WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
March 24, 2021 - 8:00 AM
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Harney, Joseph (City of San Antonio)
Lackey, Holt (Self; Equality Texas)
Narvaez, Omar (City of Dallas)
Neighbor, Brad (City of Garland)
Rudner, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McCord, John (NFIB)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Tredway, CJ (Indeoendent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Against:
Aubin, Richard (City of Garland, Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Gilbert, Earl (Self; Equality Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hale, Angela (City of mckinney)
Hale, Angela (McKinney Chamber of Commerce)
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, HOPE Local 123, Austin Local 1624, El
Paso Local 59, San Antonio Local 2021)
Knaupe, Gregg (American Heart Association)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lewis, Jonathan (Every Texan)
Lopez, Carisa (Texas Freedom Network)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; Equality Texas)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sanders, Philip (City of Irving)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
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Against:
Whitley, Tracey (Self)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and constables association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Henry, Patti (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Dally, Randall (Texas Association of Campground Owners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Association of Campground Owners)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Travel Alliance)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
For:
Strawbridge, Sean (Port of Corpus Christi Authority)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berlanga, Hugo (Self; Port of corpus christi)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
On:
Cotton, Traci (Secretary of state)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools; Texas Association of School
Administrators)
Against:
Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)
On:
Marin, Eric (Texas Education Agency)
For:
DiBiasio, Scott (Appraisal Institute)
Hornsby, Paul (Foundation Appraisers Coalition of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Woomer, Eric (Foundation Appraisers Coalition of Texas (FACT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Rocap, Blake (Avow)
For:
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Against:
Ratliff, Shannon (Texas ass,n of manufacturers and texas oil & gas ass,n)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lawson, Richard (Structural Engineers Association of Texas)
Montford, John T. (Self; Jacobs Global Engineering)
Walker, Becky (Texas Society of Architects)
Against:
Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)
Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parker, Blaire (San Antonio Water System (SAWS))
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Womack, Daniel (Dow, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
For:
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Hunt, Lauren (Self; Real Estate, Probate, Trust Law section of State Bar of Texas)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Hunt, Lauren (Self; Real Estate, Probate, Trust Law section of State Bar of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
For:
Hunt, Lauren (Self; Real Estate, Probate, Trust Law section of State Bar of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
For:
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Hunt, Lauren (Self; Real Estate, Probate, Trust Law section of State Bar of Texas)
For:
Berry, Justin (Self)
Against:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
On:
Cabrera, David (Texas DPS)
Kepple, Robert (Tdcaa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Beckworth, Elmer (Self)
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Against:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (Texas State Teachers Association)
Donaldson, Dena (Texas AFT)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Exter, William (ATPE)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (CLEAT)
For:
Ariail, Mellony (Texas court reporters association)
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Court Reporters Association)
Usher, Karen (Self; TEXDRA Texas Deposition Reporters Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Court Reporters Association)
Cherry, Kim (Texas Court Reporters Association)
Fiasco, Gale (Texas Court Reporters Association)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Oakley, Keith (Texas Deposition Reporters Association (TEXDRA))
Perdue, Jim (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
For:
Yates, Jeremy (Texas Health Resources and Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ashley, Price (Texas College of Emergency Physicians)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of tTexas as Presiding Judge)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Esparza, Servando (TechNet)
Harris, Dana (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Trevino, Fernando (Lyft, Inc)
Against:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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