Witness List: S/C on Workforce Committee, April 15, 2025

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A witness list for the S/C on Workforce Committee dated April 15, 2025, at 8:00 AM, covering HB 446, HB 1609, HB 4443, HB 4464 and HB 4735. The Texas AFL-CIO and the Workers Defense Action Fund testify for HB 446, while the Texas Association of Builders testifies against it and NFIB and Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas register in opposition. The State Firefighters & Fire Marshals Association testifies for HB 1609, and the Texas Division of Emergency Management is listed on HB 4464. JES Holdings, LLC testifies for HB 4735, which Advantage Capital registers to support, with the Comptroller of Public Accounts listed on it.

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WITNESS
LIST

S/C on Workforce
Committee

April 15, 2025 - 8:00
AM

HB 446

For:

Bolanos,
Anna Christine (Self)

Cantu,
Elodia (Self)

Carmona,
Minerva (Self)

Dorantes,
Miriam (Self)

Fierro,
Annie (Self)

Gonzalez,
Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)

Hernandez,
Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Herrera,
Juventina (Self)

Mireles,
Michael (Self)

Pollock,
Ryan (Self; Texas State Association of Electrical Workers)

Roberts,
Marina (Self)

Silva,
Daniela (Self)

Vazquez,
Candelario (Self)

Against:

Blake,
Frances (Texas Association of Builders)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Carranza,
Susana (Self)

Dowling,
Matt (Texas Medical Association)

Griffith,
Idona (Self)

Lord,
Rick (Self; Texas Building Trades)

Monks,
James (Austin EMS Association)

Moreno,
Jesus (Southwest Pipe Trades Association)

Morgan,
Ashley (Self)

Posson,
Amanda (Every Texan)

Watson,
Robert (Texas Impact)

Wheeler,
Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Against:

Albright,
Steven (AGC of Texas)

Fairbanks,
Lauren (Texas Cotton Ginners’ Association)

Horn,
Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))

Norman,
Jr., M. Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

Smith,
Curtis (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

Tahuahua,
Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

On:

Ross,
Chuck (The Texas Workforce Commission)

HB 1609

For:

Isaacks,
Rick (State Firefighters & Fire Marshals Association)

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WITNESS
LIST

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Avery,
Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

Carlton,
John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

Szimanski,
Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

HB 4443

Registering,
but not testifying:

On:

York,
Mary (The Texas Workforce Commission)

HB 4464

On:

Craddock,
Allen (TDI, Division of Workers’ Compensation)

Kidd,
Nim (Texas Division of Emergency Management)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Avery,
Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

Cain,
Randy (Texas Fire Chiefs Assoc)

Carlton,
John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

Deshields,
Glenn (Texas State Assoc of Fire Fighters)

Hanetho,
Nicholas (Fort Worth Firefighters Association)

Sanders,
Joshua (City of Houston)

Wittig,
Jeffrey (Self; Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System (TIFMAS))

On:

Johnson,
Dirk (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)

Vollbrecht,
Stephen (Resource Witness, State Office of Risk Management)

HB 4735

For:

Forbes,
Jarrod (JES Holdings, LLC)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Casselberry,
Craig (Self)

Creel,
Matt (Opportunity Austin)

Dressler,
Ryan (Advantage Capital)

Hodge,
Daniel (Fairway Management, Inc.)

Mauro,
Megan (Texas Association of Business)

Springer,
Drew (Advantage Capital)

Windisch,
Chip (Petros Community Impact Fund)

Yokum,
Vince (Self; Waller County EDP)

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WITNESS
LIST

On:

Counihan,
Will (Comptroller of Public Accounts)

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