WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 22, 2011 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
McMordie, Charlie (Texas Association of Addiction Professionals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
Shields, Chris (Association of Substance House Providers)
Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Alpert, Richard (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Atkinson, Mark (Judicial Resource Liaison, Texas Center for the Judiciary)
Coffey, Debra (Smart Start Ignition Interlock)
Factor, Abe (Self)
Koehler, Mel (Self; Jennifer Tharp, Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Lewis, Bill (Mother Against Drunk Driving)
Against:
Williams, Teresa (Dallas County Community Supervision and Corrections Dept.)
On:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Walden, Melissa (Texas Transportation Institute)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Harmon, Roger (Johnson County)
Herberg, Cliff (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept.)
Mendez, Mark (TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT)
Pete, Elizalde (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sloman, Jessica (HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Waldon, Barbara (City of Waco)
Wiginton, Deborah (Self)
Against:
Stevens, Deborah (Self)
Thompson, Rodney (Angelina County CSCD; Texas Probation Association)
Villarreal, Celeste (Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas)
On:
Fowler, Abigail (Attorney General's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light Org.)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Herberg, Cliff (BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lemis, Ann (Redeemed Ministries)
Martinez, Diana (TEXPROTECTS, ThE TEXAS ASSO. FOR THE PROTECTION OF
CHILDREN)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department Chief of Police -David Brown)
For:
Blackwell, Betty (Self)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
On:
Roland, Jon (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mendez, Mark (TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association; TX Press Association)
On:
Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
For:
Michaels, Aaron (Self; N.C.T.E.M.T.S GROUP "Friendship West Baptist Church"...
DALLAS COUNTY C.E.R.T.)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
Against:
Herberg, Cliff (SUSAN REED BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY)
Schneider, Michael (TEXAS ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Roland, Jon (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Burrow, Kathy (Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)
Elizalde, Pete (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers)
Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association; TX Press Association)
For:
Jones, Chris (COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OF TEXAS)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc.)
Katrina, Daniels (Bexar County District Attorney, Suan Reed)
Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Leblond, Mary (Texas Emergency Nurses Association)
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (TEXAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)
Against:
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)
On:
Kidder, Sarah (Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballew, Joel (TEXAS HEALTH RESOURCES)
Birdwell, Gretchen (Nursing Legislative Agenda Coalition)
Higgins, Carlos (TEXAS SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATURE)
Hutto, Kathy (Community Health System)
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Peterson, Christine (Self)
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
Short, Chelsea (Self)
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
Warner, Freddy (MEMORIAL HERMANN HEALTHCARE SYSYTEM)
Welsh, Dinah (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
Willmann, James (Texas Nurses Association)
Against:
Dwyer, Jean Thomas (Self)
Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
Peyson, Robin (NATIONAL ALLIANCE on MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) TEXAS)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan Reed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Michaels, Aaron (Self; North Central Texas Emergency Management Training Seminar Group;
Dallas County Community Emergency Response Team)
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
Against:
Herberg, Cliff (SUSAN REED BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Roland, Jon (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
Leete, Travis (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Alpert, Richard (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Elizalde, Pete (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept.)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Schneider, Michael (TX ASSOC. of BROADCASTERS)
Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association; TX Press Association)
For:
Keller, Michael (CARDTRONICS, INC.; ATM INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION)
Shinn, Ted (DALLAS POLICE DEPT.-CHIEF OF POLICE DAVID BROWN)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept.)
Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Tittle, Gary (NORTH TEXAS CRIME COMMISSION)
Ware, Michael (Dallas County District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney. Susan D. Reed)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Alpert, Richard (Tarrant Co. DA)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc.)
Jones, Chris (COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OF TEXAS)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
For:
Baker, Jonathan Trey (Self; Hargrave Arcade)
Kirby, Brad (Self)
Paquette, Nicole (Humane Society of The United States)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barlett, Marilyn (Self)
Baxter, Bonnie (Self)
Dell Prette, Lexa (Self)
Dwyer, Kelly (Self)
Guha-Castle, Sudeshna (Self)
Jones, Nancy (Self)
Lewis, Leila (Self)
Marquette, Christine (Self)
Nordyke, Patt (Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies)
Peterson, Christine (Self)
Randall, Daniel (Self)
Randall, Joan (Self)
Whitehouse, Rebecca (Self)
For:
Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Gonzalez, David (TEXAS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Assn.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hall, Steve (THE STAND DOWN TEXAS PROJECT)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Quinzi, Paul (Self)
For:
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlson, Pat (TEXAS EAGLE FORUM)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan Reed)
Dwyer, Jean Thomas (Daughters of Charity National Advocacy and Social Justice Cmte)
Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lemis, Ann (Redeemed Ministries)
Olson, Anne (Christian Life Commission)
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light Org.)
Against:
Etter, Kristen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Herberg, Cliff (SUSAN D. REED BEXAR COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlson, Pat (TEXAS EAGLE FORUM)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Davila, Darrell (Tarrant County District Attorney)
Dwyer, Jean Thomas (Daughters of Charity National Advocacy and Social Justice Cmte)
Elizalde, Pete (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Lemis, Ann (Redeemed Ministries)
Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, the Texas Asso. for the Protection of Children)
Olson, Anne (Christian Life Commission)
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorneys Office)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Etter, Kristen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Linn, Rachel (Comal County District Attorney's Office)
Linnartz, Neal (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (As Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wiginton, Deborah (Self)
Against:
Bailey, Kris (Self)
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Claitor, Diana (Texas Jail Project)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Raymond, Virginia (Self)
Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
Skidmore, Lynn (Self)
Against:
Burnham, Joan (Austin/ Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
Butler, Robert (Self)
Carlson, Pat (TEXAS EAGLE FORUM)
Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Etter, Kristen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Fazio, Heather (Self)
Gonzalez, David (TEXAS CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION)
Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)
Mason, Susanne Elizabeth (Self)
Peterson, Randy (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
For:
Kaiser, Christopher (TEXAS ASSOCIATION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rice, Victor (Self)
On:
Alpert, Richard (Tarrant Co. DA)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Jones, Chris (COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS)
Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Settle, Aaron (THE TEXAS COUNCIL ON FAMILY VIOLENCE)
For:
Higgins, Carlos (TEXAS SILVER-HAIRED LEGISLATURE)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
Sabo, Jason (United Ways of Texas)
Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Herberg, Cliff (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorneys Office)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Bethke, James (Task Force on Indigent Defense)
Keller, Sharon (Task Force On Indigent Defense)
Slayton, David (Lubbock County)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)
de la Rosa, Adrian (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Harmon, Roger (Johnson County)
Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
For:
Hart, Brad (HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE)
Ruland, Norman (HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc.)
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept.)
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department Chief of Police -David Brown)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorneys Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney, Susan D. Reed)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept)
Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)
Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Barger, Jared (Self)
Bussell, Ricardo (Self)
Calvert, Zachary (Self)
Doyle, Russell (Self)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
Greene, Linda (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Halbgewachs, Charlotte (Self)
Hawthrone, Glenda (Self)
Hirschkind, Claire (Self)
Krenek, Mary (Self)
Liverman, Janice (Self)
Metting, Taylor (Self)
Miller, Julie (Self)
Mims, Forrest (Self)
Nielsen, Joseph (Self)
Pierce, Bradley (Self)
Stevens, Deborah (Self)
Strackbein, Wesley (Self; TSATYRANNY.COM)
Stutsman, Jim (LIBERTARIAN PARTY TEXAS)
Youngblood, Christopher (Self)
Against:
Roland, Jon (Self)
Shaw, Judith (Self)
On:
Attaway, Shane (Resource Witness)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bailey, Kris (Self)
Brewer, Katie (Self)
Eckert, William (Self)
Haecker, Ryan (Self)
Hall, Terri (Texas TURF)
McDonald, Tony (Young Conservatives of Texas)
Peterson, Randy (Self)
Schoebert, Dana (Self)
Short, Dan (Self)
Snavely, Travis (Self)
Stein, Mitchell (Self)
Vogt, Mark (Self)
Wright, Kevin (Self)
Zimmerman, Don (Travis County Republican Party)
For:
Jones, Chris (COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS)
On:
Alpert, Richard (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc.)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Assoc.)
For:
Frank, Todd (Self)
Parnham, George (Mental Health of America (Houston))
Self, Stanley (Self)
Against:
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Peyson, Robin (NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS (NAMI) TX)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)
Against:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
On:
Eisenberg, Arthur (Univ of North TX Health Science Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Against:
Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Eckert, Jeff (TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hartline, Rina (CENTERPOINT ENERGY)
Against:
Bos, Andrea (ACLU of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)
Erben, Randy (The Home Depot)
Reagan, Karen (Walgreen Co.)
Sloman, Jessica (HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT)
HB 2482 - Committee Substitute (Gallego)
For:
Battles, Mike (Stage Stores Inc.)
Sheppard, Anthony (CVS/Caremark)
Williams, David (HOBBY LOBBY CORPORATION)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)
Shields, Brad (Texas Federation of Drug Stores)
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Ellis, Mark (Self)
Stretcher, Charles R. (Ron) (DALLAS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT; NORTH
TEXAS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AUTHORITY)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Etter, Kristen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Jones, Amanda (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Ligon, Katharine (MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA HOUSTON)
Mendez, Mark (TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT)
Muzquiz-Drummond, Sylvia (Self)
Pardue, Craig (DALLAS COUNTY)
Parnham, George (MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (HOUSTON))
Scouill, Terry (Self)
Scovill, Lori (Self)
On:
Lopez, Chris (Department of State Health Services)
Mitchell, Beth (Disability Rights Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Segale, Kimberly (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney, Susan Reed)
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