Witness List — S/C on Workforce Committee (March 25, 2025)

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This is a witness list for the S/C on Workforce Committee, dated March 25, 2025, 8:00 AM. Witnesses are organized by bill from HB 322 through HB 2488, under For, Against and On, with a group registering but not testifying. For HB 322, Educare Texas is listed under For and the Texas Workforce Commission under On. For HB 331, the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas and the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters appear under For, and the Texas Dept. of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation under On. The registering group for HB 331 includes the San Antonio Police Officers Association and the Fort Worth POA.

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Document type: 89R Witlistmtg C4772025032508001
Case: 89R Witlistmtg C4772025032508001

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                                               WITNESS LIST

S/C on Workforce Committee
March 25, 2025 - 8:00 AM
HB 322
  For:
             Aquino Garza, Priscilla (Educare Texas)
  On:
             York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
             Baker, Sydney (Self; Buckner International)
             Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
             De Leon, Marty (CTAT)
             Garcia, Brandon (Texas Public Charter Schools Assc)
             Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
             Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
             Killian, Douglas (Self; CFISD)
             Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
             Schmitt, Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)
             Williamson, Jay (Transfr, Inc.)
HB 331
  For:
             Jones, Chris (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
             Sapp, Matthew (Self; Texas State Association of Fire Fighters and Frisco firefighters
             association)
  On:
             Craddock, Allen (Texas Dept. of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters Association)
             Becker, Brian (Self; Irving Professional Fire Fighters Association)
             Cook, Lloyd (Fort Worth POA)
             Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Asssoc of Fire Fighters)
             Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
             Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
             Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
             Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
             Songer, James (Self; Dallas Police Department)
             Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
             Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
             Wright, Ronnie (Self)

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                                              WITNESS LIST

  On:
             Johnson, Dirk (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
HB 673
  For:
             Jones, Chris (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
  On:
             Craddock, Allen (Texas Dept. of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Byerly, Sloan (Department of Public Safety Officers Association)
             Cook, Lloyd (Fort Worth POA)
             Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
             Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
             Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
             Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
             Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
             Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
  Against:
             Gonzales, Walter (American property casualty insurance association)
  On:
             Johnson, Dirk (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
             Kennedy, Kara (Office of the Attorney General)
HB 1147
  On:
             Gerken, Lauren (Texas council for developmental disabilities)
             York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Carr, Snapper (City of Brownsville)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
             Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
             Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
             Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
HB 1154
  On:
             York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)




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  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Borders Mittnacht, Tracey (The Associated General Contractors of Texas - Highway, Heavy,
             Utilities and Industrial Branch)
             Carr, Snapper (City of Brownsville)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
             Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
             Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
HB 2488
  For:
             Jones, Chris (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
             Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
  On:
             Craddock, Allen (Texas Dept. of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Betts, Albert (Insurance Council of Texas)
             Cook, Lloyd (Fort Worth POA)
             Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Asssoc of Fire Fighters)
             Gonzales, Walter (American property casualty insurance association)
             Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
             Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
             Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
             Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
             Serna, Ed (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
  On:
             Johnson, Dirk (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)




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