WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            April 19, 2011 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 17

                 For:

                                 Doyle, Russell (Self)

                                 Martinez, Maria (Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas)

                                 Stanley, Smith (East Gulf Coast Con. Assn)

                                 Whiteford, Louise (Texans For Immigration Reform, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Reyes, Esther (Reform Immigration for TX Alliance)

                 On:

                                 Carter, David (Self; Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas (IRCOT))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Roberts, Beverly (Concerned Women for America)

                                 Roberts, Beverly (Village Republican Women (TX Federation of Republican Women))

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Figueroa, Luis (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund (MALDEF))

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Lee, B.J. (Self)

                                 Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)

                                 Russell, Debbie (ACLU-TX)

            HB 685

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

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

            HB 686

                 Against:

                                 Wakefield, John (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (TEXAS ASSOCIATION of BROADCASTERS)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

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

                 Against:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorneys Office)

                                 Davila, Darrell (Tarrant County District Attorney)

            HB 728

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation center for effective justice)

            HB 778

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Harmon, Roger (Johnson County)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                 Against:

                                 Lee, B.J. (Self)

            HB 864

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Maria (Immigration & Reform Coalition of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc.)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Jones, James (Houston Police Department)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)

                 Against:

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Russell, Debbie (ACLU-TX)

            HB 1213

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Maria (Immigration & Reform Coalition of Texas)

                                 Wakefield, John (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)

                                 Wallace, Heather (Self)

                                 Wallace, Paula (Self)

            HB 1640

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)

                                 Jones, Chris (COMBINED LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS OF TEXAS)

            HB 1715

                 For:

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation center for effective justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn)

            HB 1723

                 For:

                                 Rabb, Lawrence (Cameron County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                 On:

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)

            HB 2065

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation center for effective justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Tx NAACP)

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Russell, Debbie (ACLU-TX)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)

            HB 2180

                 For:

                                 Huebner, Carolyn (Self)

                                 Pena, Manuel (Self)

                                 West, Kimly (Noisefreetexas.org)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Harmon, Roger (Johnson County)

            HB 2285

                 For:

                                 Davila, Darrell (Tarrant County District Attorney)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

            HB 2303

                 For:

                                 Kahan, Andy (Houston Police Department)

                 On:

                                 McCleskey, Gene (Office of the Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                                 Wallace, Heather (Self)

                                 Wallace, Paula (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Martinez, Maria (Self)

            HB 2326

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation center for effective justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Marc (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Russell, Debbie (ACLU-TX)

                 On:

                                 Shackelford, Wesley (Task Force on Indigent Defense)

            HB 2526

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self)

                                 McAndrew, Ashley (Americans United for Life)

                                 Meyer, Dina (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Roberts, Beverly (Self)

            HB 2647

                 For:

                                 Lamont, Carole (Harris County Commissioner)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Wakefield, John (HARRIS COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE)

            HB 3056

                 On:

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of the Attorney General / Resource Witness)

            HB 3306

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation center for effective justice)

                 Against:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District  Attorney's Office)

                                 Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

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

            HB 3522

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3546

                 For:

                                 Purdy, Thomas (Self; Janet (Jan) R. Purdy)

                 Against:

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

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

                                 Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)

                                 Harmon, Roger (Johnson County)

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