WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
April 24, 2023 - 10:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coppedge, Garrett (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council, and Texas Oil & Gas Association)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Assoc)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Against:
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
On:
Abi Habib, Lara (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Reynolds, Brad (Comptroller if Publis Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
Against:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
Against:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Swinney, Kirk (Self; Low Swinney Evans & James pllc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Matz, Laura (Texas Self Storage Association)
Against:
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blakemore, Charlotte (Popp Hutcheson)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Popp, Jim (Self; Popp Hutcheson)
Rabb, Jennifer (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
Cole, Kevin (Self; City of Pearland)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coker, Darrin (City of Pearland)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Epperson, Trent (City of Pearland)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Simdon, Sherryl & Bruce (Self)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Gaddes, Larry (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
McMurray, Christina (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
For:
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council, Texas Oil & Gas Association, and Texas Association
of Manufacturers)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Assoc)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Brown, Michael (Caliche Development)
Robertson, Will (Self; Carbon Neutral Coalition, Inc.)
Strawbridge, Sean (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
Against:
Walker, Carl (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highway, Heavy, Utilities, and Industrial Branch)
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Brown, Jay (Crusoe Energy Systems)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Partida, Neftali (Phillips 66)
Against:
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Cline, Jim (Texas A&M Transortation Institute)
Glover, Brianne (Texas A&M Transportation Institute)
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Aldredge, Vaughn (Texas historical commission)
Harper, Daniel (The Texas State University System)
For:
Corbett, Beth (Central Texas Food Bank)
Greene, Brian (Self; Houston Food Bank)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Abi Habib, Lara (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
On:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanton, Carol (Self)
Blanton, Paul (Self)
Cosby, John & Gay (Self)
Dyson, Laure (Self)
Dyson, Maynard (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gares, Jan (Self)
Glacken, Shawn & Ben (Self)
Graves, Bill (Self)
Hicks, Carter & Anna (Self)
Hinsley, Betty (Self)
Horn, Bruce (Self)
Pack, Perry (Self)
Simdon, Sherryl & Bruce (Self)
Smith, Flavious & Melanie (Self)
Yanaway, Diane (Self)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star chapter sierra club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
Rabb, Jennifer (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)
On:
Abi Habib, Lara (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
On:
Gaddes, Larry (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Against:
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
McMurray, Christina (Self; Tax Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas)
On:
South, Brent (Texas Association of Appraisal Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Joy (Texas Farm Bureau)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
LeBas, James (Texas Chemical Council, Texas Oil & Gas Association, and Texas Association
of Manufacturers)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Assoc)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Against:
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanton, Carol (Self)
Blanton, Paul (Self)
Cosby, John & Gay (Self)
Dyson, Laure (Self)
Dyson, Maynard (Self)
Gares, Jan (Self)
Glacken, Shawn & Ben (Self)
Graves, Bill (Self)
Hicks, Carter & Anna (Self)
Hinsley, Betty (Self)
Horn, Bruce (Self)
Pack, Perry (Self)
Smith, Flavious & Melanie (Self)
Yanaway, Diane (Self)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Lavine, Dick (Every Texan)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
On:
Mansfield, Allison (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
Massingill, Joshua (Texas Chiropractic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Amps, Emily (Texas AFL-CIO)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Salyers, Barbara (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
Wright, Ben (Texas Medical Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Abi Habib, Lara (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Landrum, Mary (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rodriguez, Oscar (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Abi Habib, Lara (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Reynolds, Brad (Comptroller if Publis Accounts)
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
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