WITNESS LIST

            Corrections Committee

            March 27, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 517

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                                 Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Wilson, Patrick (Ellis county & District Attorney Office)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (TDCJ)

                                 Owens, Rissie (Board of pardons and paroles)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Healey, John (Fort Bend County District Attorney)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Associations)

                                 Wells, Bettie (Self; Board of pardons and paroles)

            HB 1541

                 For:

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Dufour, Doots (Self; Diocese of. Austin)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 On:

                                 Deitch, Michele (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Burke, Terri (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 1566

                 For:

                                 Healey, John (Fort Bend County District Attorney)

                 Against:

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Stanford II, Ken (Self)

                                 Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Texas Probation Association and Noth Texas Chief's Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Blosser, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Paul Hastings)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Self)

            HB 1567

                 For:

                                 Healey, John (Fort Bend County District Attorney)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Stockard, Glenn (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 2069

                 On:

                                 Owens, Rissie (Board of pardons and paroles)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Burke, Terri (ACLU of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Zamora, April (TDCJ reenty and integration division)

            HB 2398

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots (Self; Diocese of. Austin)

                                 Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

            HB 2399

                 For:

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Dufour, Doots (Diocese oof austin.)

                 On:

                                 Deitch, Michele (Self)

                                 Williams, Mark (Tom green county Juvenile Probation and 6 counties surrounding Tom green)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Burke, Terri (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas association of business)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

            HB 2544

                 On:

                                 McCown, Angie (Texasa Department of Criminal Justice, Victim Services Division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2719

                 For:

                                 Dorsett, Vivian (Self; Foster Care Alumni of America-Texas Chapter)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Burke, Terri (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Sibley, Kathryn (DFPS)

            HB 2733

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots (Self; Diocese of. Austin)

                 On:

                                 Griffiths, Mike (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Buchholtz, Chelsea (Texas Juvenile Justice Department--only testifying if necessary to answer

                                 questions.)

            HB 2734

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots (Self; Diocese of. Austin)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas association of business)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2810

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 2811

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots. B (Self; Diocese of austin)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas association of business)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

            HB 2812

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots (Self; Diocese of. Austin)

                                 Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Dewitt, Cathy (Texas association of business)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                 On:

                                 Jenkins, Stuart (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Zamora, April (TDCJ reenty and integration division)

            HB 2877

                 On:

                                 Howell, Sharon (Texas dept of criminal justice, office of general counsel)

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