WITNESS LIST
Ways & Means Committee
May 5, 2025 - 9:00 AM
For:
Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Brown, Joshua (Self; Bexar County ESD2 & Bexar County ESD Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnes, James (Self)
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Martinez de Vara, Art (Self; Bexar County ESD Association)
Against:
Hayter, Russell (Self)
For:
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
For:
Murphy, Frank (Self; Dallas Builders Association, Texas Association of Builders)
Against:
Bowen, Craig (Self; Texas Wildlife Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Against:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Figueroa, Paul (Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Hoppe, Christina (Children’s Hospital Association of Texas)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Mitias, Marcus (Texas Health Resources)
Ramirez, Rick (City of Austin)
For:
Addicott, Jeff (Self; Warrior Defense Project, St Mary’s Umiversity School of Law)
Castelain, Hank (Self)
Farrell, Tim (Self)
Flynn, Ross (Self)
Flynn, Teri (Self)
Lakos, Michael (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Addicott, Greyson (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Murphy, Frank (Self; Dallas Builders Association, Texas Association of Builders)
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Crigler, Marya (True Prodigy Tech Solutions)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
For:
Ford, Bradley (City of Waco)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Nystrom, Ashley (City of Waco)
Turley, Darren (Texas Association of Dairymen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (HPROA)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Stallman, Bo (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Parker, Barbara (Self; ElPaso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ryan (Texas Taxpayers and Research Association - (TTARA))
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Halbrook, Shannon (Every Texan)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; Texas chapter of US Green Building Council)
Hayter, Russell (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Juergens, Seth (Texas REALTORS)
For:
Gessler, Christy (Self; Texas REALTORS)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
On:
Chambers, HD (Texas School Alliance)
For:
Gessler, Christy (Self; Texas REALTORS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gessler, Christy (Self; Texas REALTORS)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Hayter, Russell (Self)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gessler, Christy (Self; Texas REALTORS)
Hale, J.D. (Texas Association of Builders)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
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