WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            April 1, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1325

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, George (Texas apartment association)

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Blevins, Jr, Bryan (Tx Trial Lawyers Ass)

                                 Borskey, Mark (General Electric)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero energy corporation)

                                 Cagnolatti, David (Phillips66)

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                                 Cooper, Kevin (American Insurance Association AIA)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)

                                 Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil)

                                 Hazlewood, Steve (The Dow Chemical Company)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 LaBoon, John (Self)

                                 Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)

                                 Salinas, Nelson (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)

                                 Tays, Sara (Exxon Mobil)

                                 Womack, Daniel (Texas chemical council)

            HB 1435

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Cynthia (Self; The County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Gary (Dallas County District Clerk)

                                 Hoefling, Diane (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerks Office)

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Self; County and District clerks' Association of texas)

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (Self)

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            HB 1530

                 For:

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Self; County and District clerks' Association of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County)

                                 Dahill, John (T exas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Gary (Dallas County District Clerk)

                                 Hoefling, Diane (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerks Office)

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Weeks, Carl (Freedom of information foundation of Texas)

            HB 1626

                 For:

                                 Streater, Joy (Self; County and District Clerks Association of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas land title association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hoefling, Diane (Self)

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Self; County and District clerks' Association of texas)

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Fleming, John (Texas mortgage bankers association)

                                 Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas association of realtors)

                                 Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company)

            HB 1728

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Cynthia (Self; The County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hoefling, Diane (Self)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerks Office)

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Self; County and District clerks' Association of texas)

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                 For:

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (Self)

            HB 1759

                 For:

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)

                                 Martin, Jerry (KPRC-TV / Texas Assn of Broadcasters)

                                 Peeples, David (Self)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of information foundation of texas, texas press association and

                                 texas broadcast association)

                 On:

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Parker, Brad (Self; TTLA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, George (Texas apartment association)

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Stephenson, Thomas (Texas Press Association and the Houston Chronicle)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review & Daily Commercial Record)

            HB 1869

                 For:

                                 Chamberlain, David (Self; Texas Chapters, American Board of Trial Advocates)

                                 Choate, Guy (Self)

                                 Harvey, Jay (Self)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)

                                 Kostura, Judy (Self)

                                 London, Alice (Self)

                                 Strelsky, Dustin (Self)

                                 Strelsky, Jennifer (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Fazio, Jerry (Texas Alliance of Nonsubscribers)

                                 Thompson, Jay (Texas association of life and health insurers)

                                 Wilson, Scott (TML Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool)

                 On:

                                 Dyer, Jay (Office of the Attorney General)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                                 Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

                 Against:

                                 Gonzales, David (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Knaupe, Gregg (Seton Healthcare Family)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Self; Huntsman Corp.)

                                 Norton, Kaden (Texas Association of Benefit Administrators)

                                 Norton, Kaden (TML-IEBP)

                 On:

                                 Danzeiser, Doug (TX Department of Insurance - Resource Only)

            HB 2302

                 For:

                                 FITZSIMMONS, GARY (Self; DALLAS COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK)

                 On:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Jefferson, Wallace B. (Supreme Court of Texas)

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, George (Texas apartment association)

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Chapman, Randall (Self; Texas Legal Services Center)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Jackson, Jim (Self; Dallas county)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerks Office)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

            HB 2748

                 For:

                                 Beving, Rita (Self; Public citizen)

                                 Gamble, Phil (Gas Processors Associstion)

                                 Mann, James (Texas Pipeline Association)

                 Against:

                                 Peacock, Bill (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Garza Jr, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Lineberry, Colin (Railroad Commission)

                                 Rister, Milton (Railroad commission)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allday, Marty (Enbridge Energy)

                                 Allen, George (Texas apartment association)

                                 Billingsley, Anne (ONEOK, Inc.)

                                 Brown, Jay (Valero Energy Corporation)

                                 Cagnolatti, David (Phillips66)

                                 Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council)

                                 Firmin, Liza (Access Midstream Partners)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)

                                 Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil)

                                 Hackney, Clint (OneOK, Inc.)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 McBeth, Kelly (Crosstex Energy)

                                 Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Ruckel, Grant (Energy Transfer)

                                 Rudd, Tyler (West Texas Gas)

                                 Sander, Lindsay (Markwest Energy)

                                 Sebree, Ben (Enterprise Products, LLC)

                                 Stegall, Justin (Enbridge Energy)

                                 Tays, Sara (Exxon Mobil)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.)

                                 Woodard, Shayne (Self)

                 On:

                                 McDonald, Mary ("Polly") Ross (Railroad Commission of Texas)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

            HB 2751

                 For:

                                 Green, David (Self; Hancock Forest Management)

                                 Lock, John (Self; The Campbell Group)

                                 Small, Ed (Texas Forestry Association)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Garza Jr, Norman (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Hufford, Ronald (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Kerwood, PhD, Scott (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Skaggs, Jason (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assoc.)

                 On:

                                 Galloway, Don (Texas A&M Forest Service)

            HB 2935

                 For:

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of information foundation of texas, texas press association and

                                 texas broadcast association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review & Daily Commercial Record)

            HB 3313

                 For:

                                 Kiel, Teresa (Self; County and District Clerks Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Texas College of Probate Judges)

                                 Hoefling, Diane (Self)

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Self; County and District clerks' Association of texas)

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (Self)

            HB 3314

                 For:

                                 Kiel, Teresa (Self; County and District Clerks Association of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fitzsimmons, Gary (Dallas County District Clerk)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Texas College of Probate Judges)

                                 Hoefling, Diane (Self)

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerks Office)

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Self; County and District clerks' Association of texas)

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (Self)

            HB 3380

                 For:

                                 Banales, J Manuel (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

            HB 3381

                 For:

                                 Bearden, Jerry (Mason County County Judge)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cordes, Richard (Menard county)

                                 Murr, Andrew (Kimble county)

                                 Neal, Danny (Mcculloch county judge)

                                 Shanklin, Souli (Edwards County)

            HB 3790

                 Against:

                                 McMichael, Dana (Self; The Civil Process Servers Association of Texas)

                                 Pendergrass, Tod (Self)

                 On:

                                 Evans, Jimmy (Texas court reporters association of texas)

                                 Jefferson, Wallace B. (Supreme Court of Texas)

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Berta (Self; Texas process servers association)

                                 Beard, Amy (Professional Civil Process of TX)

                                 Burrow, Kathy (Self; President, Texas process servers association)

                                 Cromwell, Dennis (Self; Texas process servers association)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Texas College of Probate Judges)

                                 Johnson, Eric (Self; Texas process server review board)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Oakley, Keith (Texas Process Servers Association)

                                 Thomas, Scott L (Self; Texas process servers association)

                                 Watson, Andrew (Self; Texas process servers association)

                                 Weeks, Carl (Self; Process Server Review Board)

                 On:

                                 Bond, Katie (Office of Court Administration)

            HCR 57

                 For:

                                 Eddleman, Sonja (Self; Driscoll Children's Hospital)

                                 Sharon, DeeDee (Self; Bay Area Fellowship)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Gardner, Melissa (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light)

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