WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
March 24, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Miller, Mark (Libertarian Party of Texas)
Against:
Fairbrother, William (Self; TRCCA)
Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)
Sandill, Ravi (Self)
On:
Courage, John (Self; Common Cause Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)
Garfield, Saul (Self)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Pacheco, Micahel (Texas Farm Bureau)
Yampanis, Christina (Self)
Against:
Sands, Kara (Office of the Nueces County Clerk)
Slaton, Vicki (Self; SREC SD2, CWA)
For:
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Widmer, Jimmy (Texas Medical Association)
On:
Woodard-Hotz, Kaye (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Dimitry, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Flint, Marla (Self; Southwestern Jones county taxpayers association)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Meaney, Joan (Self; Texas Catholic Conference)
Ottinger, Timothy (Self; St. Joseph Health System)
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For:
Saxon, Lucinda (Legacy Community Health Services)
Suchy, Clarice (Self; Texas catholic Conference)
Weinrich, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Catholic Conference)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
For:
Berry, Chad (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Byrd, Chris (Self)
Gill, Atticus (Self)
Heckert, Dave (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Kimbley, Charles (Self; Southern Baptist Texas Convention)
Leininger, Peter (Self)
Lugo, Karen (Self)
Mccall, Matt (Self)
Russell, Ginger (Self)
Weisbart, Geoff (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America)
Against:
Baker, Kerry (Self)
Baker, Kerry (Self)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Mimistry/Tx Impact)
Hamouie, Angie (Self)
Hays, Karl (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Humphrey, Lisa (Anti-Defamation League)
Husain, Sarwat (Council on American Islamic Relations-SanAntonio)
Husain, Sarwat (Self; CAIR-SA)
Khan, Qasim ibn Ali (Self)
Rose, Samuel (Self; Congregation beth israel)
Salem, Alia (Self; CAIR-DFW)
Salem, Alia (Self; Council on American-Islamic Relations Texas)
On:
Beaver, Becky (Self)
Springer, Julie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Cathie (Self; Texas eagle forum)
Appleton, Julia (Self)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Bateman, Dinah (Self)
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For:
Bateman, Kyle (Self; ACT! For America)
Bayne, Susan (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Berry, Rebecca (Self)
Boyd, Mamie (Self)
Bradford, Scott (Self)
Cady, Nina (Self)
Cady, Phill (Self)
Campbell, Sharon (Self)
Dunn, Richard (Self; Southern baptist of texas)
Dupuy, Trevor (Self)
Edwards, Sharon (Self)
Flint, Marla (Self; Southwestern Jones County Taxpayers association)
Galloway, Carolyn (Self; Eagle forum)
Galloway, Jack (Self; Southern Baptist of Texas)
Garfield, Saul (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)
Gilbert, Yevette (Self; Act)
Granados, Lori (Self)
Harden, Cliff (Self; Southern Baptist of Texas Convention)
Hebert, Charles (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Holden, Robert (Self; Act)
Hudspeth, Kurt (Self)
Hussy, Bill (Self; Lt Gov Grassroots Advisory Board)
Jurski, Ann (Self)
Ledbetter, Gary (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)
Lewchanin, Jay (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Mallette, Cindy (Self; New Revolution Now)
Malone, Doyle (Self; Fredicksburg Tea Party)
Malone, Leota (Self; Ignite the Fire)
Marshall, David (Self)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Meurer, Micah (Self; Southern Baptist of Texas Convention Ethics and Religious Liberties
Committee)
Momone, Dee (Self)
Montalvo, Evelyn (Self)
Moore, Paula (Self)
Morgan, Marjorie (Self; Act for America)
Morgan, William (Self; Act for America)
Morris, Leah (Self; Eagle forum)
Myers, Ray (Self; Kaufman tea party)
Myers, Sonia (Self; Kaufman county tea party)
Newman, Anne (Self)
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For:
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Peterson (Self; Eagle forum)
Reaka, Jackie (Self)
Russell, Calvin (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Sandidge, Randy (Self)
Sands, Kara (Self)
Schmid, Judy (Self)
Scott, Margaret (Self)
Shuler, Ed (Self)
Slaton, Vicki (Self; SREC SD2, CWA)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Smith, Mary (Self)
Smith, Raymond (Self)
Story, Penny (Self)
Stovall, Jeremy (Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)
Sullivan, Michael Quinn (Self)
Tibbs, Pat (Self)
Turner, Tami (Self)
Vredevelt, Patty (Self)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
Watts, Susan (Self)
Weaver, Mike (Self)
Zollars, Charles (Self)
Zollars, Gwen (Self)
Against:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Carroll, Mustafaa (Self; CAIR-TX)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Dodd, Rachel (Self)
Imam, Muhammad (Self; Texas impact/islamic circle of north america, austin)
Pierre, Heidi N (Self)
Quinn, Dan (Texas Freedom Network)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; Texas Impact)
Tirmizi, Sadia (Self)
Turk, Yasmin (Self)
Against:
Baker, Kerry (Self)
Baker, Kerry (Self)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Mimistry/Tx Impact)
Hamouie, Angie (Self)
Hays, Karl (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
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Against:
Humphrey, Lisa (Anti-Defamation League)
Husain, Sarwat (Council on American Islamic Relations-SanAntonio)
Khan, Qasim ibn Ali (Self)
Rose, Samuel (Self; Congregation beth israel)
Salem, Alia (Self; Council on American-Islamic Relations Texas)
Salem, Alia (Self; CAIR-DFW)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garfield, Saul (Self)
Sands, Kara (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Carroll, Mustafaa (Self; CAIR-TX)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Dodd, Rachel (Self)
Imam, Muhammad (Self; Texas impact/islamic circle of north america, austin)
Pierre, Heidi N (Self)
Quinn, Dan (Texas Freedom Network)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; Texas Impact)
Tirmizi, Sadia (Self)
Turk, Yasmin (Self)
On:
Appleton, Julia (Self)
For:
Chamberlain, David (President, Texas Chapters of American Board of Trial Avocates)
Choate, Guy (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Jackson, Don (Self)
Smith, Michele (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hays, Karl (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
McCraw, John (Lin) (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
O'Neill, Eileen (Texas Chapters of thr American Board of Trial Advocates)
For:
Sampson, John J (Self; Uniform Law Commission)
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On:
Brooks, Barry (Texas Attorney General)
Rogers, Joel (Texas Attorney General)
Smith, Charles (Texas Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
For:
Russell, Ginger (Self)
Against:
Baker, Kerry (Self)
Duckworth, Cynthia (Self)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Mimistry/Tx Impact)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Husain, Sarwat (Council on American Islamic Relations-SanAntonio)
Khan, Qasim ibn Ali (Self)
Rose, Samuel (Self; Congregation beth israel)
Salem, Alia (Self; Council on American-Islamic Relations Texas)
Salem, Alia (Self; CAIR-DFW)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Appleton, Julia (Self)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Flint, Marla (Self; Southwestern Jones county taxpayers association)
Flint, Marla (Self; Southwestern Jones County Taxpayers association)
Sands, Kara (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Wright, John A (Self)
Against:
Carroll, Mustafaa (Self; CAIR-TX)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Dodd, Rachel (Self)
Imam, Muhammad (Self; Texas impact/islamic circle of north america, austin)
Pierre, Heidi N (Self)
Singleton, Betsy (Self; Texas Impact)
Tirmizi, Sadia (Self)
Turk, Yasmin (Self)
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