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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee

            April 29, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1359

                 For:

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Singer, Kaci (TJJD, resource only)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Castillo, Maria (Self)

                                 Glod, Greg (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                                 Williams, Mark (Self; Texas Probation association)

                 On:

                                 Carter, William (Self; Lubbock county juvenile justice center, Juvenile Justice Association of

                                 Texas, panhandle juvenile chiefs association)

                                 Mata, Jill (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                                 Quereau, Jennifer (Legislative Budget Board)

                                 Smith, Susan (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 1573

                 For:

                                 Carter, William (Self; Lubbock county juvenile justice center, Juvenile Justice Association of

                                 Texas, panhandle juvenile chiefs association)

                                 Williams, Mark (Self; Texas Probation association)

                 On:

                                 Mata, Jill (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 On:

                                 Singer, Kaci (TJJD, resource only)

            HB 1695

                 For:

                                 Olson, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Peery, Jayne (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Salkeld, Deana (Self)

            HB 1782

                 For:

                                 Gustafson, Theresa (Self)

            HB 1825

                 For:

                                 Willis, David (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundatiom)

            HB 1827

                 For:

                                 Willis, David (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundatiom)

            HB 2514

                 For:

                                 Cox, Heidi (Self; The Gladney Center)

                                 Waybourn, Bill (Self)

                                 Waybourn, Laura (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                 On:

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

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Litzinger, Linda (Self)

            HB 2652

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Estevilla, Lana (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2821

                 For:

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Williams, Mark (Self; Texas Probation association)

                 On:

                                 Slayton, David (Texas Judicial Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Glod, Greg (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)

                 Against:

                                 Carter, William (Self; Lubbock county juvenile justice center, Juvenile Justice Association of

                                 Texas, panhandle juvenile chiefs association)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Mata, Jill (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                                 Singer, Kaci (TJJD, resource only)

                                 Smith, Susan (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 3530

                 For:

                                 Bryant, Rebecca (Self; Youth Leadership Council)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring (the new Lutheran Social Services of the South))

                                 Place, Dorothy (Self; Texas Foster Family Association)

                                 Rutan, Reyna (Self; Youth Leadership Council)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Nichols, Lee (TexProtects)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Smith, Casey (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Torres-Garcia, Adrianna (Self)

                                 Vogel, Alicia (National Association of Social Workers-Texas Chapter)

                 On:

                                 Estevilla, Lana (Department of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Morris, Paul (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 3906

                 On:

                                 Amberboy, Tina (Supreme Court Children's Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

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