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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs

            April 20, 2017 9:00 AM

            SB 55

                  FOR:

                                 Dehart, Marc  MD (Texas Orthopedic Association), San Antonio, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hillert, Bobby  Executive Director (TX Orthopedic Association), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Daniel, Katrina  Chief Healthcare Officer (TRS), Austin, TX

                                 Nail, Shack  Director Governmental Relations (Employees Retirement System), Austin, TX

            SB 394

                  FOR:

                                 Freeman, Leland   (Self), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Ross, Tara  Electoral College expert  (also providing written testimony)  (Self), Dallas, TX

                  ON:

                                 Opiela, Eric  Assoc. General Counsel (Republican Party of Texas), Kansas City, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Ingram, Keith  Director, Elections Division (Texas Secretary of State), Austin, TX

            SB 513

                  FOR:

                                 Davis, Lora  Chair, PAAD Committee REPTL (REPTL Section of State Bar), Dallas, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hopper, Craig  Chair, Estate & Trust Legislative Affairs Committee, Real Estate Probate

                                 Trust Law (REPTL), State Bar (Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas,

                                 Self (corporate attorney)), Austin, TX

                                 Totusek, Donald L.  (State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section),

                                 Dallas, TX

            SB 807

                  FOR:

                                 Utkov, Clayton C.  Austin Chair (Construction Law Section of the State Bar of Texas),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Fisher, Jon  President (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Fowler, Perry L.  Executive Director (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN)),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Jackson, Kyle  Director of Government Affairs (Texas Apartment Association), Austin, TX

                                 Wright, Felicia  Dir. of Legislative + Political Affairs (Texas Assn. of Builders), Austin, TX

            SB 926

                  FOR:

                                 Davis, Lora  Chair, PAAD Committee REPTL (REPTL Section of State Bar), Dallas, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs

            April 20, 2017 9:00 AM

                                 Herman, Guy  Presiding Judge of Probate Court (Self and Statutory Probate Courts of

                                 Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Hopper, Craig  Chair, Estate & Trust Legislative Affairs Committee, Real Estate Probate

                                 Trust Law (REPTL) Section of State Bar of Texas  (Self; Real Estate Probate Trust Law

                                 (REPTL) Section, State Bar of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Totusek, Donald L.  (State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section),

                                 Dallas, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Heasley, John  Executive Vice President (Texas Bankers Association), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Ruttenberg, Frank  Lawyer (Business Law Foundation), San Antonio, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Lewis, Kathryn  Attorney (Disability Rights Texas), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Lee, Randy M.  (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.), Austin, TX

            SB 1016

                  FOR:

                                 Lewis, Chenique  Parent Advocate  (also providing written testimony) (Parents & Anointed

                                 Restoration), Lancaster, TX

                  ON:

                                 Johnston, Sherry  Individual - Representing Thousands of Families (Self), Cleveland, TX

                                 Laird, Claudia  Judge  (Self), Conroe, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Herman, Guy  Probate Judge  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Herman, Guy  Presiding Judge, Statutory Probate Courts of Texas (Statutory Probate Courts

                                 of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Lee, Donald  Executive Director (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                                 Litzinger, Linda  Policy Specialist, Parent, Caregiver  (Self), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Ramon, Maria Elena  General Counsel (Office of Court Administration), Austin, TX

            SB 1017

                  FOR:

                                 Hopper, Craig  Chair, Estate & Trust Legislative Affairs Committee, Real Estate Probate

                                 Trust Law (REPTL) Section of State Bar of Texas  (Self; Real Estate Probate Trust Law

                                 (REPTL) Section, State Bar of Texas), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Davis, Lora  Chair, PAAD Committee REPTL  (Self; REPTL Section of State Bar), Dallas,

                                 TX

                                 Herman, Guy  Judge of Probate Court (Self and Statutory Probate Courts of Texas), Austin,

                                 TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs

            April 20, 2017 9:00 AM

                                 Totusek, Donald L.  (State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section),

                                 Dallas, TX

            SB 1074

                  FOR:

                                 Seago, John  Legislative Director (TX Right to Life), Houston, TX

                                 Winslade, William  Dr.; Professor UTMB (Self), Friendswood, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Clark, Kevin  (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Meyer, Kevin A.  CEO (LifeGift), Houston, TX

                                 Nespral, Joe  C.E.O. (Texas Organ Sharing Alliance), San Antonio, TX

                                 Niles, Dotti  President/CEO (Southwest Transplant Alliance), Dallas, TX

                                 Peltz, Matthias  President (Texas Transplantation Society), Dallas, TX

                                 Sargent, Darren  Heart Transplant Recipient (TOSA), Cedar Park, TX

                                 Strama, Brenda T.  Attorney (Donate Life), Austin, TX

                                 Strong, Christina  Esq. (Working with Donate Life Texas and its member organizations),

                                 Belle Mead, NJ

                  ON:

                                 Johnston, Sherry   (Self), Cleveland, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Herman, Guy  Probate Judge  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Herman, Guy  Presiding Judge, Statutory Probate Courts of Texas (Statutory Probate Courts

                                 of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Pojman, Joe  Executive Director (Texas Alliance for Life), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Miller, Suzy  Executive Director (Donate Life Texas), Dallas, TX

            SB 1109

                  FOR:

                                 Cornett, W.R. (Bob)  Mayor (City of Bresson), Bresson, TX

                                 Reid, Steven T.  City Attorney, City of Granbury (City of Granbury), Granbury, TX

            SB 1820

                  ON:

                                 Johnson, Ed  Director (Harris County Clerk's Office), Houston, TX

                                 Maxey, Glen  Legislative Director (Texas Democratic Party), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Ingram, Keith  Director, Elections Division (Texas Secretary of State), Austin, TX

            SB 1945

                  FOR:

                                 Cleveland, Jr., Joseph F.  Attorney with law firm of Brackett and Ellis, PC (Self), Fort

                                 Worth, TX

                                 Freeman, Leland  Self  (Self), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs

            April 20, 2017 9:00 AM

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Kuhl, John  (Texas Business Law Foundation), Austin, TX

                                 Mains, Chuck  (TX Business Law Foundation), Austin, TX

                                 Schneider, Michael  V.P. - Legislative + Regulatory Affairs (Texas Association of

                                 Broadcasters), Austin, TX

            SB 2094

                  FOR:

                                 Londerback, AJ  Sheriff (Sheriffs Assoc. of Texas), Edna, TX

                                 O'Connor, T. Michael  Sheriff (Sheriff's Association of Texas), Victoria, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Moreno, Celina  Attorney (MALDEF), San Antonio, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Smith, Sheriff R. Glenn  Sheriff- Waller County  (Self), Hempstead, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Gonzalez, Ana  Policy Advocate (Workers Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Simpson, Matt  (ACLU of Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Cain, Camille  Executive Director (Office of the Governor), Austin, TX

            SJR 6

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Cochran-McCall, Amanda  Associate Deputy AG for Civil Litigation (Office of the

                                 Attorney General), Austin, TX