WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April 5, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Leos, Lydia (Self)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
On:
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Wood, Brandon (Commission on Jail Standards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Martinez, Justin (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Meyer, Cole (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
On:
Mills, Buddy (Sheriffs Association of Texas)
For:
Breland, Serinah (City of Pflugerville)
Havran, Brian (Self)
Rogers, David (Self)
Against:
Abbott, Robert (Travis County Emergency Services District No. 6)
Carlton, John (Travis County Emergency Services District No 2)
Foster, Tom (Johnson County ESD No. 1)
Stokes, Trevor (Self; Pflugerville Professional Firefighters Association L4137)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Sarah Lindley (Self)
Moyers, Kimberly (Self)
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Against:
Barkley, Brandon (Self; Travis county ESD#2)
Jack, Mark (Self; Parker CountyEmergency Services District 1)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kerwood, Scott (Williamson County Emergency Services District No. 3)
Perkins, Nick (Self; Travsi county esd 2, pflugerville fire department)
Segura, Aaron (Self; Travis County ESD#2)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Waallace, David (Kaufman County Emergency District #3)
Watson, Stephen (Self; Parker County ESD 1)
For:
Medford, Leroy (Webb County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
For:
Hornsby, Paul (Self; Foundation Appraisers Coalition of Texas (FACT))
On:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Chick, Craig (Harris County ESD’s 2, 6, 12 & 50)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Against:
Abbott, Robert (Travis County Emergency Services District No. 6)
Foster, Tom (Johnson County ESD No. 1)
Jack, Mark (Self; Parker County Emergency Services District 1)
Watson, Stephen (Self; Parker County ESD 1)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Cooke, Meredith (Texas Children’s Hospital)
Cruz Kerker, Juliana (HCA Healthcare)
Haley, Anthony (Baylor scott & white health system)
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For:
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Ottinger, Tim (Self; St. Luke’s Health)
Richmond, Travis (CHRISTUS Health)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wilson, Stacy (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
For:
Skaggs, Charlie (Self; Mckinney Fire Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Holzheauser, Craig (Texas EMS Alliance)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Puente, Alec (American Heart Association)
Schlueter, Brad (Austin Firefighters Association)
Wittenburg, Michelle (San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Abel, Matt (Texas Association of Business)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
For:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access & Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)
Bates, Georgia (Vivent Health)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Cranston, Cathy (Self; Personal Attendant Coalition of TX and ADAPT. OF TX)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hoskins, Marc (Disability Rights Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kafka, Bob (Self; ADAPT of Texas)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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For:
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Thomas, Stephanie (Self; Institute for Disability Access)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Hipp, Jonny (Nueces County Hospital District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Granado, Art (Nueces County Hospital District)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of Texas)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
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