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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            April 10, 2013 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 80

                 For:

                                 Atkinson, Jarrod (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Horn, Norman (Self; TexasTravelFreedom.com)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women For America)

                 On:

                                 McCraw, Steven (DPS)

                                 McCraw, Steven (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Beene Seal, Holly (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Glass, Tom (Librtarian Party of Texas)

                                 Grummer, Jonathan (Self; Ne tarrant tea party)

                                 Hall, Jaclyn (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North texas citizens lobby)

                                 Holt, Kelly (Self; Texas chapters of the John Birch Society, Central Texas Friends of Liberty,

                                 North Texas Tea Party)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Jenson, Jay (Self; Nettp)

                                 Kissling, Ben (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)

                                 McCarty, Julie (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Smith, Robert (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, JoAnn (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enfocement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 McKinney, Donald (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1719

                 On:

                                 McCraw, Steven (DPS)

                                 McCraw, Steven (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Atkinson, Jarrod (Self)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, JoAnn (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Teas Citizens' Lobby)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North texas citizens lobby)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Abilene)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

            HB 2364

                 For:

                                 Calvey, Kevin (Self)

                                 Chunn, Tama (Self; Life Advocates)

                                 Collins, Jason (Self)

                                 Everett, Carol (Self)

                                 Graham, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Liu, Paul (Self)

                                 Nuckols, Beverly (Self)

                                 Nuckols, Beverly (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Nunnelly, Patrick (Self)

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Skop, Ingrid (Self)

                                 Ward, Christian (Self)

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

                                 Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)

                 Against:

                                 Busby, Heather (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Crawford, Russell (Self; Natural Abortion Laws .com)

                                 Gifford, Fatimah (Whole Woman's Health)

                                 Hagstrom Miller, Amy (Whole Woman's Health)

                                 Long, Amelia (Self; Lilith Fund)

                                 Metcalf, Carole (Self)

                                 Robertson, Rebecca (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Schuette, Katherine (Self; Planned parenthood)

                                 Sebestyen, Christina (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Arnold, Veronica (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Blauvelt, Erin (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Burns, Brooke (Self)

                                 Cobern, Pam (Self; Austin LifeCare)

                                 Conway, Melissa (Self; Anchor point pregnancy center)

                                 Crawford, Sarah (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Davidson, Elizabeth (Self; Women's Wellness Coalition of Texas)

                                 Drenner, Julie (Texas Values)

                                 Exley, Nathan (Self)

                                 Feldt (Self)

                                 Finkelstein, Mary Carl (Self)

                                 Fischer (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Gregory (Self)

                                 Grummer, Jonathan (Self; Ne tarrant tea party)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Self)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North texas citizens lobby)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Horne, Emily (Texas Right To Life)

                                 Hotze, Margaret (Self; Life Advocates)

                                 Huber, David (Self)

                                 Humphrey, James (Self)

                                 Jenson, Jay (Self; Nettp)

                                 Johnson, Teri (Self; Austin lifecare)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self)

                                 Kissling, Ben (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)

                                 Kohlmann, Jamie (Self)

                                 Lively, Ben (Self)

                                 McCarty, Julie (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Panetti, Dan (Self)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Sanchez, Gabriel (Self)

                                 Sanchez, Irma (Self)

                                 Simpson (Self)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Smith, Robert (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Snodgrass, Ben (Self)

                                 Snodgrass, JoAnn (Self; North Texas Citizens' Lobby)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self)

                                 Wicker (Self)

                                 Williams, Tent (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Armijo-Grover, Camilla (Self)

                                 Ausley, Robbie (Self)

                                 Ausley, Thomas (Self)

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Collier, Brenda (Self)

                                 Collier, Roger (Self)

                                 Gerritsen, Pam (Self)

                                 Greer, Andrea (Self)

                                 Gunn, Christiana (Self)

                                 Hester, Tina (Self; Jane's due process)

                                 Hollier, Lisa (Texas District fof the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

                                 Jarl McCombs, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Self)

                                 LeBlanc, Lisa (Self)

                                 Manuel, Amy (Self; PFLAG Denton)

                                 McFarland, Jane (Self)

                                 Morton, Peggy (Self; 1st Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin Social Action Committee)

                                 Nevill, Heather (Self; Secular Legislative Action Committee)

                                 Phillips, Hope (Self)

                                 Riemer, Samantha (Whole Woman's Health)

                                 Rozmaryn, Faye (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)

                                 Rubin, Anna (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Schicker, Jacqueline (Self)

                                 Sheppard, Jade (Self)

                                 Simms (Self; Jane's Due Process)

                                 Stanley, Drew (Whole Woman's Health)

                                 Yelverton, Brittany (Self)

            HB 2945

                 For:

                                 Busby, Heather (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Hollier, Lisa (Texas District fof the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

                 Against:

                                 Chunn, Tama (Self; Life Advocates)

                                 Nuckols, Beverly (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Armijo-Grover, Camilla (Self)

                                 Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Collier, Brenda (Self)

                                 Collier, Roger (Self)

                                 Gerritsen, Pam (Self)

                                 Gunn, Christiana (Self)

                                 Jarl McCombs, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Self)

                                 McFarland, Jane (Self)

                                 Morton, Peggy (Self; 1st Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin Social Action Committee)

                                 Nevill, Heather (Self; Secular Legislative Action Committee)

                                 Phillips, Hope (Self)

                                 Rozmaryn, Faye (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)

                                 Rubin, Anna (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Schicker, Jacqueline (Self)

                                 Schuette, Katherine (Self)

                                 Sheppard, Jade (Self)

                                 Yelverton, Brittany (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Arnold, Veronica (Self)

                                 Blauvelt, Erin (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Cobern, Pam (Self; Austin LifeCare)

                                 Davidson, Elizabeth (Self; Women's Wellness Coalition of Texas)

                                 Drenner, Julie (Texas Values)

                                 Everett, Carol (Self)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North texas citizens lobby)

                                 Hotze, Margaret (Self; Life Advocates)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                                 Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)

                 On:

                                 Cooper III, Sam (Texas Dept of State Health Services)

                                 Gray, James (American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network)

            HB 3383

                 For:

                                 Adams, Richard (Brazos telephone cooperative,inc.)

                                 Adams, Richard (Rural cooperatives)

                                 Gibson, Daniel (Texas statewide telephone cooperative, inc.)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Pearlman, Brett (GVTC)

                 On:

                                 Gillan, Josepg (Sprint, tw telecom and Texas Cable Association)

                                 Lawson, Richard (Verizon)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eichler, David (Windstream communications)

                                 Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)

                                 Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)

                                 Knaggs, Helen (Small company usf coalition)

                                 Suess, Amy (Hill country telephone cooperative, inc.)

                                 Woodard, Shayne (Big Bend Telephone Company)

                 Against:

                                 Cruz, Velma (Sprint)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North texas citizens lobby)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                 On:

                                 Webking, Catherine (Texas Rural Cooperative CLECs)

                                 Whittington, Pam (PUC of TX (resource))

            HB 3384

                 Against:

                                 Flores, Henry (CenturyLink)

                                 Pearlman, Brett (GVTC)

                                 Purdy, Dell (Ama techtel communications)

                                 Webking, Catherine (Texas Rural Cooperative CLECs)

                 On:

                                 Gillan, Josepg (Sprint, tw telecom and Texas Cable Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Richard (Brazos telephone cooperative,inc.)

                                 Gibson, Daniel (Texas statewide telephone cooperative, inc.)

                                 Suess, Amy (Hill country telephone cooperative, inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Cruz, Velma (Sprint)

                                 Eichler, David (Windstream Communications)

                                 Glenn, Eric (Windstream Communications)

                                 Hebert, Kathy (Self; North texas citizens lobby)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                 On:

                                 Cruz, Velma (Sprint)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Whittington, Pam (PUC of TX (resource))

            HB 3429

                 For:

                                 Davis, Chester (Self; TEXAS PYROTECHNIC ASSOCIATION)

                                 English, Shan (Self; Brazos Fireworks)

                                 Heflin, Joe (Self)

                                 Isett, Carl (Texas Pyrotechnic Assn)

                 Against:

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

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Little, Dale (Midland County)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Montgomery, Mike (Harris County)

                                 Shelbourn, Susan (Self)

                                 Sneed, John (Williamson County)

                 On:

                                 Daughtry, Joe (Self; Texas fireworks association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blackstone, Ben (Self)

                                 Chunn, Tama (Self; Life Advocates)

                                 Glenn, Eric (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)

                                 Haynes, Lisa (Self; Dino Fireworks-TPA)

                                 Johnson, Jan (Self; TNT FIREWORKS-TPA)

                                 Martinez, Mario A. (Mr. G's Fireworks)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 Against:

                                 Burns, Kevin (Self; Wise County, Texas)

                                 Coelho, Leonardo (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Ekiss, Laurence (Self; Williamson County Fire Chiefs Association)

                                 Garcia, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Ingalsbe, Debbie (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Lee, Hershel (Self; Travis County Fire Marshal)

                                 Lee, Hershel (Self; Travis County Fire Marshal)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                 On:

                                 Galloway, Don (Texas A&M Forest Service)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3509

                 For:

                                 Kelley, J Roger (Comtinental Resources,, Ic.)

                                 Shepperd, Ben (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)

                                 Stevens, Bill (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)

                 Against:

                                 Mowad, Gary (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carter, Teddy (TIPRO- TX Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association)

                                 Casey, Stan (Concho Resources Inc.)

                                 Hosek, Chris (Linn Energy)

                                 Thompson, Matthew (Panhandle Producers and Royalty Owners)

                                 Thompson, Matthew (Apache Corp.)

                 Against:

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Gentsch, Bryan (Self; Texas seed trade association)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; No. Tx. Citizens' Lobby)

                                 Hastings, Debbra (Texas Oil & Gas Association)

                                 Howe, Billy (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Patton, Marissa (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)

                                 Reaves, Jim (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                                 Tays, Sara (Exxon Mobil Corporation)

                                 Turner, Bob (Texas Poultry Federation)

                                 Williams, Julie (Chevron USA, Inc.)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

                 On:

                                 Blanton, Whitney (Comptroller of public accounts)

                                 Davis, Tricia (Self; Texasj Royalty Council)

                                 Wolf, Clayton (Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept.)

            HB 3688

                 For:

                                 Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                 On:

                                 Dorwart, Mary Cheryl (Dept of Information Resources)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)

                                 Smith, Corinne (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

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