WITNESS LIST

            Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee

            April 14, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 805

                 Against:

                                 Gadberry, Gavin (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Garcia, Jonathan (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open carry texas)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Ottnat, Chadwick (Self; Open carry texas)

                                 Ottnat, Chuck (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

                 Against:

                                 Ducayet, Patty (The Office of the State Long-term care Ombudsman)

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

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Panzer, Jonathan (Self; Texas Gun Sense)

                                 Sharphorn, Bridget (Self; Texas Gun Sense)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 1525

                 For:

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gardner, Gretta (Self; Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force)

                                 Gardner, Gretta (Self; Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                 On:

                                 Farris, Michelle (TxDPS)

            HB 1557

                 For:

                                 Moremo, Randy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn)

                                 Cardwell, Margo (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)

                 On:

                                 Kidd, Nim (Texas DPS-TDEM)

            HB 1795

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Staudt, Edna (Self; Justice of Peace & Constables Assn)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 DeBower, Courtney (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Ramon, Mariah (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

                 On:

                                 Garren, Cheryl (TxDPS)

            HB 1970

                 For:

                                 Cantu, Mario (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Medina, Donato (Self)

            HB 1997

                 For:

                                 Hunt, Hank (Self)

                                 Hunt, Hank (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

                                 Cruz, Velma (Sprint)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)

                                 Rau, Russell (Self; Greater Harris County 9-1-1 Communications Network)

                                 Wilson, Andrea (Self; Montgomery County Emergency Communication District)

                 On:

                                 Merriweather, Kelli (Commission on Emergency Communications)

                                 Muscat, Richard (Bexar Metro 911 Network)

            HB 2042

                 For:

                                 Dehoyos, Neisha (Self)

                                 Molnar, Mary sue (Self; Texas voices)

                                 Taylor, Philip (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clare, Mandy (Self)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Fanning, Joe (Self)

                                 Iversen, Jackie (Self)

                                 Marana, Peter (Self)

                                 Pearson, Wesley (Self)

                                 Wardian, Gary (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gipson, Sheri (Tx dps)

            HB 2359

                 For:

                                 Barnes, Jim (Self; McAllen Tea Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Lindsay, Thomas (Texas public policy foundation)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

                 Against:

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Moninger, Steve (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            HB 2455

                 For:

                                 Dietz, Kevin (Self)

                 On:

                                 Piechowiak, Kimberly (Office of Court Administration)

                                 Zeller, Megan (Human Rights Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cobos, David (Self; Justices of the peace & constables association of texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, Chief of Police-David Brown)

                 Against:

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open carry texas)

                 On:

                                 Farris, Michelle (TxDPS)

            HB 3112

                 On:

                                 McCraw, Steven (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                                 Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Dudley, Patrick (Texas Department of Agriculture)

            HB 3149

                 For:

                                 Beauchamp, James (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General)

                 Against:

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open carry texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

            HB 3704

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open carry texas)

                 On:

                                 Reynolds, Wynn (DPS)

                                 Wilson, Bryan (Automobile burglary and Theft Prevention Authority/TxDMV)

            HB 3841

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers'Union)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department, Chief of Police David Brown)

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open carry texas)

                 On:

                                 Farris, Michelle (TxDPS)

            HB 4030

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Bowie, RenEarl (Texas department of public safety)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 4061

                 For:

                                 Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Neighbor, Brad (City of Garland)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Garcia, Jonathan (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open carry texas)

                                 Holcomb, Gina (Self)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

                                 Ottnat, Chadwick (Self; Open carry texas)

                                 Ottnat, Chuck (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Church group)

                 Against:

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)

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