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WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March  4, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB 124 by J. Jackson
 
    For:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
 
 
HB 214 Sex Offender
 
    For:
Yenne, Jeri (Brazoria County DA's Office)
 
 
 
 
House Bill 616 - HATE CRIME STUDY
 
    For:
Garcia, Jesus  (Self and LULAC - League of United Latin American Citizens Texas)
 
 
 
 
IlLegalization of Salvia HB 126
 
    For:
Bricker, Wanda  (Self and Heart of Texas Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse)
 
 
 
 
HB  107
 
    For:
Braddy, Martin  (Self and Martin Braddy - District Attorney)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
 
 
HB  124
 
    For:
Camp, Torie (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Richardson, Kent (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexas County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
Johnson, Craig  (Self)
 
 
Littlefield, Joel (Hunt County Attorney Joel Littlefield)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Simpson, Matthew (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  126
 
    For:
Campbell, Michael  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Simpson, Matthew (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edmonds, Shannon (TDCAA (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.))
 
 
Johnson, Pat (DPS Crime Laboratory Service)
 
 
Ortiz, Jose (Texas Department of Public Safety)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, Jennifer (City of San Antonio)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Gaylor, Tom (Texas Municipal Police Association)
 
 
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
 
 
Johnson, Craig  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  214
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Littlefield, Joel  (Self and Hunt County Attorney Joel Littlefield)
 
 
Petroff, Kevin (Harris Co. District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  616
 
    For:
Scott, Paul (Equality Texas)
 
 
Simpson, Matthew (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Soifer, Jan  (Self and Anti-Defamation League)
 
 
Terrell, Randall (Equality Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ellis, Randall (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn  (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)