WITNESS LIST
Elections Committee
March  30, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  251 - Committee Substitute  (Bohac)
 
    For:
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
HB  251
 
Against:
Hollingsworth, Lonnie (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ashley, Natalia (Texas Ethics Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Association of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)
 
 
Osobase, Derrick (Texas State Employees Union)
 
 
Simpson, Dee (Travis County and Harris County employers, etc.)
 
 
 
 
HB  252
 
    For:
Mashburn, Sherry (City of San Marcos)
 
 
Raborn, Steve  (Self)
 
 
Stratta, Mary (City of Bryan)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Molina, Crystal (Brown County Elections Administration)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  334
 
    For:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  478
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Privett, Anita (League of Women of Texas)
 
 
Privett, Tony  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Toney, Doug (Texas Daily Newspaper Association, Texas Press Association)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  488
 
    For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF))
 
Against:
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County/District Clerks Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  512
 
    For:
Barrera, Diana  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston County Tax Office and voters)
 
 
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Raborn, Steve  (Self and Tarrant County Elections Administrator)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cubria, Melissa (Texan Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG))
 
 
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Young, Suzy (Brown County, TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  544
 
Against:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  567
 
    For:
Harper, Paul (Somervell County Democratic Party)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bowman, M. Marie  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  567 - Committee Substitute  (Bohac)
 
    For:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1144
 
    For:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Ryan, Derek (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1193
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Ryan, Derek (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  1419
 
    For:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Ryan, Derek (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1457
 
     On:
Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston County Tax Office and voters)
 
 
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Lewis, Fred  (Self)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Rynders, Dustin (Advocacy, Inc.)
 
 
Sanchez, Melissa (Public Citizen)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  1493
 
    For:
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  1654
 
    For:
Lewis, Fred  (Self)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Averett, Amy  (Self)
 
 
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Gendron, Christine (Texas Network of Youth Services)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Lewis, Alex  (Self)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
 
 
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  1768
 
Against:
Johnson, Cheryl  (Self and Galveston Co. Voters)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
Raborn, Steve  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)
 
 
Ratliff, Thomas  (Self)
 
 
Sanchez, Melissa (Public Citizen)
 
    For:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Acevedo, Fidel (LULAC Council 48)
 
 
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
 
 
Tafoya, Marcelo (LULAC District 12)
 
 
 
 
HB  1945
 
    For:
Carr, Snapper (City of Corpus Christi)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  1997
 
    For:
Gullahorn, Jack  (Self and Professional Advocacy Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  2065
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sanchez, Melissa (Public Citizen)
 
 
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  2209
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)
 
 
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
 
 
Gutierrez, Anthony (Texas Democratic Party)
 
 
Johnson, Cheryl (Gal. Co. Tax Office)
 
 
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
 
 
Marlin, Justin (Texans Care for Children)
 
 
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Santana, Sonia (ACLU-TX)
 
 
Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  2209 - Committee Substitute  (Anchia)
 
    For:
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
Young, Suzy (Brown County, TX EA)
 
 
 
 
HB  2401
 
    For:
Young, Suzy (Brown County EA's office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Molina, Crystal (Brown County EA)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  2950
 
    For:
Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston County Tax Office and voters of co.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative)
 
 
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Thompson, John (Polk County)
 
 
Young, Suzy (Brown County TX, EA)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  3061
 
    For:
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
Johnson, Cheryl (Galveston County Tax Assessor/Collector)
 
 
Raborn, Steve  (Self)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County-District Clerks Association)
 
 
Swift, Sheryl (Galveston County Tax Office)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3062
 
    For:
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
Johnson, Ed (Harris County Tax Office)
 
 
Raborn, Steve  (Self)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County District Clerks Association)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  3134
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bowman, Marie (Rep. Party of Brown County)
 
 
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Streater, Joy (County-District Clerks Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
McGeehan, Ann (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
HB  3369
 
    For:
DeBeauvoir, Dana (County and District Clerks Association of Texas Legislative Committee)
 
 
Kinney, Dennis (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bowman, M. Marie  (Self and Brown Co. Rep. Party Executive Comm. Member)
 
Against:
Wallace, Skipper (Texas Republican County Chair's Association)
 
 
Young, Suzy (Brown County EA)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Winn, Elizabeth (Secretary of State)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
 
 
Stout, Bill (Green Party of Texas)
 
 
Toney, Doug (Texas Daily Newspaper Association, Texas Press Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
Molina, Crystal  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3553 - Committee Substitute  (Brown)
 
     On:
Gullahorn, Jack  (Self and Professional Advocacy Association of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  3553
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Blakemore, Allen  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Edwards, Rosemary  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  4060
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Privett, Anita (League of Women Voters of Texas)