Witness List: Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, April 30, 2025

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A witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee dated April 30, 2025, at 8:00 AM, covering HB 1958, HB 2031, HB 2879, HB 3995, HB 4558, HB 4560, HB 4876, SB 1333 and other bills. The Texas Shrimp Association and Twin City Shrimp Co testify for HB 1958, with DSHS and the Texas Restaurant Association listed on it. Gun Owners of America and the Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center are for HB 2031 and HB 2879, which the Texas Apartment Association opposes. AARP Texas and the Independent Bankers Assoc of TX testify for HB 4558 and HB 4560, and the National Rental Home Council testifies for SB 1333.

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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)

2

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)

3

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)

4

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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