WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April  6, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  556 - Committee Substitute  (keumpel)
 
    For:
Allred, Al  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  556
 
    For:
Grigg, Larry  (Self)
 
 
Small, Ed  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
Grigg, Pat  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  755
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hardgrove, Wallace (County of El Paso)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Vasquez, Michael (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
 
 
 
 
HB  818
 
    For:
Kader, Tom  (Self and Associated General Contractors)
 
 
Korsakov, Allan (Baker Concrete Construction, Inc.)
 
 
Martin, Christopher (Texas Contractors Assn)
 
 
Parker, Robert (Associated Builders & Contractors and Repcon Strickland, Inc.)
 
 
Roberts, Cary (Texas Civil Justice League)
 
 
Shidlofsky, Lee (AGC, TCJCL, & TCA)
 
 
Thomas, Richard (Texas Construction Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gordon, Laura (The City of El Paso)
 
 
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
 
 
Ringelman, Ryan (BNSF Railway Co.)
 
 
Wilson, Fred (Union Pacific Railroad Company)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bowman, Gordon (City of Austin)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bacot, David (TNT Crane & Rigging, Inc. Houston, TX)
 
 
Bateman, Dwight  (Self and American Fire Sprinkley Assc.)
 
 
Bounds, Mackie  (Self and Texas Construction Assoc.)
 
 
Bruns, Richard (Southwest Terrazzo Assn)
 
 
Bullard, Thomas (TNT Crane & Rigging Inn)
 
 
Castillo, Yvonne (Texas Society of Architects)
 
 
Chester, Brian  (Self and American Subcontractor Association)
 
 
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
 
 
Davis, Heidi (American Subcontractors Association - San Antonio Chapter)
 
 
East, Darlene (Holes Incorporated American Subcontractors Assoc of Greater Houston)
 
 
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
 
 
Freeman, Harold (Texas Construction Association
)
 
 
Gellhausen, William (Alterman, Inc.)
 
 
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of Realtors)
 
 
Hartman, Arthur  (Self and Hartman Fire Protection)
 
 
Hewitt, Todd  (Self and Central Texas Subcontractors Association, Texas Fifth Wall Roofing Systems, Inc.)
 
 
Holden, Paul (DFW Drywall & Acoustical Contractors)
 
 
Hurta, Bud (TNT Crane & Rigging)
 
    For:
Jones, Nancy (Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors of Texas)
 
 
Junker, Jennifer (John F Clark Company, Inc.)
 
 
Lambert, Chris  (Self and L&O Electric, Inc.
National Electrical Contractors Association
Central Texas Subcontractors Association)
 
 
Lechner, Chris (Precast Concrete Mfg Association)
 
 
Lewis, Clarissa  (Self)
 
 
Lewis, Dennis (Potter Concrete, Ltd. AND Texas Construction Association)
 
 
McKenna, Paul (Western States Fire Protection & The Texas Fire Sprinkler Contractors Association)
 
 
Morgan, Eugene (MDM Scaffolding Services, Inc
Scaffolding Industry Association)
 
 
Noble, Shannon (Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Assoc.)
 
 
Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursing & Landscape Association)
 
 
Rians, Steven  (Self and Texas Construction Association TCA
Texas Fire Protection Contractors Assoc.)
 
 
Ringenberger, David (Texas Construction Assoc.)
 
 
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Responsible Plumbers and Associates)
 
 
Stone, David  (Self and Texas Fire Sprinkler Contractor Assoc.
)
 
 
Thompson, Tim (Alamo Insurance Group)
 
 
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
 
 
Wilson, Wendy (Texas Apt. Assn)
 
 
Woodruff, Allan (Scott-Macon Equipment
Texas Crane Owner's Association)
 
 
Woody, Kurt  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Cabrales, John (City of Denton, TX)
 
 
Firth, Sylvia (City of El Paso)
 
 
Fuentes, Frank (U.S. Hispanic Contractors Association Hispanic Contractors Association of Texas)
 
 
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
Kemptner, Sara (City of Waco)
 
 
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Hamilton, Marilyn (Texas Department of Insurance)
 
 
 
 
HB  1204
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
McDonald, Craig (Texans for Public Justice)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Bolton, Pamela J. (Texas Watch)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Willing, Seana (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
 
 
 
 
HB  1488
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)
 
 
 
 
HB  1679
 
    For:
Millman, Robert (Blue Origin, LLC)
 
 
 
 
HB  1804
 
    For:
Allen, Harvey  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1861
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration/Texas Judicial Council)
 
 
 
 
HB  1969
 
    For:
Ikard Jr, Frank N  (Self)
 
 
Jones, Jerry  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  2575
 
Against:
Breen, Terry (24th D.A.'s Ofc, Cuero, Tex.)
 
Against:
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Chavez, Marc (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)
 
 
Dornburg, Andrew (Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza District Attorney, 34th Judicial District)
 
 
 
 
HB  2683
 
    For:
Aiyer, Nirja (City of Houston)
 
 
Houston, Scott (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
Rai, Savita  (Self)
 
 
Siscoe, Scott (Houston Police Dept)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ellis, Rod (City of Austin)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Richardson, Kent (Office of the Attorney General (Resource))
 
 
 
 
HB  2731
 
    For:
Weitz, Tim  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3080
 
    For:
Green, Deborah (Real Estate Probate & Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas - Guardianship Chair)
 
 
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
 
 
Karisch, Glenn  (Self and Real Estate, Probate and Estate Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)
 
 
Oglesby, Christopher (The Arc of Texas Master Pooled Trust as Trust Manager)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Pargaman, William (Real Estate Probate, & Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas)
 
 
Wolff, Harry (State Bar of Texas - Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section (Chair - Elect/Secretary))
 
 
 
 
HB  3246
 
    For:
Weisbart, Geoff (John & Jane Doe and their daughter Jane Doe II)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Tepera, Steven (John Doe & Jane Doe, Individually and on behalf of Jane Doe II)
 
 
 
 
HB  3554
 
    For:
Hufstetler, Randy (Judges of Brazoria County)
 
 
 
 
HB  3995
 
    For:
Barkan, Maxine (League of Women Voters of Texas)
 
 
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Heimlich, Ed (Informed Citizens of Texas)
 
 
Roach, Nelson (TTLA)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Jefferson, Wallace (Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas)
 
 
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration/Texas Judicial Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
 
 
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
McDonald, Craig (Texans for Public Justice)
 
 
 
 
HB  4068
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  4293
 
Against:
Heimlich, Ed (Ed Heimlich, Exec Dir Informed Citizens)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Ho, James (Office of the Attorney General)