WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
March 25, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Castle, Mary (Self)
Culwell, Claire (Self)
Culwell, Warren (Self)
Doss, Martha (Self; Latinos for Trump)
Fischer, Carrie (Self)
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas SD21)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women For America)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values Action)
Jessen, Gianna (Self)
Lucas, Lynette (Self)
McCord, Mia (Self; Texas Conservative Coalition)
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Reyes, Gus (Self; Christian life commission, Texas Baptists)
Rivera, Monica (Self; Archdiocese of galveston houston)
Russell, Caroline (Self)
Russell, Catherine (Self)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Wright, Kyleen (Self; Texans for Life)
Zurek, Bishop Patrick (Self; Diocese of Amarillo)
Against:
Koegler, Brenda (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)
Tigner, Drucilla (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Cochran-McCall, Amanda (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Andrews, Jenny (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas Convention)
Avilies, Bishop Mario (Self; Diocese of Brownsville)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Cooksey, Matthew (Texas Alliance for Life)
Fischer, Richard (Self)
Fritsch, Julie (Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Graham, Gayle (Self)
Griffith, Cynthia (Self)
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For:
Hodson, Paul (Self)
Honeycutt, Candace (Self)
Lawrence, Deborah (Self)
Long, Bob (Self)
McCaig, Mark (Self)
McDaniels, Debra (Self)
O'Donnell, Amy (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Openshaw, Michael (Self)
Pucek, Amanda (Self)
Russell, Brian (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Schlueter, Thomas (Self; Texas Apostolic Prayer Network)
Stike, Davida (Self)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
Tamayo, Bishop James (Self; Diocese of Laredo)
Williams, Terry (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Against:
Barsalou, Denee (Self)
Chambers, Courtney (Self)
DeFrates, Ana (Self)
Fithian, Lisa (Self)
Fowler, Elaina (Self)
Gentry, Karen (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hester, Tina (Jane's Due Process)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
O'Dwyer, Evan (Self)
Sheldon, Connie (Self)
Sheldon, Robert (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Swenson, Karen (Self; American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist, Texas District)
Tharp, Alyssa (Self)
Wang, Jasmine (Self; Naral Pro Choice Texas)
For:
Huff, Jim (Live Oak County)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Henry, Patti (Self; County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
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On:
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
For:
Hendryx, Mike (Self; Texas Association of Defense Council)
Huckabay, Paul (Self; Aggregate Haulers I LP)
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet)
Buecker, Kate (Self; Gulf Intermodal Services)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Esparza, John (Self; Texas Trucking Association)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fuentes, Robert (Self; The Fuentes Firm, P.C.)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
Grace Jr., James (CNA Insurance Companies)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Kennemer, Jonathan (Self; CKJ Transport)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Mathis, James (Houston Methodist Hospital)
McDowell, Robert (Self; W. M. Dewey & Son, Inc.)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Mondics, John (Self; Mondics Insurance Group Inc)
Opelt, Jon (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rivero, Hector (Texas Chemical Council)
Schultz, Tanya renee (Self; RS Equipment Co dba Hotsy Carlson Equipment)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Stewart, Michael (Aggregate Transportation Asssociation of Texas)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Toomey, Mike (Liberty Mutual)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Young, Tiffany (Self)
For:
Boyce, JOHN (Self; Texas Arbitration Council)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, John (Self)
Knustrom, Eric (Self; Texas Arbitration Council)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Hagen, Lars (The University of Texas System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
On:
Clayton, Bryant (Texas comptroller of public accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Doss, Martha (Self; Latinos for Trump)
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas SD21)
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
For:
Fuentes, Robert (Self; The Fuentes Firm, P.C.)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Schultz, Tanya renee (Self; RS Equipment Co dba Hotsy Carlson Equipment)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Chenoweth, Eric (Bentham IMF, Burford Capital, Therium Capital)
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Buecker, Kate (Self; Gulf Intermodal Services)
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For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
DeWitt, Cathy (USAA)
Esparza, John (Self; Texas Trucking Association)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Huckabay, Paul (Self; Aggregate Haulers I LP)
Kearns, Dennis (BNSF Railway)
Kennemer, Jonathan (Self; CKJ Transport)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
McDowell, Robert (Self; W. M. Dewey & Son, Inc.)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Mondics, John (Self; Mondics Insurance Group, Inc)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Stewart, Michael (Aggregate Transportation Asssociation of Texas)
Stewart, Scott (ACEC Texas)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Toomey, Mike (Liberty Mutual)
Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Young, Tiffany (Self)
Against:
Erskine, Jack (American legal finance association)
Schuller, Eric (Alliance For Responsible Consumer Legal Funding)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Finkel, Kevin (Self)
Jones-Smith, Tiffany (Self; Texas Kidney Foundation)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)
Gallagher, Michael (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Herring, Charles (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Hile, Richard (Self; State Bar of Texas)
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On:
Johnson, Vincent (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Counts, Chris (National Infusion Center Association)
DeWitt, Cathy (USAA)
Doss, Martha (Self; Latinos for Trump)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
Grace Jr., James (CNA Insurance Companies)
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas SD21)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Kowalski, Thomas (THBI)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Matthews, C.L. "Matt" (Partnership to Protect Patient Health)
McCaig, Mark (Self)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Opelt, Jon (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Young, Tiffany (Self)
Against:
Mccormack, James (Self)
Panzer, Jason (Self)
Tracey, Sean (Self)
For:
Holt, Lynn (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Doss, Martha (Self; Latinos for Trump)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
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For:
Henry, Patti (Self; County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal Lague)
James, Aryn (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas SD21)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
For:
Brannen, Jeffrey (Self; Balfour Beatty Construction)
Cook, Stephanie (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (Self; Texas siciety of Architects)
Fisk, Carson (Self; Andrews Myers PC)
McCaig, Mark (Self)
Mickunas, Timothy (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rogers, TJ (Bartlett Cocke General Contractors)
Against:
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)
Gallagher, Michael (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hannon, Jimmy (Highland Park ISD)
Odam, John (Harris County Attorney's Office)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
On:
Godbey, Joshua (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highway Heavy Branch)
Baxley, Jack (Self; TEXO The Construction Association)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
DeWitt, Cathy (USAA)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
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For:
Grace Jr., James (CNA Insurance Companies)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Hoy, Sandy (Texas Apartment Association)
Minick, Stephen (Republic Services)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Stewart, Scott (ACEC Texas)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Vaughn, Perry (Self; Rio Grande Valley Chapter AGC)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Against:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Hernandez, James (Harris County)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal Lague)
James, Aryn (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Metzger, Luke (Self; Environment Texas)
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the environment)
Short, Jim (Self; National cutting horse association)
For:
Ferrill, Donald (Self; Texs veterinary medical association)
O'Connell, Keith (Self)
Against:
Metcalfe, Sally (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)
Short, Jim (Self; National cutting horse association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Against:
Kutyba, Heather (Self)
Ware, Jodi (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bratton, Louis (Self; Texas hospital assn)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Hood, Serena (Self)
Knifer, Christina (Self)
Moore, Michael (Self)
Salgado, Cynthia (Self)
Stephenson, Ken (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ambrose, Ryan (Memorial Hermann Health System)
Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet)
DeWitt, Cathy (USAA)
Doss, Martha (Self; Latinos for Trump)
Finley, Marisa (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Fuller, Jake (Self; Uhs,inc)
Grace Jr., James (CNA Insurance Companies)
Hamilton, Darwin (Self)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Knaupe, Gregg (Ascension Seton)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Reed, Kevin (Texas Organization Rural and Community Hospitals)
Rose, Denise (Community Health Systems)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Weller, Meghan (HCA Healthcare)
Against:
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
For:
Henry, Patti (Self; County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Olive, Ken (Harris County District Clerk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
James, Aryn (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
For:
Mann, James (Texas pipeline assoc)
Philippus, Al (Valero)
Against:
Perales, Marisa (Self)
Schneider, Robin (Texas Campaign for the environment)
Tharp, Alyssa (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barr, Matt (Cheniere Energy)
Brown, Jay (Concho Resources)
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Deadrick, June (CenterPoint Energy)
Doss, Martha (Self; Latinos for Trump)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas SD21)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal Lague)
Kearns, Dennis (BNSF Railway)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Mathis, James (Occidental Petroleum)
McCarty, Austin (Texas Chemical Coumcil)
Miller, Lindsey (Anadarko Petroleum)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Partida, Neftali (Phillips 66)
Perry, Steve (Chevron USA)
Pomeroy, Cory (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Rathgeber, Julia (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
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For:
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
Troxclair, Caleb (SM Energy)
Vane, Mark (Husch Blackwell Strategies)
Woodard, Shayne (Enbridge)
Against:
Baker, Troy (Self)
Bhatia, Monica (Self)
Bluestein, Meagan (Self)
Boxell, Shannon (Self)
Burnam, Lon (Self)
Coleman, Michael (Public Citizen)
Colon, Sarah (Self)
DeFrates, Ana (Self)
Fithian, Lisa (Self)
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Norton, Alex (Self; Extinction Rebellion)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
For:
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harper, Terry (Self; Republican Party of Texas SD21)
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)
Owen, Charlotte (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Seibert, Denise (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Stringer, Jacqueline (Self)
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