Witness List Display

This website will be unavailable from Friday, April 26, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, April 29, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

WITNESS LIST

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

April 27, 2009 upon final adjourn./recess

HB 322

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Burgower, Wendy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

HB 545

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)

Against:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

On:

Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)

HB 547

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)

Against:

Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)

HB 585

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

HB 587

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)

Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)

HB 889

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

HB 947

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Mendez, Hector (Texas Familty Law Foundation)

HB 950

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Mendez, Hector (Texas Family Law Foundation)

HB 1133

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Mendez, Hector (Texas Family Law Foundation)

On:

Lackey, Sandra (Tx Dept of State Health Services- Vital Statistics Unit)

HB 2048

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

On:

Bond, Katie (Office of Court Administration)

Ondrechen, Lesley (Office of Court Administration)

HB 2506

For:

Hart, Norbert (City of San Antonio)

Against:

Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Heckler, Jeff (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)

Heckler, Jeff (Save Our Springs Alliance)

Against:

Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council, Inc.)

Girard, Chuck (Real Estate Council of San Antonio)

Laborde, Blanca (The Real Estate Council (Dallas))

HB 2616

For:

Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County, Texas)

Garcia, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)

Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

HB 2992

For:

Martinez, Farrah (Loren Jackson, Harris County District Clerk)

Against:

Good, Ken W (The Professional Bondsmen of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)

Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)

Bailey, Chuck (Tx Dist. and Co Clerks)

Guidry, Carolyn L (Jefferson County Clerk in any official capacity)

Mitchell, Cynthia (Tx County & District Clerk Assoc.)

Streater, Joy (County/Dist Clerks Assn)

Wilson, Latonia (Authorized to speak on my official capacity as District Clerk of Galveston Co.)

Against:

Moore, Roger (Professional Bondsmen of Texas)

Sanchez, Harold (Self)

Sanchez, Sylvia (Self)

HB 3002

For:

Mitchell, Cynthia (TX County & District Clerks Assoc.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bailey, Chuck (Tx District and County Clerks Asso)

Lee, Randy (Steward Title Guaranty Co.)

Martinez, Farrah (Harris County District Clerk Lore-Jacksr)

HB 3018

For:

Graves, Michael (Self)

Against:

Burgower, Wendy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

HB 3710

For:

Russell, Sam (Self)

On:

Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)

HB 3711

For:

Russell, Sam (Self)

HB 3727

For:

Brender, Art (Self)

Against:

Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)

Brender, Lynda (Self)

O'Connor, Michol (Self)

Quesada, George Grey (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.)

Randall, M. Allen (Self)

Spivey, Broadus (Self)

Against:

Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)

Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)

Holt, David (City of Snyder
City of Odessa)

Holt, David (Texas Association of Community Schools)

Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)

HB 3763

For:

Lawrence, Tom (Self)

Against:

Greenberg, Mark (Dallas County Court at Law Judges)

Against:

Starkenburg, Gordon (Tx Justice Court Judges Assoc.)

On:

Charles, Alfonso (Texas Association of County Court at Law Judges)

Dickie, Martha (State Bar of Texas)

Evans, David (Judges Tarrant County)

Hile, Richard (State Bar Texas - Task Force - Court Administration)

Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)

Wisch, Scott (Self and Local Administrative Judge
Tarrant County District Judges)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Against:

Garcia, Patrick (El Paso County Council of Judges, I am the administrative judge for the council of judges in El Paso)

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Shapleigh, Ballard C. (34th Judicial District Attorney Jaime Esparza)

Trejo, Alma (County Courts of El Paso Tx)

HB 3892

On:

Davidson, Mark (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Wittenburg, Michelle (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

HB 3919

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Vanhettinga, Brynne (ACLU of Texas)

Whalen, Ken (Tx Daily Newspaper Association
Tx Press Association)

HB 4237

For:

Leibowitz, Vince (Self and Texas Progressive Alliance)

Musselman, Karl-Thomas (Self and Texas Progressive Alliance)

Against:

Simpson, Michael (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)

Vanhettinga, Brynne (ACLU of Texas)

HB 4251

For:

Kostura, Judy (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

Against:

Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)

Harracksingh, Rachel (Texas Ambulance Association and Life Ambulance Service)

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Cutrer, Jennifer (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

Ney, Gary (Christus Health)

Payne, Randal (Self)

Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

Sprinkle, GK (TX Ambulance Association)

Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Tx)

HB 4403

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Hays, Susan (Self)

McDonald, Craig (Texans for Public Justice)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

HB 4518

For:

Russell, Sam (Self)

HB 4549

For:

Frank, Maloney (Self)

Roach, Nelson (TTLA)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Oconnor, Michol (Self)

Against:

Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

HB 4685

For:

Russell, Sam (Self)

HCR 161

For:

Hill, Jason (Benbrook Water Authority)

Whitehurst, Rick (Benbrook Water Authority)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Lindgron, Dennis (Benbrook Water Authority)

Wasson, David (Benbrook Water Authority)

HJR 138

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Hays, Susan (Self)

HR 480

For:

Bennett, Mark (Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association)

Brender, Art (Self)

Harrington, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)

Hedayati, Hooman (Students Against the Death Penalty)

Herring, Charles (Self)

O'Connor, Michol (Self)

Spivey, Broadus (Self)

Against:

Maloney, Frank (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)

Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)

Foster, Lawrence (Self)

Foster Sr, Kenneth (Self)

Haule, Margaret (Self)

Medberry, Tracy (Self)

Meyer, Delia Perez (Self)

Rubac, Gloria (Self and Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement)

Simpson, Michael (Self)

Wilson, Crystal (Self)

SB 431

On:

Fenstermacher, Sylvia (Daughter, Jessie Fenstermacher
Grandson, Caden Christoffer)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Wong, Brandon (Self)

Against:

Stegall, Melodie (Credit Union Legislative Coalition)

SB 431 - Committee Substitute (wentworth)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Sinkin, Steven (Self and Toby Goodman - Could not be here)

Against:

Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union League)

Sandberg, Eric (Texas Bankers Association)

On:

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

SB 432

Against:

Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union League)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Sinkin, Steven (Self)

For:

Wong, Brandon (Self)

Against:

Stegall, Melodie (Credit Union Legislative Coalition)

SB 477

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

SB 491

For:

DelGallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Brown, Pamela (Texas Riogrande Legal Aid, Inc.)

SB 497

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Herman, Guy (Self)

On:

Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)

SB 657

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Mills, Dan (Self)

SB 812

Registering, but not testifying:

On:

Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)