WITNESS LIST

            Defense & Veterans' Affairs Committee

            February 28, 2013 - 8:00 AM

            HB 45

                 For:

                                 Bruce, Clint (Self)

                                 Gonzales, Jeff (Self)

                                 Lacz, Kevin (Self)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                                 Nicola, James (Self)

                                 Vande Hey, Dale (DoD State Liaison Office)

                                 Waybourn, Bill (Self; City of Dalworthington Gardens)

                 On:

                                 Kuntz, William (Texas Dept of Licensing & Regulation)

                                 Ryan, Sean (Adjutant Generals Department)

                                 Stephens, Laura Jane (Adjutant General's Dept)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brauer, Scott (Self)

                                 Burgess, Clint (Self; Constable Tarrant County)

                                 Burgess, Wendy (Mansfield City Council)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Cook, Brittany (Self)

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Emberlin, Richard (Self)

                                 Gibson, Stephanie (Texas Retailers Association)

                                 Greaves, Ken (Self)

                                 Hogan, Patrick (Self)

                                 Johnson, Karen R. (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Kelly, John (US Navy Seal)

                                 Kyle, Taya (Self)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Radford, Franklin (Retired Navy Seal)

                                 Waybourn, Laura (Self)

                                 Wolf, Clayton (Self)

            HB 120

                 For:

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Assoc)

                                 Smith, Willard (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Elliston, Randy (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)

            HB 150

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

            HB 155

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                 On:

                                 Elliston, Randy (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)

                                 Mitchell, Kyle (Texas Veterans Commission)

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas Veterans Commission)

            HB 171

                 For:

                                 Thompson, John (Self)

                 On:

                                 Coburn, Rufus (Texas Veterans Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                 On:

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas Veterans Commission)

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                 On:

                                 Weaver, Dan (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 194

                 For:

                                 Brennan, James (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Aguirre, Peter (Self)

                                 Box, Karen (Self; Southwest minority supplier development council)

                                 Garcia, Carmen (MBE Institute for Public Policy)

                                 Posey, Margo J. (Self; DALLAS FORT WORTH MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT

                                 COUNCIL, HOUSTON MINORITY SUPPLIER DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL AND

                                 AUSTIN, SAN ANTONIO SOUTHWEST MINORITY COUNCIL)

                                 Wyatt, Jim (Texas assoc. of African Chambers Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas Veterans Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 East, Brian (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Giles, Deborah (Self; Texas Technology Consortium)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Hogan, Patrick (Self; Texas technology consortium)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                                 Miterko, John A (Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

            HB 418

                 On:

                                 Burris, Edward (Texas Dept of Public Safety)

                                 Jefferies, Perry (Texas A&M Health Science Center - The TexVet Initiative)

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas Veterans Commission)

                                 Tacquard, Mike (Texas DPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                                 Miterko, John A (Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

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            HB 489

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Carol (Self)

                                 East, Brian (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Gallegos, Adan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Garey, Glen (Texas Restaurant Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Giles, Deborah (Self)

                                 Grayson, James (Self)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Hogan, Patrick (Self)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                                 Partch, CarrieAnn (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for lawsuit reform)

            HB 614

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Hogan, Patrick (Self)

                                 Hogan, Patrick (Self)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Elliston, Randy (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)

            HB 618

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

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                 On:

                                 Elliston, Randy (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)

            HB 633

                 On:

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas Veterans Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                                 Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Miterko, John A (Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                 On:

                                 Peters, Joe (Department of Public Safety)

                                 Terry, Michael (Department of Public Safety)

                                 Wood, Kathy (Texas Veterans Commission)

            HB 781

                 On:

                                 Norris, Robert (Legislative budget board)

                                 Palladino, Thomas (Texas Veterans Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunningham, James (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations and MOAA)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Austin Military Officers Association)

                                 Lindner, Philip (Self; National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Lindner, Philip (National Guard Association of Texas)

                                 Little, Morgan (Self; Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                                 Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Miterko, John A (Texas coalition of veterans organizations)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Kathy (Texas Veterans Commission)

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