WITNESS LIST

            Government Transparency & Operation Committee

            April 15, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 283

                 For:

                                 Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Fletcher, Susan (Self)

                                 Halley, Bryan (Self; Swagit Productions, LLC)

                                 Hansing, Heidi (City of League City)

                                 Keating, John (Self)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Thompson, Kathleen (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 On:

                                 Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

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

                                 Miller, Terri (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

HB 856

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Ballweg, Charles (Chuck) (Self; NTCL)

                                 Dixon, Don (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF & Texans for Toll-free Highways)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

HB 2164

                 For:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

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WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

HB 3041

                 For:

                                 Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 Against:

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

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)

HB 3342

                 For:

                                 Abner, Todd (National ipa and NCPP)

HB 3408

                 For:

                                 Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

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

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 Against:

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

HB 3846

                 Against:

                                 Allen, Stacy (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Russell, Zoe (Self)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Marshall, Edward (Texas Attorney General)

                                 McFarland, Adrienne (Office of the Attorney General)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Breeding, Les (Self)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Durst, Philip (Self)

                                 Heinrichs, Jan (Self)

                                 Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Mund, Anne (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Trimble, Tina (Self)

                 On:

                                 Howell, Sharon (Texas department of criminal justice)

HB 3871

                 For:

                                 Hansing, Heidi (City of League City)

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 On:

                                 Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Rock, Richard (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Bentley, Geri (League city)

                                 Bentley, Johnie (Self)

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

                                 Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Venable, Peggy (Self; Americans for Prosperity-Texas)

                 Against:

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

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

HB 4053

                 For:

                                 Fields, Jess (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                                                                               3

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

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

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 Against:

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

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