WITNESS LIST
Public Health Committee
August 13, 2025 - 9:00 AM
For:
Adams, Aubree (Self; Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Texas)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Dye, Steve (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Flores, Lisa (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Howard, Rhonda (Self)
Jones, Elizabeth (Self; Texans for Safe and Drug-Free Youth)
Nolan, Cyrena (Self)
Rios, Veronica (Self)
Rodriguez, Hunter (Self)
Rodriguez, Idette (Self)
Scruggs, Christine (Self)
Stout, Peter (Self; Texas Association of Crime Lab Directors)
Wiley, Erleigh (Self)
Willis, Greg (Self)
Woelfel, Maricruz (Self)
Against:
Anderton, William (Self)
Berner, Kenneth (Self; A to Z Ivestments and Wholesale llc)
Bingham, Kyle (Vice President - National Hemp Growers Association)
Bishara, Nathan (Self; Delta 8 Denton)
Bonilla, David (Self; David K. Sergi & Associates)
Bordas, Mark (Texas Hemp Business Council)
Burke, Shawn (Self)
Czerwinski, Nathaniel (Self)
Dallas, Jessica (Self; Delta8 Denton)
Elmore, John (Self; JTE Enterprises Llc)
Figi, Paige (Self; Coalition for Access Now)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)
Gates, Randall (Self)
Gauger, Ann (Self; Caprock Family Farms)
Gauger, Keil (Self; Caprock family farms)
Gauger, Zach (Self; Caprock Family Farms)
Gilkey, Lukas (Self; Hometown Hero)
Goldstein, Robin (Self)
Green, Heberto Earl (Self; Somalab)
Grow, Liz (Self; Lucy’s Rock LLC & Grow House Media LLC)
Gutierrez, Shanna (Self; GC Enterprises)
Hamberlin, Hunter C (Taxpayers Protection Alliance)
Harding, Romana (Self)
Harris, Mickey (Self; The Happy Cactus)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Harris, Todd (Self; The Happy Cactus)
Helmick, Justin (Self; Burners smoke/vape/herb)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Herbold, Xander (Inov8 distribution)
Hoppe, Dylan (Self; ZAR Wellness)
Hulings, Mark (Earlybird CBD)
Hunt, Haley (Self; Texas Hemp Coalition)
Johnson, J.R. (Sky Marketing dba Hometown Hero)
Justl, Chris (Self; Epilepsy Foundation Texas)
Laird, Gregory (Self; Bahama Mama)
Larew, Wyatt (Self; Wyatt Purp)
Luther, Colton (Self; Texas Green Craft, LLC)
Mabry, Timothy (Self)
Martinez, Joshua (Self; Grass Monkey Llc)
McGrew, Aaron (Self; Breathe Freely Cannabis Company, LCC.)
Meek, Hayden (Self; Delta 8 Denton)
Meggs, Benjamin (Self; Bayou City Hemp Company)
Miller, Elizabeth (Self)
Mitchell, Joao (Self; Texas Cannabis Policy Center)
Moore, Matthew (Self)
Owens, Aaron (Self; Texas Hemp Coalition/Tejas Hemp/Tejas Tonic)
Parrett, Brian (Self)
Ramirez, David (Self)
Reeves, Karen (Self; CenTex Community Outreach)
Rucker, Kyler (Self; David K. Sergi & Associates)
Salganik, Kallan (Self; Salganik Services Inc.)
Sergio, Janae (Self; Grunt Style)
Shean, Draven (Self; Compliance Professionals, LLC)
Slade, Stone (Self)
Steele, Jake (Self; Delta 8 Denton)
Stucki, Derek (Self)
Teteak, Myles (Self; Life Leaf Remedies)
Whiteley, Nishi (Self; CReDO Science)
Yost, Ethan (Uforiq)
On:
Amilhat, Alice (Dps)
Blackmon, Paula (Self)
Cherry, Matthew (TABC)
Hays, Susan (Self; Village Farms)
Holmes, David (Self)
McMahon, Lance (Texas Tech Health Sciences Center)
Pena, Lauren (Self)
Person, James (TABC)
Rivera, Randy (Texas Department of Agriculture)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Stevenson, Timothy (Dept. of State Health Services)
Wright, Philip (Texas Department of Agriculture)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arcotta, Beth (Self)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Green, Shelton (Texans for Safe and Drug Free Youth)
Howard, Joshua (Self)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Pardue, Leslie (MolsonCoors)
Rios, Francisco (Self)
Rios, Mateo (Self)
Salatich, Peter (Anheuser-Busch)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Against:
Akin, Summer (Self)
Basit, Mohammad Ibrahim (Self)
Bruner, Joshua (Self)
C, Adrian (Self; Bahama Mama)
Cabrera, Cynthia (Self; Texas Hemp Business Council)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Charles, Jacob (Self)
Chouteau, Curtis (Self)
Ciccel, Alwin (Self)
Ciccel, Ashley (Higher Innovation)
Dombrowski, Brian (Self)
Emerson, Jennifer (Texas Package Stores Association)
Fazio, Heather (Texas Cannabis Policy Center)
Flores, Brandy (Self)
Fusco, Anthony (Self; Sergi and Associates)
Hastings, Alex (Self; The Haze Connect)
Hinkle, Ron (Sky Marketing)
Holloway, Chelsey (Self; Salganik Services Inc.)
Howard, Glenn (Self)
Johnson, Hayden (Self)
Lopez, Amelia (Self; The Haze Connect)
Macleod, Chelsea (Self)
Macleod, Michael (Self; The Haze Connect)
Mortillaro, Nick (Self)
Preston, Melissa (Self)
Schubnell, Nicole (Self; The haze connect)
Sergi, David (Self; Sergi & Associates)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Shaffer, Stephen (Self)
Spilman, Annie (Sky Marketing)
Stack, Dan (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Swensen, Brian (Hemp Industry & Farmers of America)
Trimble, Clinton (Self; Owner of Glass Phoenix)
Trimble, Sharon (Self)
Untermeyer, Gage (Burners vape smoke herb)
VanZant, Emily (Self; Delta 8 denton)
Wheeler, Julia (Self)
Winters, Jill (Self)
On:
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Mulch, Christopher (Texas DPS)
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