WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 26, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Jones jr, Troy (Self)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bender, John (Texas Corn Producers Association)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Holbrooks, Paige (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Opiela, Eric (Self; South Texans Property Rights Association)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
On:
Brown, Lane (Office of the Attorney General)
Garcia, Allison (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
BOLGIANO, JOHN (Self)
Canright, Robert (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Carter, David (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Jones jr, Troy (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barker, Howard (Self)
Beckmeyer, John (Self)
Bishop, John (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Deffendall, Michael (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self; Williamson County Republican Party)
Hatfield, Erika (Self; Convention of States)
Llorance, Yvette (Self; Harris County Republcan Party Precinct Chair)
Mikus, Jerry (Self)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Rothschild, Susanne (Self; Harris County Republican Party)
Russell, Bill (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Treat, Brita (Self; Convention of states)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Ward, James (Self)
Against:
Gutierrez, Melodia (Self; Human Rights Campaign)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
For:
BOLGIANO, JOHN (Self)
Byrd, Chris (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Canright, Robert (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Carter, David (Self)
Carter, Mike (Self)
Case Pickens, Liz (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Cozens, Jason (Self)
Freeman, Kevin (Self)
Gebbia, Joe (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Hilton, Larry (Self; UPMA)
Jones jr, Troy (Self)
Meckler, Mark (Self)
Mikus, Jerry (Self)
Vachris, George Brian (Self)
On:
North, Victoria (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beckmeyer, John (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Deffendall, Michael (Self)
Ferguson, Darren (Self)
Hatfield, Erika (Self; Convention of States)
Kleefeld, Claudia (Self)
Knuffke, Mike (Self; San Antonio Family Association)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
Melendez, Jose (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pond, George (Self)
Scott, Anita (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Treat, Brita (Self; Convention of states)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Von Dohlen, Patrick (Self)
Ward, James (Self)
Against:
Chazulle, Michael (Self)
Cordon, Jeremy (Self; Goldback INC)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Foster, Wendy (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)
Kirchner, Emily (Texas Regional Bank)
On:
Chazulle, Michael (Self)
Cordon, Jeremy (Self; Goldback INC)
Douglas, Macy (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
BOLGIANO, JOHN (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Jones jr, Troy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
For:
Martin, Phillip (Environmental Defense Fund)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Marquez, Enrique (American for Affordable Clean Energy)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Pope, Clay (Texas EV Alliance)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Torres, Gerard (CenterPoint Energy)
Against:
Bishop, John (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Brennan, Jasmine (Self; Harris County Republican Party - Precint 223 Chair)
Llorance, Yvette (Self; Harris County Republcan Party Precinct Chair)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Rothschild, Susanne (Self; Harris County Republican Party)
On:
Hickman, Nate (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Mays, Caroline (Texas Department of Transportation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
For:
Doffing, Kevin (Self; Project Vanguard)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Linenschmidt, Larry (Self)
Mazur, Jeremy B. (Texas 2036)
Spenrath, Micalah (Houston advanced research center)
On:
James, Bruce (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Kidd, Nim (TDEM)
Nielsen-Gammon, John (Office of the Texas State Climatologist)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Haverlah, Sandra (Environmental Defense Fund)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Neeley, Josiah (R Street Institute)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Riley, Kyle (Texas Impact)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
On:
Cook, Kelly (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
Dupnik, John (Texas water development Board)
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Hays, Jet (Texas General Land Office)
Pettigrew, Angie (Texas General Land Office)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Calvin, Taylor (Sysco)
Esparza, John (Self; Texas Trucking Association)
Williams Knight, Emily (Texas Restaurant Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Laura (Greater Houston Partnership)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Aramark)
Giesinger, Ross (Chick-fil-A, Inc.)
Mazuca, Anne (Starbucks)
Against:
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
On:
Buuck, Adam (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy)
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
Utley, Ben (Texas New Mexico Power (TNMP))
Against:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
On:
Givens, Anna (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Glenn, David (Intersect Power)
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Sloan, Susan (Ørsted)
On:
Harmon, Dan (Texas Department of Transportation)
For:
Baker, Bryn (Texas Energy Buyers Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Carter, David (Self)
Linenschmidt, Larry (Self)
Lucio III, Eddie (Texas Transmission Project)
Against:
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
On:
Rhodes, Joshua (Self)
Rickerson, Woody (Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Doffing, Kevin (Self; Project Vanguard)
Haverlah, Sandra (Texas Consumer Association)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Simmons, Carrie (Conservative Texans for Energy Innovation)
Against:
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Moore, Julie (Oxy)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Pate, Dana (Samsung)
On:
English, Barksdale (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Miller, Katrina (Farm&City)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Stringfellow, Brent (UT Austin)
For:
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Lloyd, Brian (Oncor electric delivery)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
Against:
Brocato, Thomas (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power and the Steering Committee of Cities
Served by Oncor)
Coleman, Katie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
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On:
Givens, Anna (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Doffing, Kevin (Self; Project Vanguard)
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy)
Ruggieri, Michael (Southwestern Elec. Power Co. (SWEPCO))
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
Utley, Ben (Texas New Mexico Power (TNMP))
Against:
Antonick, Kristi (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Damen, Jason (Energy Transfer)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Freeport LNG)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Landwehr, Martha (BASF Corporation)
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Moore, Julie (Oxy)
Moore, Pasha (Energy Impact)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Associatiom)
Pate, Dana (Samsung)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
On:
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
For:
Bennett, Brent (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Messer, Judd (Advanced Power Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boms, Matthew (Texas Advanced Energy Business Alliance)
Cardwell, Margo (Pattern Energy; Sol Systems)
Crownover, Buffy (SEIA)
Doffing, Kevin (Self; Project Vanguard)
Fairbanks, Lauren (Enbridge)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Glenn, David (Intersect Power)
Grace, Jim (Onward Energy)
Hughes, Lisa (RWE Clean Energy)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Meyers, Lucas (Pine Gate Renewables, LLC)
Morehead, Tracy (Apex Clean Energy)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Nease, Nelson (EDPR North America)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Simmons, Carrie (The AES Corporation)
Sloan, Susan (Ørsted)
Weber, Bri (Texas Solar + Storage Association)
White, Andy (Leeward Energy)
For:
Bonura, John (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Jones jr, Troy (Self)
Meckler, Mark (Self; Convention of States ACTION)
Against:
Canright, Robert (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Carlson, Pat (Self)
Carter, David (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Costa, Fred (Self)
French, Emily (Common Cause Texas)
Mabry, Timothy (Self)
Oglesby, Steve (Self; John Birch Society)
Thompson, Chris (Self)
Thompson, Elise (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barker, Howard (Self)
Bishop, John (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Brennan, Jasmine (Self; Harris County Republican Part - Precinct 223 Chair)
Cassidy, Michael (Self; Convention of States)
Deffendall, Michael (Self; Convention of States Texas)
Hatfield, Erika (Self; Convention of States)
Johnson, Caleb (Self)
Llorance, Yvette (Self; Harris County Republcan Party Precinct Chair)
MacMicking, Ginger (Self)
Martin, Joanne (Self)
Mast, Tom (Self; Convention of states)
McCrary, Johanna (Self)
Nobis, Tom (Self)
Phillips, Cyndie (Self)
Purham, Randy (Self)
Richter, Michael (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rothschild, Susanne (Self; Harris County Republican Party)
Russell, Bill (Self)
Soudek, Ales (Self)
Taylor, Gregory (Convention of States)
Treat, Brita (Self; Convention of states)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self; Convention of States)
Ward, James (Self)
Against:
Vachris, George Brian (Self)
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