
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Resendez, Joel (Rice University)
Ross, Susan (Baylor University)
On:
Bowden, Rachel (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Kincheloe, Laura (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
On:
Meeks, Matthew (University of Texas System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Frazee, Jack (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Garcia, Amanda (Texas AFT-AAUP)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity austin)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
For:
Kincheloe, Laura (Self; Texas Nurses Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Frazee, Jack (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Martinez, Ray (Texas Association of Community Colleges)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Concorde Career Colleges)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County Hospital District)
Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity austin)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
For:
Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ruffo, Isabella (Self)
On:
Thielemann, Heather (Sam Houston State University)
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