Witness List — Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee (March 19, 2025)

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Witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, dated March 19, 2025 - 8:00 AM, organized by bill: HB 186, HB 517, HB 1093, HB 1268 and HB 1395. Witnesses are grouped as For, Against, On, and Registering, but not testifying. On HB 186, Mary Elizabeth Castle (Texas Values) and David Dunmoyer (Texas Public Policy Foundation) are listed For, Andrew Hendrickson (ACLU of Texas) is listed Against, and Jennifer Easley (Texas PTA) is listed On. On HB 1268, Victoria Ford (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute) is listed For and Aaron Taliaferro (Tarrant County Administrator's Office) is listed Against.

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Case: 89R Witlistmtg C4732025031908001

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“Witness List — Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee (March 19, 2025).” Original at capitol.texas.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/89r-witlistmtg-c4732025031908001/, SHA-256 74622fe93ecd016f5825dd740710ed16b2896bf8776531599e94616d53882cfd.

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                                             WITNESS LIST

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee
March 19, 2025 - 8:00 AM
HB 186
  For:
             Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
             Dunmoyer, David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
             Sivadge, Vanessa (Self; Protecting texas children)
  Against:
             Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
             Moledina, Ayaan (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
  On:
             Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Benton, Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)
             Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
             Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)
             Wittenburg, Michelle (David’s Legacy Foundation)
  Against:
             Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
  On:
             Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
HB 517
  For:
             Fountain, Amber (Self)
             Hamilton, Shannon (Self; Central Texas Water Coalition)
             Morgan, David (City of Georgetown)
  On:
             Ortego, Brady (Self; Community Associations Institute Texas Legislative Action Committee)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
             Floerke, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)
             Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
             Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
             Kelly, David (North Tx Municipal Water District)
             Moledina, Ayaan (Self)
             Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
             Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
             Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
             Traub, Ariel (City of Garland)

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  For:
             Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
  On:
             Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates (TCCA))
HB 1093
  For:
             Conn, JoLea (Self; All Star Storage)
             Spurr, Kristy (Texas Self Storage Associatiom)
  Against:
             Cates, Emily (Self; Daily commercial record)
             Morin, Tom (Self; Daily Court Review)
             Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle)
             Pillifant, Reid (Self; Texas Press Association)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
             Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)
             Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
             Saenz, Jenn (Texas Apartment Association)
  Against:
             Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
HB 1268
  For:
             Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)
             Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
             Kaiser, Brent (Self; Space Force Association (SFA) - TX Gulf Coast Chapter President; TX
             Space Alliance Partner; National Security Innovation Council (NSIC) Member; Space
             Workforce Incubator For TX (SWIFT) Ambassador;)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Alexander, Laura (Greater Houston Partnership)
             Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
             Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
             Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
             Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
             Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
             Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
             Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Healthcare Bioscience Institute)
             Kroll, John (Self; HMWK, LLC)
             Leo, Myra (GlaxoSmithKline GSK)

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  For:
             McPhail, Ashley (Texas Medical Center)
             Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
             Rose, Denise (AstraZeneca)
             Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson)
             Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
             Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
             Woomer, Eric (Biotechnology Innovation Organization)
  Against:
             Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
HB 1395
  For:
             Beene-Route, Shelby (Enterprise Mobility (Enterprise/National/Alamo))

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
             Strama, Keith (Avis)




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