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WITNESS LIST
Corrections Committee
March  5, 2007 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
Invited Testimony
 
     On:
Nichols, Eric (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
HB  47
 
    For:
Burnham, Joan (Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundable)
 
 
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of Austin Texas Catholic Correctional Ministries)
 
 
Gay, Clifford  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Porter, Nicole (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  425
 
     On:
Anderson, David (Texas Education Agency)
 
 
Brooke, Linda (Texas Juvenile Probation Comm)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gregg, Brock (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Gustafson, Lindsay (Texas Classroom Teachers Assoc.)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Urban, John Pall (Harris County)
 
 
Velasquez, Sally (Texas Probation Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  427 - Committee Substitute  (Hochberg)
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Isela (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Harrell, Will (ACLU, Texas Coalition Advocating Justice for Juveniles, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Cox, Gregg (Travis County District Attorney, Public Integrity Unit)
 
 
DeBottis, Gina (Special Prosecution Unit)
 
 
Kepple, Robert (Texas District & County Attorneys Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  427
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Moriarty, John (TDCJ- OIG)
 
 
 
 
HB  898
 
    For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of Austin Texas, Catholic Correctional Ministries)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Yanez-Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Levin, Marc (Texas public policy foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Isela (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Harrell, Will (ACLU)
 
 
Velasquez, Sally (Texas Probation Assoc.)
 
 
Woodford, Suzy (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  914 - Committee Substitute  (Haggerty)
 
    For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of Austin Texas Catholic Correctional Ministries)
 
 
Galloway, Genger  (Self)
 
 
Gutierrez, Isela (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Harrell, Will (ACLU, TCAjj, NAACP, LULAC)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DeBottis, Gina (Special Prosecution Unit)
 
 
Elliott-Wilkins, Tish (TYC)
 
 
Kepple, Robert (Texas District & County Attorneys Association)
 
 
Moriarty, John (TDCJ- OIG)
 
 
 
 
HB  914
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
O'Connor, Caroline (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
 
 
HB  1111
 
    For:
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Harrell, Will (ACLU)
 
 
 
 
HB  1814
 
    For:
Dufour, Doots (Diocese of Austin Texas Catholic Correctional Ministries)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Levin, Marc (Texas public policy foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)