WITNESS LIST

            Ways & Means Committee

            March 27, 2023 - 10:00 AM

            HB 581

                 For:

                                 Alonzo-Villarreal, Elizabeth (Self; NeighborWorks Laredo)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Varela, Laura (Self; NeighborWorks Laredo)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 640

                 For:

                                 Mays, Wes (City of Coppell)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)

                                 Cuellar, Lupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Kroll, John (City of Coppell)

                                 Land, Michael (City of Coppell)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 On:

                                 Brandt, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2121

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2398

                 For:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blakemore, Charlotte (Popp Hutcheson)

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

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                                                                      WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2482

                 For:

                                 Hughes, Kevin (STACK Infrastructure)

                                 Stewart, Natalie (Switch)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Casselberry, Craig (Self)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Cruz, Velma (Comcast)

                                 Douglas, Sarah (NFIB)

                                 House, Todd (CyrusOne)

                                 Krogman, Travis (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Levi, Josh (Data Center Coalition)

                                 Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Napp, Brad (Round Rock Chamber)

                                 Parker, David (Coalition of East Tarrant Chambers)

                                 Schwab, Carlton (Texas Economic Development Council)

                                 Strader, Haynes (Skybox datacenters)

                                 Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Sullivan, Ray (Amazon Web Services)

                                 Vallot, Colette (Vantage Data Centers)

                                 Walker, Kwame (Sabey Data Centers)

                                 Wise, Andrew (Microsoft)

                 On:

                                 Brandt, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

            HB 2488

                 For:

                                 Keltner, David (Kelly hart & hallman)

                                 Myers, Robert (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Evertson, Karen (Self; Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

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                                                                      WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Miller, Lindsey (Enterprise Products Partners)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Citizens for appraisal reform)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2908

                 For:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 2981

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Elwell, Michael (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3273

                 For:

                                 Altinger, Roland (Harris Central Appraisal District and TAAD.)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Citizens for appraisal reform)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blakemore, Charlotte (Popp Hutcheson)

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District/Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                                 Cubriel, Randy (National Assoc. of Mass Appraisers)

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County)

                                 Vieth, Dawn (Self; Archer county)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3325

                 For:

                                 Crigler, Marya (Travis Central Appraisal District/Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Simon, Arthur (Self)

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                                                                      WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3358

                 For:

                                 Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)

                                 Keegan, Gerry (CTIA The Wireless Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Belcher, Nora (Texas e-Health Alliance)

                                 Brown, Crystal (Greater Houston Partnership)

                                 Chiodo, Dana (Texas Technology Consortium)

                                 Craymer, Dale (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)

                                 Cruz, Velma (Comcast)

                                 Espinosa, John (Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Communications Workers of America)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Texa Telephone Association)

                                 Krogman, Travis (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Verizon)

                                 Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Montford, John T. (Self; AT&T)

                                 Morgan, Todd (T-Mobile)

                                 Nezda Orr, Libby (AT&T)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jennifer (North Texas Commission)

                                 Seale, Mark (Texas telephone association)

                                 Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Zinsmeister, Julia (Charter Communications)

                 On:

                                 Brandt, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3555

                 For:

                                 Humphrey, Nancy (Self; Plano ISD Board of Trustees)

                                 Rome, Christy (Texas School Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County, Tax Assessor Collectors Association of Texas)

                                 Villanueva, Chandra (Every Texan)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

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                                                                      WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)

                                 Melendrez, Eli (Self; Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                                 Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3640

                 For:

                                 Bramlett, Anne (Self)

                                 Forbes, Tom (Self)

                                 Holland, Rebecca (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Durnin, Liinda (Self)

                                 Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Kroll, John (HEART Program)

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Texas Parent to Parent)

                                 Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)

                 On:

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3651

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Castro, Desiree (Texas Food and Fuel Association)

                 On:

                                 Froh, Brett (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Scott, Justin (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3709

                 On:

                                 Aldredge, Vaughn (Texas historical commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)

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                                                                      WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Brandt, Shannon (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Brummett, Elizabeth (Texas Historical Commission)

                                 Wright, Caroline (Texas Historical Commission)

            HB 4101

                 For:

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Pennington, Paul (Citizens for appraisal reform)

                 On:

                                 South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bell, Mark (Association of electric companies of Texas (AECT))

                                 Grabner, Matt (Ryan, LLC)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 4181

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Head, Ray (TAPTP)

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Taylor, Alexandra (Texas Military Department)

            HJR 150

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Durnin, Liinda (Self)

                                 Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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                                                                      WITNESS LIST

            HJR 165

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Rick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Taylor, Alexandra (Texas Military Department)

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