WITNESS LIST

            Natural Resources Committee

            March 26, 2025 - 8:00 AM

            HB 29

                 For:

                                 Boriack, Ted (Self; Water Protection Association of Gonzales County)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund)

                 On:

                                 Guz, Karen (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))

                                 Hermitte, Sam Marie (Texas Water Development Board)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davenport, Teresa (Self; Farm and ranch freedom alliance)

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Lost Pines GCD and other clients of the firm)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (Self; CHISPA)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Glass, Tom (Self; Lee County Conservatives)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

                 On:

                                 Mills-Jurach, Kristi (TCEQ)

                                 Nygren, Kim (TCEQ)

            HB 1633

                 For:

                                 Boriack, Ted (Self; Water Protection Association of Gonzales County)

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Lost Pines GCD and other clients of the firm)

                                 Foster, Adam (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (EDF)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blackburn, David (Bell County)

                                 Davenport, Teresa (Self; Farm and ranch freedom alliance)

                                 Entsminger, Tom (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Formont, Aliyah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Garrett, Ricky (Bell County Water Control & Improvement District #1)

                                 Giesinger, Ross (Environmental Defense Action Fund)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Sledge, Brian (Prairielands Groundwater Conservation District; Upper Trinity Groundwater

                                 Conservation District)

                                 Sledge, Shauna (Self; Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District)

                                 Williams, Jody (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

                 Against:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

            HB 1689

                 For:

                                 Boriack, Ted (Self; Water Protection Association of Gonzales County)

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Lost Pines GCD and other clients of the firm)

                                 Foster, Adam (Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Blackburn, David (Bell County)

                                 Davenport, Teresa (Self; Farm and ranch freedom alliance)

                                 Entsminger, Tom (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Formont, Aliyah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Garrett, Ricky (Bell County Water Control & Improvement District #1)

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (EDF)

                                 Shaw, Doug (Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Williams, Jody (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

            HB 1690

                 For:

                                 Boriack, Ted (Self; Water Protection Association of Gonzales County)

                                 Ellis, Gregory (Self; Lost Pines GCD and other clients of the firm)

                                 Formont, Aliyah (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 McKee, Nancy (Self)

                                 Wier, Andrew (Self; Simsboro Aquifer Water Defense Fund)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Blackburn, David (Bell County)

                                 Davenport, Teresa (Self; Farm and ranch freedom alliance)

                                 Garrett, Ricky (Bell County Water Control & Improvement District #1)

                                 Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (EDF)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Williams, Jody (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

            HB 1918

                 Against:

                                 Faulk, Cody (Texas Water Utilities, LP)

                 On:

                                 Barkley, Ben (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

                                 Corona, Connie (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (Self)

                                 Kirshbaum, Geoff (Texas Association of Water Companies)

            HB 2010

                 Against:

                                 Cohen, Howard (Schwartz, Page & Harding, LLP)

                 On:

                                 Boriack, Ted (Self; Water Protection Association of Gonzales County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)

                 Against:

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson)

            HB 2500

                 On:

                                 Groetsch, Ian (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

                                 Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)

                                 Hutchinsn, Scott (Entergy Texas)

                                 Kirshbaum, Geoff (Texas Association of Water Companies)

                                 Lucio III, Eddie (Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 Mazur, Jeremy B. (Texas 2036)

                                 Robledo, Lorena (West Travis County Public Utility Agency)

                 Against:

                                 High, DeWayne (Self)

                 On:

                                 Barkley, Benjamin (Office of Public Utility Counsel)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2608

                 For:

                                 Hjorth, Tyler (City of San Marcos)

                                 Mazur, Jeremy B. (Texas 2036)

                                 Nahrgang, Julie (Water Environment Association of Texas (WEAT))

                 Against:

                                 Miller, Jamie (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Puig-Williams, Vanessa (EDF)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

                 On:

                                 Mills-Jurach, Kristi (TCEQ)

                                 Sadlier, Robert (TCEQ)

            HB 2626

                 For:

                                 Blackburn, David (Bell County)

                                 Garrett, Ricky (Bell County Water Control & Improvement District #1)

                 On:

                                 Boriack, Ted (Self; Water Protection Association of Gonzales County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aaron, Dirk (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

                                 Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)

                                 Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Lindley, Emily (City of Temple)

                                 Phillips, Matt (Brazos River Authority)

                                 Robinson, Rob (Bcwcid1)

                                 Treadway, Dale (Self)

                                 Williams, Jody (Self; Clearwater UWCD)

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