WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            March 13, 2013 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 58

                 For:

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Kamp, Amy (Self)

                                 Potter, Joseph (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barmore, Emily (Self)

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist healthcare ministries)

                                 Busby, Heather (Self)

                                 Cornell, Victor (Self; American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Greco, Alexis (Self)

                                 Haney, Amber (Self)

                                 Haney, Susan (Self)

                                 Jarl McCombs, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Jones, D (Self)

                                 Klushnik, Julie (Self)

                                 Ko, Ramey (Self)

                                 Kropf, Alexis (Self)

                                 Neville, Alexandra (Self)

                                 Pintchovski (National Council of Jewish Women-Texas State Policy Advocacy Network)

                                 Realini, Janet (Healthy Futures Alliance)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Rubin, Anna (Self)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Yelverton, Brittany (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Arnold, Veronica (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Blauvelt, Erin (Self; Texas alliance for life)

                                 Galich, Joann (Self)

                                 Johnson, Abby (Self; Americans United for Life)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                 On:

                                 Harper, Michelle (Texas Health & Human Services Commission)

HB 159

                 On:

                                 Rocap, Blake (Naral pro- choice texas)

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Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Mack (Self)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                 On:

                                 Cooper, Ellen (DSHS)

HB 160

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas press association)

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

HB 480

                 For:

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas state employees union)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)

                                 Ko, Ramey (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

                                 Williams, Trent (Texas Home School Coalition)

HB 723

                 For:

                                 Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)

                                 Meehan, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)

                                 Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

                                 Weldon, Matt (Self; Solar Austin)

                                 White, Kaiba (Self; Public Citizen)

                                 Yates, Maura (SunEdison)

                 Against:

                                 Neeley, Josiah (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                 On:

                                 Fainter Jr, John W (The Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.)

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Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Foster, David (Clean Water Action)

                                 Ko, Ramey (Self)

                                 Martin, Phillip (Self; Progress Texas)

                                 Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)

                                 Smith, Russel (Tx. Renewable Energy Industries Assn.)

                                 Walker, Scheleen (Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 Against:

                                 Ross, Ned (Direct Energy)

                 On:

                                 Lloyd, Brian (PUC of Texas (RESOURCE))

HB 755

                 For:

                                 Bufkin, Alice (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Potter, Joseph (Self)

                                 Realini, Janet (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blasi, Jana (Texas association of Community Health Centers)

                                 Bujanda, Miryam (Methodist healthcare ministries)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Cornell, Victor (Self; American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Dunkelberg, Anne (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Haney, Amber (Self)

                                 Jones, D (Self)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)

                                 Klushnik, Julie (Self)

                                 Ko, Ramey (Self)

                                 Kropf, Alexis (Self)

                                 Neville, Alexandra (Self)

                                 Pintchovski, Susan (National Council of Jewish Women -Texas State Advocacy Network)

                                 Realini, Janet (Healthy Futures Alliance)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Yelverton, Brittany (Self)

                 On:

                                 Allgeyer, Rick (Texas Health &Human Services Commission)

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HJR 80

                 For:

                                 Hall, Steve (Self; The StandDown Texas Project)

                                 Robison, Joann (Self; League of women voters)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Cornell, Victor (Self; American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Hadden, Karen (Self)

                                 Ko, Ramey (Self)

                                 Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)

                                 Olson, Anne (Tx Baptist Christian Life Commission)

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