WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 14, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Black, Frances (Self)
Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Organizing Project)
Heimlich, Ed (Self; Informed citizens)
Matthews, Dr. Candice (Self; Texas Coalition Of Black Democrats)
Mcintyre, Chyanne (Self)
Against:
Branick, Jeff (Self; Jefferson county)
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Ward, Molly (City of Dallas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Brice, Buck (City of Corpus Christi)
Craig, Collin (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State Fraternal Order of Police & Dallas Police Association)
Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Holleman, Will (Texas Association of School Boards)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worh)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Zafrani, Cyrus (Dallas Police Department)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gutowsky, Laura (Fort Bend County Tax Office)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worh)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Black, Frances (Self)
Gibson, Daniel (Self; TSTCI)
Maner, Wade (South Plains Telephone Cooperatve & TSTCI)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
Werner, Wes (Colorado Valley Telephone and TSTCI)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gray, Weldon (Texas Statewide Telephone Cooperative Inc. (TSTCI))
Against:
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Salinas, Juan (AT&T)
On:
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas811)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
For:
Gray, Gregory (Self)
Harris, Tameca (Self)
Head, Liz (Self)
Lichtenberger, Judy (Self; Texas Notary Training Forum)
Renteria, Martin (Self; Texas Notary Training Forum)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hausenfluck, Amber (American Association of Notaries)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Wang, Vicki (Self; Vicki wang signing service)
Wolfe, Michael (Self)
For:
Black, Frances (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hall, Ash (Self)
Noack, Craig (Texas Creditors Bar Association)
Against:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
For:
Bolden, Steve (Self)
Fischer, Steve (Self)
Longley, Joe k. (Self)
On:
Apffel, Trey (State Bar Of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McDougal, Larry (Self)
Von Kreisler, Elizabeth (Self)
Against:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Black, Frances (Self)
Bledsoe, Gary (Self; Texas NAACP)
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Kaur Singh, Manpreet (Self)
Metayer, Rudy (Self)
On:
Sandill, Ravi (127th District Court)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hall, Ash (Self)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worh)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Kelton, Katherine (Self)
Lopez, Rachel (Self)
McClugage, Carolyn (Self)
Rightmyer, Kathryn (Self)
York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Ray, Jason (Self)
Shafi, Jay (Self)
On:
Winter, Raymond (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
For:
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxley, Jack (TEXO The Construction Association)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Against:
McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chapman, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Curry, Donald (Self)
Torberson, Eric (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Wolfe, Michael (Self)
Against:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hammons, Patricia (Self)
Janes, Rebekah (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lockhart, Kurt (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Nuss, Melynda (Self)
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Zavala, Patricia (Self; Jolt Action)
Against:
Fry, Pat (Self)
Kelton, Katherine (Self)
Lopez, Rachel (Self)
McClugage, Carolyn (Self)
York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Behrens, Mark (US Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Blevins, Bryan (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)
On:
Davidson, Mark (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Herring, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Joyce, Shana (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
On:
Black, Frances (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Janes, Rebekah (Self)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Nuss, Melynda (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Against:
Harting, Tracy (Self; Texas Assoc. of Family Defense Attorneys)
Tamez, Laura (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
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On:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas court reporters association)
Ferguson, Roy (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self)
Heatly, Staley (Self)
Miskel, Emily (Self)
Slayton, David (Texas Judicial Council)
Thomson, Kristal (Family Law Section, State Bar of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Gibson, Sonia (Encore Capital Group)
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Kuykendall, Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Noack, Craig (Self; Texas Creditors Bar Association)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worh)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sledge, Kristy (Self; Midland Credit Management Inc)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
For:
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Spector, Mary (Self)
On:
Noack, Craig (Self; Texas Creditors Bar Association & Texas Assoc. of Turnover Receivers)
Tomlinson, Rich (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Black, Frances (Self)
Against:
Gibson, Sonia (Encore Capital Group)
Nagy, Paul (Amrow Resources Corporation and Southwest Collectors Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Reynaud, Courtney (ACA International)
Sledge, Kristy (Self; Texas creditors bar associatiom)
On:
Gibson, Sonia (Encore Capital)
For:
Ayer, Mason (Self; Kerbey Lane Cafe)
Briggs, Chris (Self; Parker County Hospital District)
Broaddus, Matt (Dow, Inc.)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fry, Liam (Self; TAPA, TMDA, Austin Geriatric Specialists)
Gadberry, Gavin (Self; Texas Health Care Association)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas association of business)
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Martinez, Diana (Texas Assisted Living Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Willmann, Adam (Goodall-Witcher Healthcare and Texas Organization of Community and
Rural Hospitals)
Against:
Clark, Jenelly (Self)
Ducayet (Do Ki Yay like yippee ki yay), Patricia (Office of the state long term care
ombudsman)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)
Modesett, John (Self)
NICHOLS, MARY (Texas Caregivers for Compromise)
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (Associated General Contractors of Texas- Highway Heavy Utility and
Industrial Branch)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Baum, Walt (Texas Cable Association)
Brannan, Ryan (Association for Responsible Alternatives to Workers Compensation)
Braziel, Robert (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Brown, Jay (Texas Association of Builders)
Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Caballero, Leticia (Self; HMG Healthcare, LLC)
Cheskiewicz, Jennifer (Self)
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
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For:
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fowler, Perry (Self; Texas811)
Galligher, Duane (Texas Pharmacy Association)
Garcia, Michael (Texas medical liability trust)
Garcia, Michael (McDonald's)
Gutierrez, Martin (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Harris, Dana (The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce)
Howden, Robert (Texas Credit Union Association)
Hubert, Martin (Sysco corporation)
Hubert, Martin (Texas Poultry Federation)
Hubert, Martin (Rice University)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Assn)
Kelemen, George (Texas Retailers Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Litchman, Aaron (Self)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Massingill, Joshua (LeadingAge Texas)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Noonan, Chris (Texas Chemical Council)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Opelt, Jon (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
Ryan, Jason (CenterPoint Energy)
Salinas, Juan (AT&T)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Scott, Bruce (Pfizer)
Smith, Stephanie (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
Smith, Stephanie (TAFEC- Texas Association of Freestanding Emergency Centers)
Snowden, Tara (North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)
Valdez, Jerry (Texas Pharmacy Business Council)
White, David (Baylor Scott & White)
Woodard, Shayne (Freeport LNG, Tyson Foods)
Woods, Joe (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)
Yarnell, William (Texas Lumbermans association.)
Against:
Aitken, Heather (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Avellano, Deborah (Self)
Ball, Maureen (Self)
Davey, Richard (Self; Self)
Earle, Ginger (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True Texas Project)
Glover, Jill (Self; Republican Party of Texas)
Larson, Lauren (Self)
Lavin, Louis (Self)
Mattsen, Melissa (Self)
Starling, Brooke (Self)
On:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
For:
Black, Frances (Self)
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
McIntyre, Chyanne (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Organizing Project)
For:
Acuna, Michael (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Painter, Lillian (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worh)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sears II, Ross (Self)
Against:
Lewis, Wesley (Texas Press Association)
Morris, JT (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Black, Frances (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
DiNunzio, Nanette (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Organizing Project)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Clark, Matt (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hammons, Patricia (Self)
Heatly, Staley (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Janes, Rebekah (Self)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Lockhart, Kurt (Self)
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Massingill, Joshua (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Nuss, Melynda (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rayfield, Penny (Self; OnShore Assembly (a 2nd Chance Employer))
Sanders, Cissy (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Sullivan, Ray (Texas Association of Business)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Saftey and Justice)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Rightmyer, Kathryn (Self)
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