Witness List: Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, May 21, 2025

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A witness list for the Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee dated May 21, 2025, at 8:00 AM, covering SB 1361, SB 2105, SB 2637, SB 2690, SB 2713, SB 2881 and SCR 38. NFIB and the Texas Restaurant Association testify for SB 1361, which Liftfund and the City of Houston register to support. El Paso County testifies for SB 2105. The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention testifies for SB 2713, Texas Realtors and the Texas Civil Justice League are listed on it, and the Texas Medical Association, the Texas State Teachers Association and the Texas AFL-CIO register against it. Pinterest, the Entertainment Software Association and TechNet register against SB 2881.

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WITNESS
LIST

Trade, Workforce &
Economic Development Committee

May 21, 2025 - 8:00 AM

SB 1361

For:

Burdett,
Jeff (NFIB)

Streufert,
Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Hereford,
Amy (Liftfund)

Sanders,
Joshua (City of Houston)

SB 2105

For:

Tamayo,
Elisa M. (El Paso County)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Franco,
Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)

Parkinson,
Thomas (Self)

Taliaferro,
Aaron (Director, Government Relations, Tarrant County)

SB 2637

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

SB 2690

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Burdett,
Jeff (NFIB)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

SB 2713

For:

Asmussen,
Cindy (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)

DeVries,
Chad (Self)

Elley,
Sharon (Self)

Fauber,
Wilson (Self)

Haynes,
Jamie (Self; Texans Wake Up)

Kettler,
Virginia (Self; SherlockRealtors)

Talley,
Brian (Self)

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WITNESS
LIST

On:

Cardwell,
Margo (Texas Civil Justice League)

Jones,
David (Texas Realtors)

York,
Leigh (Self; Texas REALTORS)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Benton,
Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)

Harper,
Kimberly (Self)

Trainor,
Lucy (Self)

Walter,
Joseph (Self)

Against:

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Dowling,
Matt (Texas Medical Association)

Hallamek,
James (Texas State Teachers Association)

Jones,
Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)

Sheffield,
Heather (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

SB 2881

For:

McGee,
Dr. Lindy (Self; Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society)

Registering,
but not testifying:

For:

Asmussen,
Cindy (Self)

Cohen,
Hayden (Self)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Trainor,
Lucy (Self)

Walter,
Joseph (Self)

Against:

Miller,
Chris (Pinterest)

Miller,
Robert (Troutman Pepper Locke)

O’Conner,
Andrew (Entertainment Software Association)

Soto,
Renzo (TechNet)

SCR 38

Registering,
but not testifying:

Against:

Beck,
Sarah (Self)

Deline,
Steven (Self)

Hurewitz,
Michael (Self)

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