WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            April 28, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1313

                 On:

                                 Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniel, Chris (Self; Office of Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                                 Wolfe, Mike (Self; Office of Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)

            HB 1329

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                 On:

                                 Raymond, Kerry (Dept State health Services)

            HB 1406

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Ross, Susan (McCreary, Veselka, Bragg, & Allen)

            HB 1666

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chief's Assn.)

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Lawson, Drew (Texans for lawsuit reform)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 1784

                 For:

                                 Albee, Ron (Self; AGC Texas Building Branch)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)

                                 Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)

                 Against:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)

                                 Bowman, Gordon (City of austin)

                                 Jordan, Grant (City of Fort Worth)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

                 Against:

                                 Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Holmes, Anna (City of Dallas)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Sepehri, John (Texas Apartment Association)

            HB 2045

                 For:

                                 David, Larry (Self; Concord Law School of Kaplan University)

                                 Ellison, Albert (Self)

                                 Hart, Don (Self)

                                 Hunker, Kathleen (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Pennington, Jacob (Self)

                                 Pennington, James (Self)

                                 Pierce, Bradley (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Harvey, Jay (Self; Tex-ABOTA)

                                 Meroney, Ranelle (Self; TEX ABOTA, TADC)

                 On:

                                 Hoang, Nahdiah (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brummett, William Andrew (Institute for Justice)

                                 Drenner, Julie (Self)

                                 Hart, Emalee (Self)

                                 Hart, Katie (Self)

                                 Howsley, Stephen (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Malone, Jr., Bill (Self)

                                 Moody, Hannah (Self)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Moody, Micah (Self)

                                 Swift, Kat (Green Party of Texas)

                                 Walden, Ledith (Self)

                                 Walden, Rachel (Self)

                                 Walden, Sarah (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)

            HB 2904

                 For:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

            HB 2920

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

            HB 3008

                 For:

                                 Groff, Erin (Self; Texas alliance for life)

                                 Horton, Judith (Self)

                                 Kaiser, Melanie (Self)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Steele, Robin (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Brown, Leah (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Stratton, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Tomlinson, Sydney (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Williams, Terry (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                 Against:

                                 Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District XI (Texas))

                 On:

                                 Hagerla, David (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3070

                 For:

                                 Elsom, Kristi (Self; Real estate probate and trust law section of the state bar of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas-Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)

            HB 3136

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

            HB 3160

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory prpbate judge sof texas)

                                 Milligan, Maureen (City of Dallas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)

                                 Wolverton, Jeff (McWilliams Government Affairs on behalf of Dallas Habitat for Humanity)

            HB 3214

                 For:

                                 Hughes, Laura (Kaufman County)

                                 Schoen, Kennrth (Self; Kaufman county)

                                 Vrzalik, Jimmy (Self; Kaufman county)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Oldfield, Ronnie (Kaufman County)

            HB 3364

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

            HB 3430

                 For:

                                 Phillips, Thomas (Self)

                                 Young, Evan (Self)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 On:

                                 Kita, Matthew (Self)

                                 Oldham, Andrew (Office of the Governor)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Witherite, Amy (Self; TACL)

                 On:

                                 Dahlberg, Shelley (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 3454

                 For:

                                 Gilroy, Kelly (American Legal Finance Association)

                                 Tillman, Pat (Self)

                                 Williams, Joseph (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Baker, Thurbert (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)

                 On:

                                 Schuller, Eric (Self; Oasis legal finance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eiland, Craig (American Legal Finance Association)

                 Against:

                                 Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)

                                 Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)

            HB 3561

                 For:

                                 Lejarazu, Sergio (Self)

                 On:

                                 Sepehri, John (Texas Apartment Association)

            HB 3641

                 On:

                                 Dahlberg, Shelley (Office of the Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lawson, Drew (Texans for lawsuit reform)

                 Against:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3656

                 On:

                                 Helmerichs, Cristina (Self)

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

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