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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 3971

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

              April 11, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

                       For :

                                 Brister, Scott (Self)

                                 Hoffman, Martin (Self)

                                 Jefferson, Wallace (Self)

                                 O'Neill, Harriet (Self)

                                 Ratliff, Shannon (Self)

                                 Whitehurst, Bill (Self)

                       On :

                                 Hecht, Nathan (Supreme Court of Texas)

                                 Slayton, David (Texas Judicial Council, Office of Court Administration)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

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

                                 McCraw, John (Lin) (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Walden, Bobby (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                       On :

                                 Wilkinson, Melody (Self; Texas Association of District Judges and Judicial Section)

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