Witness List: Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee

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This is a witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee for April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM. It is organized by bill, with witnesses listed as For, Against or On, and others as registering but not testifying. Under HB 74, Garibay, Ruben (Self; Puerto verde holdings) and Martin, Ross (Winstead PC) are listed For, and Diaz, Enriqueta (Self), Fuentes, Jessie (Self; Eagle Pass Border Coalition) and Heckert, David (Self) are listed Against. Under HB 4115, Lauderback, Bill (Texas Stock Exchange) is listed For. Under HB 4394, Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association) is listed Against.

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                                               WITNESS LIST

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee
April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM
HB 74
  For:
             Garibay, Ruben (Self; Puerto verde holdings)
             Martin, Ross (Winstead PC)
  Against:
             Diaz, Enriqueta (Self)
             Fuentes, Jessie (Self; Eagle Pass Border Coalition)
             Heckert, David (Self)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Buentello price, Selena (Self)
             Carmona, Francisco (Self)
             De la Garza, Raymunda (Self)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Illarreal, Argelia (Self)
             Rodriguez, Roxanna (Eagle grocery and market)
             Stock, Lewis (Self)
             Villarreal, Eric (Transborder Real Estate)
             Wall, Prosser (Self; Ws land and cattle)
  Against:
             Hiller, Christopher (Self)
  On:
             Chavez, Andrea (City of Eagle Pass)
HB 175
  For:
             Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
             Shroff, Tamkeen (Self; Goddard School Long Meadow Farms)
  On:
             Lauren Gerken, Lauren Gerken (Texas council for developmental disabilities)
             Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
             Blount, Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)
             Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
             Davis, Catherine (Child Care Associates)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)

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                                              WITNESS LIST

  For:
             Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Hutson, Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)
             Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
             Posson, Amanda (Every Texan)
             Van Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of Bryan)
             Wood, Justin (Self)
HB 460
  Against:
             Van Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of Bryan)
  On:
             Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
             Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
             Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
             Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
             Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
             Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
             Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
             Wood, Justin (Care.com)
             Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
  On:
             Shroff, Tamkeen (Self; Goddard School Long Meadow Farms)
HB 576
  For:
             Young, Charlotte (Auction.com)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
HB 2271
  On:
             Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)




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                                              WITNESS LIST

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Blount, Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)
             Cedillo, Josué (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
             Davis, Catherine (Child Care Associates)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
             Freeland, Brooke (Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition)
             Gessner, Madison (Texas Restaurant Association, Employers for Childcare Taskforce)
             Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
             Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
             Miller, Charles (Texas 2036)
             West, Paige (Wonderschool)
  Against:
             Hutson, Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)
HB 2294
  For:
             Hutson, Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)
             Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
             Shroff, Tamkeen (Self; Goddard School Long Meadow Farms)
  On:
             Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)
             Van Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of Bryan)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Bentley, Matthew (KinerCare Learning Companies)
             Blount, Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)
             Davis, Catherine (Child Care Associates)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
             Freeland, Brooke (Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition)
             Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Posson, Amanda (Every Texan)
HB 2874
  For:
             Pan, Shon (Coaliton For The Future)


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                                               WITNESS LIST

  On:
             Welch, Kevin (Self; EFF-Austin)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
             Silva, Ezequiel “Zeke” (Self; Texas Medical Association)
  Against:
             Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
HB 3016
  For:
             Beene, Shelby (Enterprise Mobility (Enterprise, National, Alamo brands))

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
             Strama, Keith (Avis)
  Against:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
HB 3133

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
             Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
HB 3191
  For:
             Blount, Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)
             Bonhard, Richard (Self; Owner of the Goddard School in Southlake)
             Burkett, Janie (Self)
             Davis, Catherine (Child Care Associates)
             Gessner, Madison (Texas Restaurant Association, Employers for Childcare Task Force)
             Hutson, Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (North Texas Commission)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (Mansfield Chamber)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (Greater Arlington Chamber)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (Hurst Euless Brdford Chamber)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (Frisco Chamber)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (Parker County Chamber)
             Montgomery, Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)
             Toussant, Jarrad (Dallas Regional Chamber)

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                                           WITNESS LIST

For:
           Van Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of Bryan)
On:
           Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:
For:
           Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
           Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
           Barksdale, Jay (Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)
           Barksdale, Jay (Plano Chamber of Commerce)
           Bentley, Matthew (KinerCare Learning Companies)
           Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
           Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
           Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
           Deline, Steven (Self)
           Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
           Freeland, Brooke (Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition)
           Hale, Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
           Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
           Hartman, Greg (Texas State Alliance of YMCAs)
           Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
           Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
           Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)
           Hodge, Daniel (Texas Restaurant Association)
           Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
           Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
           Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
           Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
           Kofron, Kim (Children at Risk)
           Krogman, Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)
           Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
           McGarah, Carol (Fort Worth Chamber)
           Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))
           Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
           Pate, Dana (Samsung)
           Reagan, Karen (Texas Association of Staffing)
           Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
           Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
           Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
           Simmons, Carrie (Learning Care Group)
           Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
           Uptain, Wendy (Early Matters Texas)
           Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
           West, Paige (Wonderschool)

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                                              WITNESS LIST

  For:
             Wood, Justin (Care.com)
             Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
  On:
             Brandt, Shannon (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
HB 3458
  For:
             Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas humane legislation network)
             Cantrell, Jamey (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)
             Dalrymple, Kathleen (Thlm)
             Deteau, Chelsea (Self)
             Fine, Katie (Self; Best Friends Animal Society)
             Graham, Shannon (Self)
             Howard, Christy (Self; THLN)
             Laster, Cassandra (Self)
             Rios, Carlene (Self; Texas humane legislation network)
             Roche, Alison (Self)
             Turner, Randy (Self)
             Valls-Trelles, Pat (Self)
             Zubras, Simon (Self)
  Against:
             Arteaga, Luis (Self; Puppy Dreams)
             Barron-Ethridge, John (Pet City Houston)
             Bhakta, Chet (Puppy Dreams)
             Brinkman, Ashley (Pet Advocacy Network)
             Delgado, Marty (Pettito)
             Kunzelman, Elizabeth (Petland)
             Moreno, David (Petland)
             Nie, Joshua (Petland)
             Patel, Jake (Petland frisco)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Alshalhm, Maryam (Self)
             Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
             Blessing, Shelley (A Kitty’s Purrsuit Of Happiness)
             Bolgiano, John (Self)
             Byerley, Susan (Self)
             Camino, Marie (Self)
             Carneiro, Mary (Self; Thln)
             Chillino, Francesca (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
             Conner, Matthew (Padfoot PAC)
             Conner, Matthew (Houston PetSet)
             De Leon, Megan (Self)

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                                              WITNESS LIST

  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Deteau, Cristen (Self)
             Deteau, Diane (Self)
             Duhon, Kate (Self)
             Fine, Howard (Self)
             Fineske, Susan (Self; Puppymill awareness day texas)
             Flowers, Stacie (Self)
             Fuentes, Gina (Self)
             Gamez, Alex (Self; Humane World for Animals)
             Gordon, Alexandra (Self)
             Haas, Inessa (Self)
             Hill, Margaret (Self)
             Houghton, Amanda (Self)
             Hunt, Daniel (Self; SREC Committeeman SD3)
             Laster, Joseph (Self)
             Loignon, David (Self)
             Lynch, Natalie (Self)
             Marquette, Christine (Self)
             McCoy, Travis (Self)
             Morgan, Ashley (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
             Myers, Heather (Self)
             Palleschi, Terri (Self)
             Pollard, Nancy (Self)
             Quintana, Leah (Self)
             Sheehan, Christina (Self)
             Speaks, Cristi (Self)
             Stirek, Blair (Texas humane legislation network)
             Tames, Audrey (Self)
             Van Landingham, Erin (Self)
             Wasinger, Camille (Self)
             Wassdorf, Petrus (City of Denton)
             Wichterich, Sharon (Self)
             Williams, Kristyn (Self)
             Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
  Against:
             Koebele, Steve (Self)
             McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
             Posey, Jake (International Franchise Association (IFA))
HB 3929
  For:
             Heller, Benjamin (HBK Capital Management)




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                                               WITNESS LIST

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
HB 4063
  For:
             Day, Aaron (Texas land title association)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
             Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
             Warren, John (County and District Clerk’s Association)
HB 4115
  For:
             Lauderback, Bill (Texas Stock Exchange)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Hodge, Daniel (Texas Stock Exchange)
             Holzheauser, Craig (Texas Pacific Land Corp)
HB 4394
  For:
             Sanchez, Christina (El Paso County Attorney's Office)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Brooks, Jeri (Harris County Attorney's Office)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
             Lauderback, Bill (TXSE Group Inc (Texas Stock Exchange))
  Against:
             Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
  On:
             Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)




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