WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            March 21, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 748

                 For:

                                 Donahue, Laura (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                 Against:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Block, Rob (Self)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texs Assocition of Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Lewis, Gib (Responsible pet owners alliance)

                                 Lewis, Gib (Self; Exotice wildlife assoc.)

HB 1755

                 For:

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texs Assocition of Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

HB 1761

                 For:

                                 Hobbs, Lisa (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Self)

                                 Roach, Nelson (Self; TTLA)

                 Against:

                                 Townsend, Bobie (Self; San Jacinto Constitutional Study Group)

                                 Townsend, Bobie (Self)

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WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Kita, Matthew (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)

HB 1877

                 For:

                                 Pollard, Tom (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texs Assocition of Counties)

HB 2102

                 For:

                                 Leal, Gloria (Self; Mexican American Bar Association of Texas)

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

                                 Parsons, Jim (Self)

                                 Robins, Rich (Self; Texasbarsunset.com)

                                 Stevenson, Frank (Self; State bar president)

                 Against:

                                 Bennett, Bob (Self)

                                 Craig, Eddie (Self)

                                 Magnuson, Ken (Self)

                                 Townsend, Bobie (Self; San Jacinto Constitutional Study Group)

                                 Townsend, Bobie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Burgess, Karen (Self)

                                 Hunter, Michelle (Self; State Bar executive director)

                                 Longley, Joe k. (Self)

                                 Schoolcraft, Alan (Self)

                                 Teleki, Katharine (Sunset advisory Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                                 Harrison, Guy (Self)

                                 Houston, Samuel (Texas Young Lawyers Association)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Dorsett, Michael (Self)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                 On:

                                 Acevedo, Linda (State Bar of Texas)

HB 2103

                 For:

                                 Robins, Rich (Self; Texasbarsunset.com)

                 On:

                                 Bennett, Bob (Self)

                                 Henricks, Susan (Board of law examiners)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Leal, Gloria (Self; Mexican American Bar Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Adelman, Lori (Board of law examiners)

                                 Hoang, Nahdiah (Board of law examiners)

                                 Hricik, Kathryn (Sunset Commission)

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