WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March  31, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  576
 
     On:
Duncan, David (Texas Dept. of Information Resources)
 
 
 
 
HB  1485
 
    For:
Crownover, Dale  (Self)
 
 
Denney, William (Quality Texas)
 
 
McLachlan, Donald  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Kamas, Susan (Workforce Solutions Board of Central Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1705
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Reed, Cindy (Texas Department of Information Resources)
 
 
 
 
HB  1707
 
    For:
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Frels, Jonathan (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
Miller, Robert (Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
 
 
Sterling, Ed (Texas Press Association & Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
 
 
Vanhettinga, Brynne (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1732
 
Against:
Vasquez, Julio  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Yawn, Keith (Legislative Budget Board)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Franks, Terry  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1773
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Boatright, David (Office of Attorney General)
 
 
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  1815
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Hall, Terri (Texas Turf)
 
 
 
 
HB  2004
 
     On:
Salone, Ginger (Texas Department of Information Resources)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Vanhettinga, Brynne (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  2044
 
    For:
Farrar, Jim  (Self and Lawyer)
 
 
Vance, Leslie  (Self and Attorney)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Casteel, Carter (Texas Civil Justice League)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Benjet, Bryce (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
Graham, Jeff (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
Blackmon, David (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers El Paso Corporation)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil)
 
 
Hinkle, Ron (American Insurance Association)
 
 
McCauley, Cindy (Lyondell Basell Industries)
 
 
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
 
 
Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)
 
Against:
Sebree, Ben (Texas Oil & Gas Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  2515
 
    For:
Zill, Jack (Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
dziuban, colleen (Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport)
 
 
 
 
HB  2820
 
    For:
Almaguer, Kevin  (Self)
 
 
Coleman, W. Kevin  (Self and Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists)
 
 
Cowan, Matthew  (Self and Texas Association of Professional Geoscientist & Houston Geological Society)
 
 
Davis, Michael  (Self and Texas Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Roeling, Barbara (Board of Professional Geoscientists)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Berry, John  (Self)
 
 
McWilliams, Dean (Texas Chapter - American Assn. of Landscape Architects)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Horton, Charles (Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists)
 
 
 
 
HB  3309
 
    For:
McKinney, Mike (ONCOR AECT)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Harder, Chuck (Centerpoint Energy, AEP-Texas, Swepco)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
HB  3406
 
    For:
Checkley, James (Cross Texas Transmission LLC)
 
 
Crowder, J Calvin (Electric Transmission Texas, LLC (ETT))
 
 
Donley, Dennis (WETT, LLC)
 
 
Reeder, Chris (Lone Star Transmission Co., LLC)
 
 
Willick, Lawrence (Cross Texas Transmission, LLC)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Assoc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Smitherman, Barry (Public Utility Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sadler, Paul (The Wind Coalition)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Hinkle, Dan (South Texas Electric Cooperative)