Witness List: Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, March 19, 2025

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A witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee dated March 19, 2025, at 8:00 AM, covering HB 186, HB 517, HB 1093, HB 1268 and HB 1395. For each bill it lists witnesses for, against and on the measure and those registering but not testifying, with their organizations. Texas Values and the Texas Public Policy Foundation are listed for HB 186, with the ACLU of Texas against. The Texas Press Association and other publishers are listed against HB 1093, and the Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute and the Texas Association of Business are listed for HB 1268.

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WITNESS
LIST

Trade, Workforce &
Economic Development Committee

March 19, 2025 - 8:00
AM

HB 186

For:

Castle,
Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)

Dunmoyer,
David (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Sivadge,
Vanessa (Self; Protecting texas children)

Against:

Hendrickson,
Andrew (ACLU of Texas)

Moledina,
Ayaan (Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)

On:

Easley,
Jennifer (Texas PTA)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Benton,
Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)

Busse,
Christine (NAMI Texas)

Covey,
Jonathan (Texas Values)

Wittenburg,
Michelle (David’s Legacy Foundation)

Against:

Soto,
Renzo (TechNet)

On:

Parkinson,
Thomas (Self)

HB 517

For:

Fountain,
Amber (Self)

Hamilton,
Shannon (Self; Central Texas Water Coalition)

Morgan,
David (City of Georgetown)

On:

Ortego,
Brady (Self; Community Associations Institute Texas Legislative Action
Committee)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Blake,
Frances (Texas Association of Builders)

Floerke,
Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)

Islam,
Nadia (City of San Antonio)

Juergens,
Seth (Texas REALTORS)

Kelly,
David (North Tx Municipal Water District)

Moledina,
Ayaan (Self)

Reed,
Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

Roach,
Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)

Skrobarczyk,
Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)

Traub,
Ariel (City of Garland)

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WITNESS
LIST

For:

Wynn,
Monty (Texas Municipal League)

On:

Matz,
Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates (TCCA))

HB 1093

For:

Conn,
JoLea (Self; All Star Storage)

Spurr,
Kristy (Texas Self Storage Associatiom)

Against:

Cates,
Emily (Self; Daily commercial record)

Morin,
Tom (Self; Daily Court Review)

Patterson,
Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle)

Pillifant,
Reid (Self; Texas Press Association)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Burdett,
Jeff (NFIB)

Foster,
Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)

Hamer,
Glenn (Texas Association of Business)

Saenz,
Jenn (Texas Apartment Association)

Against:

Baggett,
Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

HB 1268

For:

Ford,
Victoria (Texas Healthcare and Bioscience Institute)

Hamer,
Glenn (Texas Association of Business)

Kaiser,
Brent (Self; Space Force Association (SFA) - TX Gulf Coast Chapter President;
TX

Space
Alliance Partner; National Security Innovation Council (NSIC) Member; Space

Workforce
Incubator For TX (SWIFT) Ambassador;)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Abel,
Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

Alexander,
Laura (Greater Houston Partnership)

Aragonez,
Alexa (City of Houston)

Burdett,
Jeff (NFIB)

Bush,
Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Castro
Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)

Chenelle,
Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)

Creel,
Matt (Opportunity Austin)

Flanders,
Caitlin (Texas Healthcare Bioscience Institute)

Kroll,
John (Self; HMWK, LLC)

Leo,
Myra (GlaxoSmithKline GSK)

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WITNESS
LIST

For:

McPhail,
Ashley (Texas Medical Center)

Parkinson,
Thomas (Self)

Rose,
Denise (AstraZeneca)

Ross,
Susan (Johnson & Johnson)

Shannon,
Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

Soto,
Renzo (TechNet)

Woomer,
Eric (Biotechnology Innovation Organization)

Against:

Taliaferro,
Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)

HB 1395

For:

Beene-Route,
Shelby (Enterprise Mobility (Enterprise/National/Alamo))

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Parkinson,
Thomas (Self)

Strama,
Keith (Avis)

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