Witness List — Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee (April 30, 2025)

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This is a witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, dated April 30, 2025, 8:00 AM. Witnesses are listed by bill under For, Against and On, with a group registering but not testifying. HB 1958 lists witnesses connected to shrimp businesses and the Texas Shrimp Association under For. HB 2031 and HB 2879 list the Texas Apartment Association under Against. HB 3995 lists the Central Texas Water Coalition and the Lower Colorado River Authority under For. For HB 4558 and HB 4560, AARP Texas and the Independent Bankers Assoc of TX are listed under For, and the Texas Land Title Association under On.

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Case: 89R Witlistmtg C4732025043008001

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                                              WITNESS LIST

Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee
April 30, 2025 - 8:00 AM
HB 1958
  For:
             Beasley, Glenda (Self; SeaD Consulting)
             Boudreaux, Kalei (Self; Twin City Shrimp Co)
             Jaross, Maria (Self; Texas Shrimp Association)
             Sanders, Hilda (Sulo Armas Inc M/V Candy Man)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Lee, Randy (Self)
             Lee, Randy (Self)
             Loupe, Penny (Self; Twin City Shrimp Co)
  Against:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
  On:
             Stevenson, Timothy (DSHS)
             Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
HB 2031
  For:
             Hayes, Richard (Self; Gun Owners of America)
             Melton, Mark (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Grisham, CJ (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
             Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
  Against:
             Newton, Chris (Texas Apartment Association)
HB 2879
  For:
             Hayes, Richard (Self; Gun Owners of America)
             Melton, Mark (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Borskey, Mark (Texas state Rifle Association)
             Grisham, CJ (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
             Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
             Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
             Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)
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                                              WITNESS LIST

  Against:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Newton, Chris (Texas Apartment Association)
HB 3995
  For:
             Hamilton, Shannon (Self; Central Texas Water Coalition)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter US Green Building Council)
             Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
             Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)
             Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority)
  Against:
             Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
HB 4487

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
HB 4558
  For:
             Fogg, Jennifer (Self; CDCAT)
             Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)
             Green, Kathy (AARP Texas)
             Melton, Mark (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)
             Warren, John (Self; County & District Clerks Association)
  On:
             Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
             Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Herman, Guy (Self; StatutoryProbate Judges of Texas)
             Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
             Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
             Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)




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                                              WITNESS LIST
HB 4560
  For:
             Fogg, Jennifer (Self; CDCAT)
             Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)
             Green, Kathy (AARP Texas)
             Warren, John (Self; County & District Clerks Association)
  On:
             Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
             Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Herman, Guy (Self; StatutoryProbate Judges of Texas)
             Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
HB 4876
  For:
             Burns, Kevin (Self)
             Iannacone, Mike (Self)
             Patten, Preston (Self)
             Stein, Brad (Intercorp Texas)
  On:
             Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
             Burton, Robert (Condos for Texas)
             Farmer, Gary (Self)
             King, Micah (Self)
             Kinlin, Ryan (Self; Marsh McLennan Agency)
             Propes, Jay (Condos for Texas)
             Shannon, Fred (Hunt Realty Investments)
             Williford Watson, Jordan (Howard Hughes Holdings, Inc. - Vice President)
  On:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
HB 4899
  For:
             Cernosek, Glenn (Self)
             Putnam, Terry (Self)




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                                              WITNESS LIST

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
             Putnam, Wilma Joy (Self)
HB 5212

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
HB 5317
  On:
             Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management, Resource Witness)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  On:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
HB 5567

  Registering, but not testifying:
  Against:
             Deline, Steven (Self)
  On:
             Eskew, David (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
SB 1333
  For:
             Bonura, John (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
             Howard, David (National Rental Home Council)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
             Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
             Deel, Shane (Self; Callahan County Attorney)
             Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
             Herman, Guy (Self; StatutoryProbate Judges of Texas)
             Hinkle, Ron (Texas Association of Campground Owners)
             Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
             Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
             Melton, Mark (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)
             Mengden, Michael (Self; Texas Realtors)
             Newton, Chris (Texas Apartment Association)
             Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)

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                                       WITNESS LIST

For:
       Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
       Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
       Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
       Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
       Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
       Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
       Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
       Deline, Steven (Self)
       Parkinson, Thomas (Self)




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