WITNESS LIST

            Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee

            April 22, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 524

                 For:

                                 Guggenmos, Gregory (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Lambert, Tim (Tx Home School Coalition)

                                 Loose, Jim (Self)

                                 Loose, Madeleine (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)

                                 Parke, Ryan (Self)

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

                                 Wyatt, Heather (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas family law foundation)

                                 Cannon Sheridan, JoAL (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Morris, William (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Railsback, Cheryl (Self)

                                 Wright, Patrick (Self; The Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Wright, Patrick (Self; The Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aguilera, Cesar (Self)

                                 Aguilera, Frances (Self)

                                 Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)

                                 Bush, Rachel (Self)

                                 Garza, Argelia (Self)

                                 Garza, Emilio (Self)

                                 Horne, Emily (Self)

                                 Howsley, Stephen (Self)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Koch, Andrew (Self)

                                 Newman, Joshua (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Read, Lanora (Concerned Women for America)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Seago, John (Self)

                                 Sommers, Isaac (Texas home school coalition)

                                 Stevens, Michael (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                                 Vela, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

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                 On:

            HB 807

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Reed, Mary Christine (Self)

                 On:

                                 Sommers, Isaac (Texas home school coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Cheasty (Children's Defense Fund -Texas)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Davis, Jeff (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Austin)

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas family law foundation)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Smith, Susan (Texas education agency)

            HB 851

                 For:

                                 Rauls, Joy (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

            HB 853

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

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                 On:

                                 Huff, Kristen (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 1491

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Henneke, Elizabeth (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                 On:

                                 Mata, Jill (Texas Juvenile Justice Dept)

            HB 1549

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                 On:

                                 Mata, Jill (Texas Juvenile Justice Dept)

            HB 1699

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Patterson, Dr. Jeff (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gieger, Autumn (Self)

            HB 2140

                 For:

                                 Belseth, Tymothy (Self)

                                 Belseth, Tymothy (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Rutan, Reyna (Self; Region 7 Youth Leadership Council)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2550

                 For:

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas family law foundation)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Mace, Stephanie (United Way of Metropolitan Dallas)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

            HB 2684

                 For:

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Peters, Scott (Self; Dallas County Schools Police Department)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

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                 For:

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition  of  Texans  with  disabilities)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Vogel, Alicia (Self)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

            HB 2837

                 For:

                                 Ballard, Don (Arrow Child & Family Ministries)

                                 Brown, Andrew (The Foundation for Government Accountability)

                                 Jennings, Deebra (Self; Covenant Kids,Inc.)

                                 Morriss, Alison (Self; Arrow Child & Family Ministries)

                                 Traughber, Roxanne (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lambert, Tim (Tx Home School Coalition)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Scot, Johana (Parent Guidance Center)

                 On:

                                 Brady, Denise (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2885

                 For:

                                 Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Peters, Scott (Self; Dallas County Schools Police Department)

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

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                 For:

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                 On:

                                 Smith, Susan (Texas education agency)

            HB 2934

                 For:

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Williams, Mark (Self; Texas Probation Association)

                 On:

                                 Johnson, Kameron (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Muckleroy, Sarah (Southwest Juvenile Defender Center)

                 On:

                                 Byrne, Darlene (Self)

            HB 3341

                 On:

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Canales, Ramiro (Texas Association of School Administrators)

                 On:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Smith, Susan (Texas education agency)

            HB 3715

                 For:

                                 Burton, Charles (Self)

                                 Deck, Richard (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas family law foundation)

                                 Burton, Patricia (Self)

                                 Morris, William (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

            HB 4093

                 For:

                                 Segrest, Kris (Self; First Baptist church Wylie, Texas)

                                 Sharpe, Martha (Self)

                                 Sharpe, Shelby (Self)

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

                 Against:

                                 Cannon Sheridan, JoAL (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Morris, William (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Asmussen, Cindy (Self)

                                 Collier, Keith (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas)

                                 Henderson, Kyle (Self; First Baptist Athens)

                                 Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Ledbetter, Gary (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas)

                                 Moore, Paula (Self; Cwa texas)

                                 Read, Lanora (Concerned Women for America)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)

                                 Taylor, Brent (Self; First Baptist Church Carrollton)

                                 Turner, David (Self; Little Cypress Baptist)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas family law foundation)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Wright, Patrick (Self)

                                 Wright, Patrick (Self)

            HB 4111

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Patel, Dimple (TexProtects)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Kromrei, Elizabeth "Liz" (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

            HB 4122

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas family law foundation)

                                 Morris, William (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

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