WITNESS LIST

            Higher Education

            April 24, 2013 9:00 AM

            SB 1258

                  FOR:

                                 Tart, Kathryn  EdD, RN Dean and Professor  (also providing written testimony) (Texas

                                 Nurses Association and Self), Sugar Land, TX

                  ON:

                                 Silverman, Stacey  Assistant Commissioner (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Boyett, Lara  Texas Nurse Practitioner Vice President (TNP), New Baden, TX

                                 Cooper, Kevin  (Choctaw Nation), Austin, TX

                                 Hazel, Michael  President-Elect (Texas Nurse Practitioners), Navasota, TX

                                 Reid, Priscila  Nurse Practitioner (Texas Nurse Practitioners), Cypress, TX

                                 Salinas, Nelson  Governmental Affairs Manager (Texas Association of Business), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth  Associate General Counsel (Texas Hospital Association), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Mahoney, Annie  (Texas Conservative Coalition), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Deleon, Sheila  Analyst (Legislative Budget Board), Austin, TX

            SB 1525

                  FOR:

                                 Becerra, Rudy   (Self), Nacogdoches, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer  Associate Director (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops), Austin, TX

                                 Bearden, Chase  Director of Advocacy (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities), Austin, TX

                                 Murphree, Susan  Sr. Policy Specialist (Disability Rights TX), Austin, TX

                                 Wright, Eric  (ARC of TEXAS), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Mercatoris, Mary Beth  Assistant Dean of Students, Office of the Dean of Students (The

                                 University of Texas at Austin), Austin, TX