Witness List: S/C on Workforce Committee, April 8, 2025

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A witness list for the S/C on Workforce Committee dated April 8, 2025, at 8:00 AM, covering HB 1654, HB 1691, HB 2545, HB 2652, HB 3799, HB 4144 and HB 5008. For each bill it names witnesses for, against and on the measure and those registering but not testifying, with their organizations. Entries include the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, the Texas State Association of Fire Fighters and the Texas Division of Workers' Compensation on HB 1654 and HB 1691, and the Texas Workforce Commission on several bills. The Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool is listed against HB 1691, and Texas A&M Engineering is listed on HB 5008.

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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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WITNESS
LIST

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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