WITNESS LIST
Business & Industry Committee
April 3, 2023 - 8:30 AM
For:
Walton II, Willie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Person, Maria (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)
Sims, Taylor (Texas Solar Power Association)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Corpus, Kasey (Self; Young Invincibles)
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hallamek, James (Self; University Democrats)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Martin, Ben (Self; Texas Housers)
Mock, Nelson (Self)
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Person, Maria (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas)
For:
Canciglia, J (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Gessler, Christy (Self; Texas Realtors)
Krueger, John (Texas Legislative Action Committee (TLAC))
Lott, Ann (Inclusive Communities Project)
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
Martin, Ben (Self; Texas Housers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (TXWF (Texas Women’s Foundation))
Campbell, Drew (Associa)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Assocation of Builders)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Heyer, Connie (Texas community association advocates)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights Texas)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Mock, Nelson (Self)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Person, Maria (Self)
Smith, Mark (The Coalition for the Homeless of Houston/Harris County)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)
Wallens, Luke (Self)
Woomer, Eric (TxNAHRO)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Campbell, Stuart (Dallas eviction advocacy center)
Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mock, Nelson (Self)
Nowlin, Myra Joyce (Self)
Orduna, Julia (Texas Housers)
Ribaudo, Dominic (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)
Against:
Hoy, Sandy (Texas Apartment Association)
On:
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (TXWF (Texas Women’s Foundation))
Bazaldua, Adam (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Fernandes, Nathan (Self)
Garrett, Kendra (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Krieger, Shoshana (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights Texas)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Lott, Ann (Inclusive Communities Project)
Mann, Noelia (Self)
Martin, Ben (Self; Texas Housers)
Martinez, Martin (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Poinsett, Royce (RealPage, Inc.)
Simon, Jason (Self)
Against:
Ritts, Jim (Austin Theatre Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Exter, Monty (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self)
Against:
Auyash, Sean (StubHub)
Posey, Jake (Vivid Seats, Inc.)
Sajjan, Jas (Live Nation Entertainment)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
For:
Davis, Chris (Gray Reed)
Leung, Kanchana (EasyKnock, Inc.)
Against:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
On:
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Mock, Nelson (Self)
Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)
On:
Durst, Melodie (Credit Union Coalition of Texas)
For:
Clardy, Michael (Self; Texas Tenant Law)
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
On:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fernandes, Nathan (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Krieger, Shoshana (Self)
Mann, Noelia (Self)
Martin, Ben (Self; Texas Housers)
Against:
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
Roberts, Gene (Self)
Against:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gamez, Alex (Self; Humane Society)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Martin, Ben (Self; Texas Housers)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Shurtleff, Hilary (Self; Texas Pets Alive!)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Krueger, John (Texas Legislative Action Committee (TLAC))
On:
Heyer, Connie (Texas community association advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Jacob, Carl (Self)
On:
Plas, Doug (Texas Community Association Advocates)
For:
Clark, Phillip (Dallas County DA Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
Fogg, Jennifer (Rockwall County Clerk)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Owen, Jennifer (Self; Texas Apartment Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Zahn, Renee (Texas Apartment Association)
Against:
Bazaldua, Adam (Self; The City of Dallas-District 7 Councilmember, Local Progress-Chair of
Texas Chapter)
Elkin, Daniel (Come dream. come build. | cdcb)
Galleshaw, Jessica (City of Dallas)
Garcia, Gabby (Self)
Holley, Robert (Texas Organizing Project)
Ivonne, Carmen (Texas organizing project)
Joseph, Zenobia (Self)
Krieger, Shoshana (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights texas)
Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
Martin, Ben (Texas Housers)
Melton, Mark (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)
Miranda, Kayla (Self; Coalition For Tenant Justice)
Mock, Nelson (Self)
Nowlin, Myra Joyce (Self)
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Reyes, Cecilia (Self; TOP)
Ribaudo, Dominic (Self; Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Underwood, Sharon (Self)
Valdez, Crystal (Self; Coalition For Tenant Justice)
Vogt, Lisa (Self; Coalition For Tenant Justice)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hale, J.D. (Texas Assocation of Builders)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Kercheval, Todd (Rural Rental Housing Association of Texas)
Long, Wade (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Matz, Laura (Texas Self Storage Association)
Matz, Laura (Texas Community Association Advocates)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pepper, Bradley (Houston Apartment Association)
Poinsett, Royce (RealPage, Inc.)
Simon, Jason (Apartment Association of Greater Dallas)
Sims, Jami (The real estate council of Dallas, The Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth)
Against:
Alles, Richard (Self)
Banderas, Ava (Self)
Barnett-Torabi, Taylor (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chincanchan, David (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Cranston, Cathy (Self; Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas)
Craycroft, Roger (Self)
Crowe, James (Texas Organizing Project)
Crowther, Nancy (Self; ADAPT OF TEXAS)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
De los Santos, Drew (Self)
Fernandes, Nathan (Self)
Fernandes, Ninoshka (Self)
Fernandes, Rohit (Self)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Garrett, Kendra (Self)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Granado, Jose (Self; TOP)
Griffin, Brennan (Texas Appleseed)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guerrero, Miguel (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Harris, Chris (Self)
Holloway, Chandler (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Juraska, AJ (Self)
Kafka, Bob (Self; Texas Disability Project)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Loofs, Tyler (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mann, Noelia (Self)
MANNING-SCOTT, MICHELLE (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
McAuley, David (Self)
McGuinness, Danielle (Self)
McJunkins, Phillip (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Meitzen, Nicole (Self)
Meyer, Cole (Self)
Morales, Erica (Self)
Neuman, Ross (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Oquendo, Charlie (Self)
Ortega, Tess (Self)
Patterson, Jenna (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Ramirez, Helen (City of Brownsville)
Rhee, Alissa (Self)
Rhodes, Alexandria (Self)
Russell, Claudia (City of San Marcos, Texas)
Sethi, Ashika (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Still, Alex (Self)
Tendler, Stuart (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walker, Ashley (Self)
Walker, Nate (Foundation Communities)
Watkins, Sarah (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)
For:
Huckins, Leikyn (Self)
Santerre, Judy (Self)
On:
Hightower, Trent (Texas veterinary medical association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alles, Richard (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Huckins, Don (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Deakins, Jennifer (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lucas, Tommy (Self; Texas Optometric Association)
On:
Auyash, Sean (StubHub)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
On:
Posey, Jake (Vivid Seats, Inc.)
For:
Sajjan, Jas (Live Nation Entertainment)
On:
Anderson, Zach (Self)
Auyash, Sean (StubHub)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
On:
Ross, Chuck (Texas Workforce Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mullins, Grant (Asurion)
On:
Billings, Colette (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
For:
Williams, Robert (Self; Coalition Of Organized Proffessionals)
Against:
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Netscher, Frank (Self)
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Wallens, Luke (Self)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Martin, Ben (Self; Texas Housers)
On:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Marshall, Dewey (Self; Texas Tenants’ Union)
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
OSteen Tragon, Regan (Self)
Wilshusen, Fred (Self; Texas Construction Assn)
On:
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
For:
Gessler, Christy (Self; Texas Realtors)
Heyer, Connie (Harris Branch Residential Property Owners Association)
Heyer, Connie (Texas community association advocates; Steiner Ranch Residential HOA)
Krueger, John (Texas Legislative Action Committee (TLAC))
Plas, Doug (Texas community associations advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Campbell, Drew (Associa)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
On:
Slagle, Tony (Texas Real Estate Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jones, David (Texas Realtors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lott, Ann (Inclusive Communities Project)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
For:
Sajjan, Jas (Live Nation Entertainment)
On:
Anderson, Zach (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
Against:
Auyash, Sean (StubHub)
On:
Posey, Jake (Vivid Seats, Inc.)
For:
Herring, William (Sedgwick)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Douglas, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Grace, Jim (CNA Insurance)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool (TMLIRP), Texas
Council Risk Management Fund, Texas Water Conservation Risk Management Fund)
Koebele, Steve (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Saxon, Lucinda (Association of Claims Professionals)
On:
Craddock, Allen (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation)
Johnson, Dirk (Office of Injured Employee Counsel)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, David (Texas Realtors)
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