WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            April 29, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 201

                 For:

                                 Beasley, Felissa (Self)

                                 BEasley, Jeri (Self)

                                 Beasley, Nicholas (Self)

                                 Beasley, Noah (Self)

                                 Beasley, Ryker (Self)

                                 Burfeind, Amber (Self; Independent Adoption Center)

                                 Goodfriend, Dawn (Self)

                                 Mclaughlin, Kassandra (Self)

                                 Paulig, Gretchen (Self)

                                 Rubke, Trish (Self)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Wynne, Anne (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ausley, Robbie (Self)

                                 Bier, Marti (Self)

                                 Bier-Faili, Kiyah (Self)

                                 Bryant, Suzanne (Self)

                                 Carpenter, Edward (Self)

                                 Cole, Shelby (Self)

                                 Colucci, Liza (Self)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Cunningham, Joy (Self)

                                 Cunningham paulig, Emi (Self)

                                 Cunningham paulig, Julia kate (Self)

                                 Desormes-Smith, Darla (Self)

                                 Desormes-Smith, Shannon (Self)

                                 Edwards, Jude (Self)

                                 Edwards, Kirsten (Self)

                                 Faili, Sanaz (Self)

                                 Garcia, Danielle (Self)

                                 Goodfriend, Sarah (Self)

                                 Goodfriend, Ting (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Hudgens, Sarah (Self)

                                 Hull, Mike (Self)

                                 Hundemer, Melissa (Self)

                                 Lackey, Carrie (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Lancaster, David (Self)

                                 Langsley, Karen (Self)

                                 Lee, Veronica (Self)

                                 Lee-Mizcles, Avery (Self)

                                 Mac Donald, John (Self)

                                 Marchione Jones, Rosalinda (Self)

                                 Maxwell, Megan (Self)

                                 Maxwell, Melissa (Self)

                                 Mccuistion, Vicki (Self)

                                 Miller, Andy (Self)

                                 Minkoff, Sadie (Self)

                                 Mizcles, Celina (Self)

                                 Naylor, Angelique (Self)

                                 Roan, Kristin (Self)

                                 Rubke-Hunt, Gavin (Self)

                                 Salinas, Carlos (Self)

                                 Schreiber, Michelle (Self)

                                 Shell, Kayla (Self)

                                 Simms (Self)

                                 Spillar, Dave (Self)

                                 Stephens, Brian (Self)

                                 Wilcox, Jill (Self)

                                 Wong, Corinne (Self)

                                 Woods, Camille (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Mutranowski, Kia (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women For America)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Brown, Cindy (DSHS)

            HB 454

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One voice texas)

                                 Cormie, Duncan (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for Texas Families)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Pamela (Department of Family and Protective Services)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 496

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Cormie, Duncan (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Pamela (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 1652

                 For:

                                 Crossley, Jay (Self; Houston Tomorrow & Houston Food Policy Workgroup)

                                 McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)

                                 Plezia, Rick (Texas trial lawyers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casnovsky, Joy (Self; Sustainable food center)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for lawsuit reform)

            HB 1705

                 For:

                                 Siegel, Martin (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Pamela (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2131

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 On:

                                 Terry, Michael (Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Davis, Melissa (The National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

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

            HB 2985

                 For:

                                 Bowles, Cosette (Self)

                                 Drenner, Julie (Texas Values)

                                 Hiller, Michael (Self)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Mutranowski, Kia (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Garbutt, Liz (HHSC Resource Witness)

            HB 3018

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

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

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

            HB 3402

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3728

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

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

            SB 92

                 For:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Magnuson, Benet (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Olson, Anne (TX Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

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

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

                                 Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Parker, Pamela (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Sohrt, Kaci (Travis County District Clerk's Office)

            SB 679

                 For:

                                 Plezia, Rick (Texas trial lawyers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for lawsuit reform)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

            SB 1611

                 For:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Self)

                                 Heatly, Staley (Self)

                                 Morton, Michael (Self)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Breen, Terry (24th da office)

                                 Clopton, Robert (Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Clopton, Robert (Fort Bend County District Attorney's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Kepple, Robert (Texas district and county attorneys association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

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

                                 Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Gosslee, Susybelle (League of Women Voters Tx)

                                 Mahoney, Annie (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Salinas, Carlos (Alliance for Texas Families)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

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

                                 Yanez Correa, Ana (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

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