WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April  17, 2007 - 8:00 AM
HB  853
 
    For:
Camp, Torie (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
Williams, Lyndel (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Epstein, Ruth (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Del Gallo, Krista (TX Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
Madison, Judge Kevin R  (Self)
 
 
Rendon, Felix  (Self and San Antonio Police Officers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1148
 
    For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Beckworth, Elmer (Elmer Beckworth as Cherokee County District Attorney)
 
 
Mitchell, Sunni (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Mills, Amy (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  1258
 
    For:
Greenhaw, Mark L.  (Self and Andrews County Sheriff Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
Hightower, Susan  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Gonzalez, Luis (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  1612
 
    For:
Beckworth, Elmer (Elmer Beckworth as Cherokee County District Attorney)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation
Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Levy, Rick (Tx AFL-CIO)
 
 
 
 
HB  1939
 
    For:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation
Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Martinez III, Ray (Tx Municipal Courts Assoc.)
 
 
Zottarelli, Sarah (Bexar County Commissioner's Court)
 
 
 
 
HB  1997
 
    For:
Warner, Martha W. (156th Judicial District Attorney
Bee, Live Oak, & McMullen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beckworth, Elmer (Elmer Beckworth as Cherokee County District Attorney)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Gonzalez, Luis (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  2259 - Committee Substitute  (Pena)
 
    For:
Peterson, Martin  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2259
 
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Beckworth, Elmer (Elmer Beckworth as Cherokee County District Attorney)
 
 
Warner, Martha W. (Martha W. Warner 156th Judicial District Attorney
Bee, Live Oak & McMullen Co.)
 
 
 
 
HB  2260 - Committee Substitute  (Pena)
 
    For:
Peterson, Martin  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2260
 
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation
Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Hudson, Nicholas  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2703
 
    For:
Love, Elizabeth (Harris County Public Health and Environmental Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs)
 
 
Elizondo, Marcel (Texas Environmental Health Association)
 
 
Lane, Lee (Texas Association of Local Health Officials)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Pali, Terri (Texas Public Health Association)
 
 
Siebert, Bill (Texas Restaurant Association)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2768
 
    For:
Albert-Meagher, Melanie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Gonzales, Dominic (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2851
 
    For:
Bossom, James  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Guilbeauh, Kristine (Dept State Health Service
Resource Witness)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
HB  3247
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Heydinger, Ted (Walgreens)
 
 
Howard, Jay (Wal-Mart Stores Inc.)
 
 
Huddleston, Gary (Kroger Food Stores)
 
 
Key, Patrick (Randalls/Tom Thumb Food Mkts)
 
 
Metzinger, Phil (Brookshire Brothers)
 
 
Reagan, Karen (Tx Retailers Association)
 
 
Yarbrough, Brian (The Home Depot)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3340
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Del Gallo, Krista (TX Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Karam, Kathryn (Mexican-American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Levy, Rick (Tx AFL-CIO)
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  3342
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Del Gallo, Krista (TX Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Levy, Rick (Tx AFL-CIO)
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  3370
 
    For:
Carr, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference - The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
 
 
Chandler, Anne (1) Houston Rescue and Restore
2) Children at Risk Public Policy and Law Center)
 
 
Chester, Hilary (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio)
 
    For:
Robinson, Lisa Sandoz (Children at Risk Public Policy & Law Center)
 
 
Weber, Stephanie D. (Houston Rescue & Restore Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Christie, Gayle (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
Darby, Darin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
DelGallo, Krista (Tx Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Frederick, Maria (Jennifer Carr, Associate Director for the Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CLO)
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
Roberts, Beverly (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
 
 
HB  3371
 
    For:
Carr, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference - The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
 
 
Chandler, Anne (1) Houston Rescue and Restore
2) Children at Risk Public Policy and Law Center)
 
 
Chester, Hilary (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio)
 
 
Roberts, Beverly (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
Robinson, Lisa (Children at Risk Public Policy & Law Center)
 
 
Weber, Stephanie D. (Houston Rescue & Restore Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Christie, Gayle (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
Darby, Darin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Frederick, Maria (Jennifer Carr, Associate director for Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3372
 
    For:
Carr, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference - The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
 
 
Chandler, Anne (1) Houston Rescue and Restore
2) Children at Risk Public Policy and Law Center)
 
 
Chester, Hilary (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio)
 
 
Christie, Gayle (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
Robinson, Lisa (Children at Risk Public Policy & Law Center)
 
 
Segovia, Theresa (The Coalition Against Human Trafficking)
 
 
Weber, Stephanie D. (Houston Rescue & Restore Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DelGallo, Krista (Tx Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
Frederick, Maria (Jennifer Carr, Associate director for the Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Karam, Kathryn (Mexican-American Legal Defense & Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
Roberts, Beverly (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
Zacharias, Larry (TX Police Chiefs Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Braaten, Timothy A. (Tx Comission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards & Education)
 
 
 
 
HB  3374
 
    For:
Carr, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference - The Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)
 
 
Chandler, Anne (1) Houston Rescue and Restore
2) Children at Risk Public Policy Law Center)
 
 
Chester, Hilary (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of San Antonio)
 
 
Christie, Gayle (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
Robinson, Lisa (Children at Risk Public Policy & Law Center)
 
 
Weber, Stephanie D. (Houston Rescue & Restore Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DelGallo, Krista (Tx Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Frederick, Maria (Jennifer Carr, Associate director for the Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Hernandez, Benny (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
 
 
Reeves, Stephen (Christian Life Commission)
 
 
Roberts, Beverly (Concerned Women for America)
 
 
 
 
HB  3561
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3659
 
    For:
Dollinger, Adam  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Epstein, Ruth  (Self)
 
 
Raab, Ted Melina (Texas Federation of Teachers)
 
 
Rodriguez, Jeanette (Texas State Teachers Association)
 
 
 
 
HJR 67
 
    For:
Beckworth, Elmer (Elmer Beckworth as Cherokee County District Attorney)
 
 
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation
Center for Effective Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Levy, Rick (Tx AFL-CIO)