WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 2, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Kroll, John (Self; HMWK, LLC)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Robinson, Jordan (Round Rock Chamber)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
On:
Eskew, David (Texas Secretary of State)
MacCrossan, Gerard (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
ONEAL, CHARLES (Texas Assn of African American Chambers of Commercw)
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boms, Matt (TAEBA)
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Walker, Becky (Texas Society of Architects)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Trevino, Eddy (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
On:
Carter, David (Self)
Johnson, J.R. (Texas Ethics Commission)
Tinley, James (Texas Ethics Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Linkous, Shane (SOAH)
San Miguel, Senaida (Sunset Commission)
For:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Mace, Stephanie (AARP Texas)
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Warner, Roslyn (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)
Warner, Roslyn (Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor)
On:
Johnson, J.R. (Texas Ethics Commission)
Tinley, James (Texas Ethics Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Ghani, Shariq (Self; Minaret Foundation)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Against:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)
Carter, David (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Eagle Forum)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Flanders, Caitlin (Justice and Unity for Society Together PAC)
Wittenburg, Michelle (Justice and Unity for Society Together PAC)
For:
Miller, Paul (Self; GR8 Plate Hospitality)
Miller, Skeeter (Self; The County Line Restaurants)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
On:
Jeansonne, Scott (Harris County Commissioner’s Court & Texas Environmental Health
Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Galligher, Duane (Texas Environmental Health Association)
Giesinger, Ross (Chick-fil-A)
Hodge, Daniel (Texas Restaurant Association)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Luparello, Marti (Sysco)
Mathis, James (McDonalds)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Scott, Harlan (Self)
Against:
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stevenson, Tim (Department of State Health Services)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Bourgeois, Emily (Self; Shalom Austin)
Toretto, Courtney (Self; Anti-Defamation League)
Vane, Sharyn (Self)
Against:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Gutterman, Lauren (Self)
Hemphill, Sheila (Self; Texas Right To Know)
Hoffman, Oli (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mallick, Abigail (Self)
Margulies, Jen (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Vane, Mark (Self)
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Cuevas, Avital (Self)
Siegel, Elie (Self)
For:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Marshall, Kouri (Chamber of Progress)
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
Against:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Muras, Andrew (Self; Tx neighborhood coalition)
Muras, Theresa (Self; Tx neighborhood coalition)
Reiswerg, Claire (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Briones, Jose Luis (Airbnb, Inc.)
James, Nick (Cicero Action)
Melendez, Jose (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Posey, Jake (Ticket Network)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rutledge, Gray (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute)
Against:
Ashworth, Stephanie (Self; Texas Neighborhood Coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Greenberg, Betsy (Self)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Kercher, Ryan (Office of the Attorney General)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
WALLACE, BLAIR (ACLU of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boms, Matt (TAEBA)
Cardwell, Margo (Enel North America, Inc.; Sol Systems, LLC; and Pattern Energy Group 2,
LP)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Giese, Daniel (Solar energy industries association)
Grace, Jim (Onward Energy)
Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)
Leon, Yahaira Scarlett (Self; Crescentia Initiative)
Lewis, Alec (RWE Clean Energy)
Lucio, Eddie (Texas Transmission Project)
Mcclellan, Suzi (EDF Renewables)
Mcclellan, Suzi (The AES Corporation)
Merten, Laura (Apex Clean Energy)
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Nease, Nelson (EDP Renewables)
Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy LLC)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Against:
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Moore, Julie (Oxy)
Pate, Dana (Samsung)
On:
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Rickerson, Woody (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
For:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kroll, John (Unmanned Experts, inc.)
Lancaster, Ben (SpaceX)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Stallman, Bo (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Daniel, Jim (School districts in El Paso)
Against:
Perez, Daniel (El Paso Electric)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)
Colbert, Paul (El Paso ISD)
McCreary, Casey (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Against:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Chambless, Diana (Self)
On:
Hoke, Michael (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
For:
Boms, Matt (TAEBA)
Dell, Zach (Base Power Company)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (Schneider Electric)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
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For:
Giese, Daniel (Solar energy industries association)
Juergens, Seth (Texas realtors)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Against:
Borer, Taylor (City of Garland)
On:
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
For:
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Nash, David (Self; Self)
Smith, Stephanie (Lone Star Energy Storage Alliance)
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Boms, Matt (TAEBA)
Cardwell, Margo (Plus Power, LLC; Spearmint Renewable Development Co, LLC; and Enel
North America, Inc.)
Carter, David (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Flippin, Kenneth (Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Giese, Daniel (Solar energy industries association)
Griger, Anne-Marie (Self; GridStor LLC)
Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)
Holloway, Tom (Lone Star Energy Storage Alliance (LESA))
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Leon, Yahaira Scarlett (Self; Crescentia Initiative)
Lewis, Alec (RWE Clean Energy)
McAdams, Will (Jupiter Power)
McAdams, Will (Tesla)
Mcclellan, Suzi (EDF Renewables)
Merten, Laura (Apex Clean Energy)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Morris, Dr. Milinda (Self)
Nease, Nelson (EDP Renewables)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Pitts, Jr, John (Engie NA)
Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy LLC)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Toomey, Mike (Cypress Creek Renewables)
White, Nancy (Self)
On:
Carter, David (Self)
For:
Nash, David (Self; Self)
Obrian, Michael (Advanced Power Alliance; Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Smith, Stephanie (Lone Star Energy Storage Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Boms, Matt (TAEBA)
Cardwell, Margo (Plus Power, LLC; Spearmint Renewable Development Co, LLC; and Enel
North America, Inc.)
Carter, David (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Giese, Daniel (Solar energy industries association)
Griger, Anne-Marie (Self; GridStor LLC)
Holloway, Tom (Lone Star Energy Storage Alliance (LESA))
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Kroll, John (KULR, Inc.)
Leon, Yahaira Scarlett (Self; Crescentia Initiative)
Lewis, Alec (RWE Clean Energy)
McAdams, Will (Jupiter Power)
McAdams, Will (Tesla)
Mcclellan, Suzi (EDF Renewables)
Merten, Laura (Apex Clean Energy)
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Morris, Dr. Milinda (Self)
Nease, Nelson (EDP Renewables)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Pitts, Jr, John (Engie NA)
Ratliff, Shannon (Invenergy LLC)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Stover, Mark (Texas Solar and Storage Association)
Toomey, Mike (Cypress Creek Renewables)
White, Nancy (Self)
On:
Allen, Charles (State Fire Marshal’s Office (TDI) - resource witness)
Carter, David (Self)
On:
Johnson, J.R. (Texas Ethics Commission)
Tinley, James (Texas Ethics Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Against:
Carter, David (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
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