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WITNESS LIST
SB  1598
Senate Committee Report
Jurisprudence
April  8, 2009 - 1:30 PM or upon adjournment
 
FOR:
 
 
Bower, Bruce  Attorney (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Kincare Task Force),  Austin, TX
 
 
Dietz, Kevin  Manager - Family Law Team - Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
 
Garcia, Oscar  Speaker Pro Tem (also providing written testimony)  (The Texas Silver - Haired Legislature),  Fort Worth, TX
 
 
Higgins, Carlos  Chair, Legislative Action Committee  (Texas Silver - Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
 
Lovings, Mary A.  Mother - Grandmother  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
 
Oliver, Carolyn  Grandmother  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
 
Dudley, William  Attorney  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
ON:
 
 
Paga, Beth  Director of Program Litigation  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
 
Warne, Judy  District Judge  (Family Trial Division - Harris County),  Houston, TX
 
 
Wilmot, Felipa  Family Caregiver Program Specialist  (Area Agency on Aging of the Coastal Bend),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
 
Chapman, Randall  Executive Director  (Texas Legal Services Center),  Austin, TX
 
 
Rynders, Dustin  Attorney  (Advocacy, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
 
Smith, Jodie  Public Policy Director  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
 
Smith, Tom "Smitty"  (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
 
Strub, Leonard  AARP Legislative Volunteer  (AARP),  Allen, TX
 
 
Summerlin, Errol A.  (Self),  Portland, TX
 
Against:
 
 
Bresnen, Steve  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX