February 15, 2019      2:20 PM

People on the Move

Staffing hires, lobby moves, law firm expansions, and some key things for the lobby to know about interactions with the speaker’s office

I know what some of you are doing – biting your nails as you wait for the referral of your bills. That seemed apparent at the Professional Advocacy Association of Texas luncheon today. Thanks to Allison Small and the team for always making us feel so welcome.

They held a substantive roundtable discussion moderated by Tom Forbes and featuring the senior staffers in Speaker Dennis Bonnen’s office including Gavin Massingill, Mark Bell, Robby Cook, Gardner Pate, Shera Eichler, and Texas House Parliamentarians Sharon Carter and Hugh Brady.

Don’t worry. Y’all gave me nothing to tweet about. However, there is one thing I’ll mention here on QR behind the paywall in this column because I’m a ruthless capitalist and folks should have to pay for it.

Oh, I see the committee report has been distributed for the significantly-altered SB2 in the Senate. Can it get to the floor next week? Well, the game is afoot isn’t it?

Meantime, it seems members have settled on their staffing choices for the most part, but there are some key hires to tell you about as well as some lobby moves. To share career news with the Capitol community you can always send it to ksbraddock@gmail.com and put POTM in that subject line. Thanks so much.

Here’s this week’s edition of People on the Move:

By Scott Braddock

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