Witness List: Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, April 9, 2025

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A witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee dated April 9, 2025, at 8:00 AM, covering HB 74, HB 175, HB 460, HB 2294, HB 3016, HB 3191, HB 3458, HB 4115, HB 4394 and other bills. Winstead PC testifies for HB 74, the Eagle Pass Border Coalition against it, and the City of Eagle Pass is listed on it. The Texas Workforce Commission is listed on child care bills including HB 175, HB 2294 and HB 3191. Best Friends Animal Society testifies for HB 3458, which Petland and the Pet Advocacy Network oppose. The Texas Stock Exchange testifies for HB 4115, and the Texas Oil and Gas Association registers against HB 4394.

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WITNESS
LIST

Trade, Workforce &
Economic Development Committee

April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM

HB 74

For:

Garibay,
Ruben (Self; Puerto verde holdings)

Martin,
Ross (Winstead PC)

Against:

Diaz,
Enriqueta (Self)

Fuentes,
Jessie (Self; Eagle Pass Border Coalition)

Heckert,
David (Self)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Buentello
price, Selena (Self)

Carmona,
Francisco (Self)

De
la Garza, Raymunda (Self)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Illarreal,
Argelia (Self)

Rodriguez,
Roxanna (Eagle grocery and market)

Stock,
Lewis (Self)

Villarreal,
Eric (Transborder Real Estate)

Wall,
Prosser (Self; Ws land and cattle)

Against:

Hiller,
Christopher (Self)

On:

Chavez,
Andrea (City of Eagle Pass)

HB 175

For:

Feigen,
David (Texans Care for Children)

Shroff,
Tamkeen (Self; Goddard School Long Meadow Farms)

On:

Lauren
Gerken, Lauren Gerken (Texas council for developmental disabilities)

Miller,
Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Abel,
Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

Bernstein,
Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)

Blount,
Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)

Chevalier,
Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))

Davis,
Catherine (Child Care Associates)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Gonzalez
Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)

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WITNESS
LIST

For:

Harris,
Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

Henning,
Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

Hutson,
Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

Posson,
Amanda (Every Texan)

Van
Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of
Bryan)

Wood,
Justin (Self)

HB 460

Against:

Van
Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of
Bryan)

On:

Miller,
Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Abel,
Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

Caldwell,
Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)

Castro
Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Feigen,
David (Texans Care for Children)

Harris,
Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

Haynes,
Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

Kay,
Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

Shannon,
Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

Wood,
Justin (Care.com)

Yanas,
Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

On:

Shroff,
Tamkeen (Self; Goddard School Long Meadow Farms)

HB 576

For:

Young,
Charlotte (Auction.com)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

HB 2271

On:

Miller,
Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

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WITNESS
LIST

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Abel,
Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

Blount,
Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)

Cedillo,
Josué (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)

Davis,
Catherine (Child Care Associates)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Feigen,
David (Texans Care for Children)

Freeland,
Brooke (Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition)

Gessner,
Madison (Texas Restaurant Association, Employers for Childcare Taskforce)

Harris,
Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

Henning,
Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

Kieschnick,
Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

Miller,
Charles (Texas 2036)

West,
Paige (Wonderschool)

Against:

Hutson,
Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)

HB 2294

For:

Hutson,
Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

Shroff,
Tamkeen (Self; Goddard School Long Meadow Farms)

On:

Miller,
Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

Van
Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of
Bryan)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Abel,
Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

Bentley,
Matthew (KinerCare Learning Companies)

Blount,
Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)

Davis,
Catherine (Child Care Associates)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Feigen,
David (Texans Care for Children)

Freeland,
Brooke (Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition)

Harris,
Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

Henning,
Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

Posson,
Amanda (Every Texan)

HB 2874

For:

Pan,
Shon (Coaliton For The Future)

3

WITNESS
LIST

On:

Welch,
Kevin (Self; EFF-Austin)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

Silva,
Ezequiel “Zeke” (Self; Texas Medical Association)

Against:

Soto,
Renzo (TechNet)

HB 3016

For:

Beene,
Shelby (Enterprise Mobility (Enterprise, National, Alamo brands))

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Parkinson,
Thomas (Self)

Strama,
Keith (Avis)

Against:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

HB 3133

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Dowling,
Matt (Texas Medical Association)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

HB 3191

For:

Blount,
Shawneequa (Institute to Advance Child Care at CCA)

Bonhard,
Richard (Self; Owner of the Goddard School in Southlake)

Burkett,
Janie (Self)

Davis,
Catherine (Child Care Associates)

Gessner,
Madison (Texas Restaurant Association, Employers for Childcare Task Force)

Hutson,
Kurt (Self; Texas Licensed Childcare Association)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (North Texas Commission)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (Mansfield Chamber)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (Greater Arlington Chamber)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (Hurst Euless Brdford Chamber)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (Frisco Chamber)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (Parker County Chamber)

Montgomery,
Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)

Toussant,
Jarrad (Dallas Regional Chamber)

4

WITNESS
LIST

For:

Van
Dyck, Brian (Self; Kiddie Academy of College Station and Kiidie Academy of
Bryan)

On:

Miller,
Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Abel,
Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)

Allmon,
Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Barksdale,
Jay (Irving - Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce)

Barksdale,
Jay (Plano Chamber of Commerce)

Bentley,
Matthew (KinerCare Learning Companies)

Caldwell,
Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)

Castro
Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)

Creel,
Matt (Opportunity Austin)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Feigen,
David (Texans Care for Children)

Freeland,
Brooke (Self; Austin Travis County Success by Six Coalition)

Hale,
Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)

Harris,
Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

Hartman,
Greg (Texas State Alliance of YMCAs)

Haynes,
Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

Henning,
Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

Hinkle,
Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)

Hodge,
Daniel (Texas Restaurant Association)

Holleman,
Will (Texas Hospital Association)

Ingram,
Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)

Kay,
Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Kieschnick,
Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)

Kofron,
Kim (Children at Risk)

Krogman,
Travis (Austin Chamber of Commerce)

Mauro,
Megan (Texas Association of Business)

McGarah,
Carol (Fort Worth Chamber)

Meroney,
Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers (TAM))

Murphy,
Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)

Pate,
Dana (Samsung)

Reagan,
Karen (Texas Association of Staffing)

Romo,
Joel (Nueces County)

Schmitt,
Stacy (Self; Opportunity Austin)

Shannon,
Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

Simmons,
Carrie (Learning Care Group)

Thompson,
Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

Uptain,
Wendy (Early Matters Texas)

Van
de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)

West,
Paige (Wonderschool)

5

WITNESS
LIST

For:

Wood,
Justin (Care.com)

Yanas,
Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

On:

Brandt,
Shannon (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

HB 3458

For:

Bobosky,
Shelby (Self; Texas humane legislation network)

Cantrell,
Jamey (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)

Dalrymple,
Kathleen (Thlm)

Deteau,
Chelsea (Self)

Fine,
Katie (Self; Best Friends Animal Society)

Graham,
Shannon (Self)

Howard,
Christy (Self; THLN)

Laster,
Cassandra (Self)

Rios,
Carlene (Self; Texas humane legislation network)

Roche,
Alison (Self)

Turner,
Randy (Self)

Valls-Trelles,
Pat (Self)

Zubras,
Simon (Self)

Against:

Arteaga,
Luis (Self; Puppy Dreams)

Barron-Ethridge,
John (Pet City Houston)

Bhakta,
Chet (Puppy Dreams)

Brinkman,
Ashley (Pet Advocacy Network)

Delgado,
Marty (Pettito)

Kunzelman,
Elizabeth (Petland)

Moreno,
David (Petland)

Nie,
Joshua (Petland)

Patel,
Jake (Petland frisco)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Alshalhm,
Maryam (Self)

Aragonez,
Alexa (City of Houston)

Blessing,
Shelley (A Kitty’s Purrsuit Of Happiness)

Bolgiano,
John (Self)

Byerley,
Susan (Self)

Camino,
Marie (Self)

Carneiro,
Mary (Self; Thln)

Chillino,
Francesca (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Conner,
Matthew (Padfoot PAC)

Conner,
Matthew (Houston PetSet)

De
Leon, Megan (Self)

6

WITNESS
LIST

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Deteau,
Cristen (Self)

Deteau,
Diane (Self)

Duhon,
Kate (Self)

Fine,
Howard (Self)

Fineske,
Susan (Self; Puppymill awareness day texas)

Flowers,
Stacie (Self)

Fuentes,
Gina (Self)

Gamez,
Alex (Self; Humane World for Animals)

Gordon,
Alexandra (Self)

Haas,
Inessa (Self)

Hill,
Margaret (Self)

Houghton,
Amanda (Self)

Hunt,
Daniel (Self; SREC Committeeman SD3)

Laster,
Joseph (Self)

Loignon,
David (Self)

Lynch,
Natalie (Self)

Marquette,
Christine (Self)

McCoy,
Travis (Self)

Morgan,
Ashley (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Myers,
Heather (Self)

Palleschi,
Terri (Self)

Pollard,
Nancy (Self)

Quintana,
Leah (Self)

Sheehan,
Christina (Self)

Speaks,
Cristi (Self)

Stirek,
Blair (Texas humane legislation network)

Tames,
Audrey (Self)

Van
Landingham, Erin (Self)

Wasinger,
Camille (Self)

Wassdorf,
Petrus (City of Denton)

Wichterich,
Sharon (Self)

Williams,
Kristyn (Self)

Wright,
Christine (City of San Antonio)

Against:

Koebele,
Steve (Self)

McCord,
John (Texas Retailers Association)

Posey,
Jake (International Franchise Association (IFA))

HB 3929

For:

Heller,
Benjamin (HBK Capital Management)

7

WITNESS
LIST

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Reddington,
Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

HB 4063

For:

Day,
Aaron (Texas land title association)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Fowler,
Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)

Juergens,
Seth (Texas Realtors)

Warren,
John (County and District Clerk’s Association)

HB 4115

For:

Lauderback,
Bill (Texas Stock Exchange)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Hodge,
Daniel (Texas Stock Exchange)

Holzheauser,
Craig (Texas Pacific Land Corp)

HB 4394

For:

Sanchez,
Christina (El Paso County Attorney's Office)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Brooks,
Jeri (Harris County Attorney's Office)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Haynes,
Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

Lauderback,
Bill (TXSE Group Inc (Texas Stock Exchange))

Against:

Oberbeck,
Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

On:

Caldwell,
Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)

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