Brittany Sharkey — Brittany Sharkey of the Texas Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners is invited to present the agency’s budget request and then appears as the Executive Director to begin that presentation, including discussion of the board’s budget request and exceptional items.
SB2155 — SB 2155 is referenced as the bill that gives TBVME authority to register and regulate veterinary facilities beginning September 1, 2027.
Dan Patrick — The chair is not named directly here, but the dais is opened for questions after Brittany Sharkey's presentation.
Ray Hemel — Represents the Texas Public Employees Association and supports the agency's targeted pay raise requests.
Trin Hightower — General Counsel and Director of Government Relations for the Texas Veterinary Medical Association; testifies in support of the budget requests and praises agency improvements.
Lisa Hill — Lisa Hill, Executive Director of the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, introduced herself and began her testimony about the agency. She then discussed a personnel-related request, asking to move her exempt salary from group three to group four as part of planning for eventual succession.
Dan Kircher — Identified as the board's financial director and present with Lisa Hill.
Bobby Wilkinson — Executive Director of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs, introducing the agency presentation.
Bobby Wilkinson — Executive Director Bobby Wilkinson is acknowledged and then continues responding within the same budget discussion, including a question about the IT modernization project and its potential cybersecurity implications if not funded.
Joe Guevara — Identified as Director of Financial Administration for the department.
Eric Franklin — Identified as Deputy Executive Director for the Manufactured Housing Division and available for questions.
Lizette — Lizette, formerly the Homeowner Assistance Fund director, is identified as the person serving in the fraud-related role.
Cyrus Reid — Cyrus Reid, speaking for the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, supports the TDHCA budget and emphasizes the importance of LIHEAP and WAP. He adds that Texas no longer has statewide payment assistance, making the agency’s work especially important, and notes that the Sierra Club has been involved in related rulemakings.
HB5323 — Cited as the bill that created the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee.
Lauren Rose — Introduced herself as Director of Public Policy with Texas Network of Youth Services and testified on TDHCA’s LAR and Rider 16 for youth homelessness.
Courtney Arbore — Invited as Executive Director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to begin the next agency presentation.
Courtney Arbor — Introduced the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation’s budget presentation and noted Brandy Myers as CFO.
Brandy Myers — Named as TDLR’s chief financial officer.
SB1036 — Cited as the law creating the new solar retailer program administered by TDLR.
Ms. Sharkey — Ms. Sharkey is referenced as having testified earlier about the temporary veterinary board, with the speaker reiterating that the committee has already heard from her on that subject.
SB3070 — Senate Bill 3070 is referenced as the governing law for the first-year implementation, oversight, and integration of the Texas Lottery and charitable bingo programs into TDLR.
SB3070 — The agency describes implementing SB 3070's statutory requirements for lottery transactions and vending machines.