WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
March 31, 2025 - 10:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Bramlett, Anne (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hayter, Russell (Self)
For:
Gutman, Brian (Learning Care Group)
McHenry, Kathlyn (Early Care and Education Consortium)
On:
Hutson, Kurt (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (KinderCare Learning Companies)
Feigen, David (Texans Care for Children)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Winick, Seth (The Primrose Schools of Texas)
Winick, Seth (The Learning Experience)
Against:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
South, Brent (Texas association of appraisal districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Souza, Nick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Aldredge, Vaughn (Texas Historical Commission)
McWilliams, Jennifer (Texas Historical Commission)
South, Brent (Texas association of appraisal districts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
For:
Blomquist, Michael (Self; City of Harker Heights)
Canterino, Tony (Self; The city of harker heights)
Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Department of Texas)
Mitchell, David (Self; City of Harker Heights)
Myers, Brynn (City of Temple, Texas)
On:
Arey, Howard (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bark, Jerry (City of Harker Heights)
Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Hawkins, Stacey (City of Temple)
Hayter, Russell (Self)
Shannon, Fred (City of Temple)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Hodgdon, Brian (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Cole, Kevin (City of Pearland)
Hadjigeorge, Nicholas (City of Houston)
Somereve, Margaret (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)
On:
Brasovan, Mike (Self; Thigbe LLC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Avery, Clay (Self; 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)
Calvert, Raif (TASB)
Dyer, Richard (The Steering Committee of Cities Served by Oncor)
Dyer, Richard (City of Grand Prairie)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land)
Hausenfluck, Amber (City of McAllen)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Sanchez, Louie (City of South Padre Island)
Schlueter, Brad (City of Killeen)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Warner, Roslyn (City of Dickinson)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Souza, Nick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Bailey, Travis (Texas Craft Brewers Guild)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bennett, Joey (Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas)
Brooks, Vic (Republic National Distributing Company)
Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Huddleston, Cheri (Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits)
Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Urrabazo, JP (The Beer Alliance of Texas)
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Comptroller if Public Accounts)
For:
Escamilla, Dr Mark (Del Mar College)
Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; County of Nueces, Tax Assessor Collectors Association of Texas,
Kevin Kieschnick, Nueces County Tax Assessor Collector)
Scott, Connie (Self; Nueces County)
South, Brent (Texas association of appraisal districts)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Romo, Joel (Nueces County & Del Mar College)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Woodard, Shayne (Valero energy)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hodgdon, Brian (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
South, Brent (Texas association of appraisal districts)
For:
Lauderback, Bill (TXSE Group Inc (Texas Stock Exchange))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hodge, Daniel (Texas Stock Exchange)
On:
Souza, Nick (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hayter, Russell (Self)
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