WITNESS LIST

            Corrections Committee

            April 17, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 255

                 On:

                                 Owens, Rissoe (Tx board of pardons and paroles)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            HB 256

                 For:

                                 Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            HB 529

                 For:

                                 Deitch, Michele (Self)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

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

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america if texas)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                 On:

                                 Bittner, Marc (Self; 33rd and 424th Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department)

                                 Bray, Brett (TJJD)

            HB 686

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)

                                 Meyer, Julie (ACLU of TX)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Elzner, Robert (Self)

                                 Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Casanova, Veronica (Windham School District)

            HB 1266

                 For:

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

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Scott, Christopher (Self; House of Renewed Hope)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Elzner, Robert (Self)

                                 Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Pintchovski, Susan (Self)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Shaney, Sarah (Self; Sending Solidarity)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america if texas)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

            HB 1318

                 For:

                                 Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Kameron (Self; Juvenile Public Defender)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)

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

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america if texas)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

                 Against:

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Bray, Brett (TJJD)

            HB 1337

                 For:

                                 Dreymala, James (Self)

                                 Drummond, Linda (Self)

                                 Dufour, Doots (Diocese of austin)

                                 Kahan, Andy (Victim advocate city of houston)

                                 Wilson, Michelle (Self)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Dreymala, Elaine (Self)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

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

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

                 Against:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)

            HB 1388

                 For:

                                 Deitch, Michele (Self)

                                 Meurer, W. Jeanne (Self; Travis County Juvenile Probatiom)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                 On:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

            HB 1450

                 For:

                                 Corson, Michelle (Champion impact capital)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                 On:

                                 McGinty, Jerry (Tex Department of Criminal Justice)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1645

                 For:

                                 Hunt, Laura (Self)

                                 Rosenbusch, Robert (Self; RemoteCOM)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

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

                 Against:

                                 Wardian, G B (Self)

                 On:

                                 Jenkins, Stuart (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Welebob, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 2855

                 For:

                                 Dunklee, Caitlin (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)

            HB 3004

                 For:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Tavakkoli, Amir (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

            HB 3371

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Shaw, Riley (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

                 Against:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Frreedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

            HB 3533

                 For:

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Texas criminal justice coalition)

                 On:

                                 Thaler, Rick (TDCJ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

            HB 3634

                 For:

                                 Deitch, Michele (Self)

                                 Meurer, W. Jeanne (Self; Travis County Juvenile Probatiom)

                                 Meurer, W. Jeanne (Self)

                                 Shaw, Riley (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            HB 3743

                 For:

                                 Shaw, Riley (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

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

                 Against:

                                 Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

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