WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 4, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Byrd, Chris (Self)
Against:
Carroll, Mustafaa (Self; CAIR-TX, Houston)
Husain, Sarwat (Self; CAIR-SA)
Kavalec, Habiba (Self)
Khan, Qasim (Self; Masjid At-Tawhid)
On:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Hall, Terri (Self; Texas TURF)
Hays, Karl (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Kelberlau, Bill (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Mccauley, Ronda (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Against:
Ahmed, Aijaz (Self; Salaam Reentry Program)
Blake, Emmett (Self)
Heimlich, Ed (Self; Citizens united for accountable government)
Margulies, Jennifer (Self)
Munshi, Nafisa (Self; Muslim American Society Katy)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Zapata, Sheri (Self; Catholic church)
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Grace, Jim (Houston Area Women's Center)
Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
For:
Davis, Lora (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Maria (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)
Karisch, Glenn (Self; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)
Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate, probate, trust law section of the state bar of texas)
Myers, Winkie (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Totusek, Donald (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
Willms, Melissa (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate And Trust Law Section)
For:
Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate, probate, trust law section of the state bar of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Lora (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)
Karisch, Glenn (Self; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)
Myers, Winkie (Self)
Totusek, Donald (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
Willms, Melissa (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate And Trust Law Section)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Mitchell, Thomas (Self; Uniform Law Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Craven, Morgan (Texas Appleseed)
Walker, Nate (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
For:
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hopper, Craig (Self)
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
On:
Propp, Dale (State Law Library)
For:
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Whitney, Trevor (Greater san antonio builders association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Martin, Edward (Greater Houston Builders Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Mintz, David (Texas Institute of Building Design)
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Association of Realtors)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Home Builders Association of Greater Austin)
Woods, Lee (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Against:
Houston, Scott (Texas municipal league)
Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Hittner, George (Self)
Martinez, Eulogio (Self)
Mireles, Sebastian David (Self)
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Against:
Trevino, Alan (Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Brown, Jay (Cuibono Company)
Oakley, Keith (Texas Assn of Licensed Investigators)
Sullo, Andrew (Self)
Sullo, Greg (Self)
For:
Rooke, Darla (Self; IBAT)
On:
Karisch, Glenn (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
For:
Davis, Lora (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)
Totusek, Donald (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
Against:
Day, Aaron (Texas land title association)
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Ruttenberg, Frank (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Karisch, Glenn (Self; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate, probate, trust law section of the state bar of texas)
Myers, Winkie (Self)
Willms, Melissa (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate And Trust Law Section)
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Against:
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase)
For:
Willms, Melissa (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate And Trust Law Section)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Lora (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts,of,Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)
Karisch, Glenn (Self; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)
Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate, probate, trust law section of the state bar of texas)
Myers, Winkie (Self)
Totusek, Donald (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
For:
McSwain, Sandra (Self)
Worley, Gary (Self; Brown County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Britton, Shane (Self)
Gravell, Bill (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assocation of Texas)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Against:
McCraw, John (Lin) (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Phillips, Tom (Self)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Supreme Court of Texas)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Phillips, Tom (Self)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Supreme Court of Texas)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Cochran-McCall, Amanda (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Williams, Charles (Self; Disabled Vet Child Support Info Group)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Phillips, Tom (Self)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Supreme Court of Texas)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
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