WITNESS LIST
Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
April 8, 2025 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Kaufman, Lisa (USAA)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Green, Kathy (AARP Texas)
Lavelle, Tanya (Disability rights tx)
Lluveras, Lauren (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Martin, Ben (Texas Housers)
Samuels, Eric (Texas Homeless Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Arriaga, Roger (Self; Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Caruthers, James (Coalition for the Homeless Houston/Harris County)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Glosser, Cole (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Gonzalez Saucedo, Sabrina (The Arc of Texas)
Griffin, Brennan (Texas appleseed)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Juergens, Seth (Txas Realtors)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Schoenfeld, Liz (Youth and Family Alliance dba LifeWorks)
Skrobarcyzk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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For:
Pavlich, Jeremy (Self)
Rivers, Nathan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Lord, Rick (Self; Texas Building & Construction Trades)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Traub, Ariel (City of Garland, Texas)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
For:
Amare, Tsion (Self)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Malone, Nicole (National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
On:
Castillo, Jason (Hogg Foundation)
Levecque, Joniel (Texas state affordable housing corp)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henry, Elizabeth (Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Mares, Bryan (Self)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Blankenship, Jeffrey (Self)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Camacho, Priscilla (Alamo Colleges District)
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Tecas county Judges and Commissioners)
Frye, Kirk (County Judges and Commissioners Association)
Fuentes, David (Self; Texas judges and commissioners association)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
Hale, Angela (City of McKinney)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Miranda, Eduardo (Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
Morris, Joe (Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
Roach, Jonathan (Self)
Sanchez, Louie (City of Denton)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Traub, Ariel (City of Garland, Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wilson, Thomas (Self; Smith County)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Miller, Scott (City of Buda)
For:
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
For:
Reed, Kevin (Self; Decatur Hospital Authority and Tomball Hospital Authority)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Henderson, John (Self; Torch)
For:
Gavos, Zach (Self; Greater Houston Builders Association)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Smith, Hank (Self; Home builders association of greater austin)
On:
Harder, Chris (City of fort worth)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Caitlyn (Texas Society of Architects)
Bell, John (Greyter Water Systems Inc)
Blankenship, Jeffrey (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Garcia, Buddy (Element Fuels)
Juergens, Seth (Txas Realtors)
Miller, Scott (City of Buda)
Roach, Jonathan (Self)
Sanchez, Louie (City of Denton)
On:
Graham, Andrew (City of Georgetown)
For:
Bevers, Bart (City of Dallas)
Gardella, Andrew (Dallas HERO)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Williams, M Paige (Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Stokes, Trevor (Self; Texas State Association of Firefighters)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Against:
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
On:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
For:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blankenship, Jeffrey (Self)
Gavos, Zach (Self; Greater Houston Builders Association)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Roach, Jonathan (Self)
Smith, Hank (Self; Home builders association of greater austin)
Against:
Amare, Tsion (Environmental Defense Fund)
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
On:
Graham, Andrew (City of Georgetown)
For:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blankenship, Jeffrey (Self)
Roach, Jonathan (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Sherman, Matt (Self)
Against:
Anderson, Jake (City of Dallas)
Hartsfield, Cory (Texas Association of School Administrators)
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