Witness List — S/C on Workforce Committee (April 8, 2025)

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Witness list for the S/C on Workforce Committee, dated April 8, 2025 - 8:00 AM, covering HB 1654, HB 1691, HB 2545, HB 2652, HB 3799, HB 4144, and HB 5008. Witnesses are grouped as For, Against, On, and Registering, but not testifying. On HB 1654, Jennifer Szimanski (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)) is listed For. On HB 1691, David Reagan (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool) is listed Against and Joe Markham (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters) is listed On. Grace Atkins (Texas 2036) and Betty Voights (Career Tracks Smithville) are listed For on HB 2545, and Odette Flores-Rivera (Workforce Solutions Borderplex) is listed For on HB 2652.

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                                              WITNESS LIST

S/C on Workforce Committee
April 8, 2025 - 8:00 AM
HB 1654
  For:
             Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
  On:
             Graves, Robert (Self; TAC RMP)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters association)
             Ash, Ky (DPS Officers Association (DPSOA))
             Chapa, Alberto (Self; Laredo firefighters association)
             Fruge, Chase (Self; Texas State Association of fire fighters)
             Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
             Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
             Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assciation)
             Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
  On:
             Craddock, Allen (Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation)
HB 1691
  Against:
             Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)
  On:
             Markham, Joe (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters association)
             Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assciation)
             Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
             Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
  Against:
             Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
             Serna, Ed (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
  On:
             Craddock, Allen (Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation)
HB 2545
  For:
             Atkins, Grace (Texas 2036)
             Voights, Betty (Career Tracks Smithville)


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  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Borskey, Mark (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
             Caruthers, James (Coalition for the Homeless)
             Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
             Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (UA Local 286 Plumbers & Pipefitters)
             Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
             Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
             Juergens, Seth (Texas Realtors)
             Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
             Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
             Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
             Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
  On:
             York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)
HB 2652
  For:
             Flores-Rivera, Odette (Workforce Solutions Borderplex)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
             Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
             Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
             Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
             Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
             Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
  On:
             Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)
HB 3799
  For:
             Ford, Victoria (Self)
             Frazee, Jack (Texas Nurses Association)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
             Borskey, Mark (Association of Equipment Manufacturers)
             Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)


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                                                WITNESS LIST

  For:
             Cuevas, Jo Cassandra (UA Local 286 Plumbers & Pipefitters)
             Henderson, John (Self; TORCH)
             Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
             Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
             Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
             Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
  On:
             York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)
HB 4144
  For:
             Markham, Joe (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Alvarado, Aidan (Self; Laredo Firefighters association)
             Chapa, Alberto (Self; Laredo firefighters association)
             Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
             Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
             Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organiation FOP #39)
             Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assciation)
             Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
             Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
  Against:
             Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
HB 5008
  For:
             Ford, Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)

  Registering, but not testifying:
  For:
             Creel, Matt (Opportunity Austin)
             Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson)
  On:
             Lawley, Cindy (Texas A&M Engineering)
             Reeves, Baley (National center for theraputics manufacturing, Texas A&M Engineering)
             York, Mary (Texas Workforce Commission)




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