Witness List Display

WITNESS LIST

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

April 5, 2023 - 8:00 AM

HB 103

For:

Ryder, Byron (County Judges and Commissioners Association and Leon County)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Duhon, Trey (Waller County)

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

HB 148

For:

McGiffert, Lisa (Self; Patient Safety Action Network)

Van Wey, Kay (Self)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Sims, Carol (Self)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

HB 525

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Henry, Patti (Self; County & District Clerks Association of Texas)

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Hopper, Craig (Self)

Pargaman, William (Self)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

HB 955

Against:

Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Walker, Jack (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

HB 1181

For:

Newman, Anne (Self)

Simmons, Deborah (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Blachowski, Aileen (Self)

Cahn, Adam (Self)

Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)

Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)

Evans, Michelle (Self)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

HB 1627

For:

Metayer, Rudy (Self; Self)

Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

Against:

Russell, William (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Carranza, Susana (Self)

Chapman, Randall (Self)

Emory, Cathryn (Self)

Griffith, Idona (Self)

Lopez, Roberto (Texas Civil Rights Project)

Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Person, Maria (Self)

Thompson, Stephanie (Self)

Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

Against:

Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

Russell, Julia (Self)

WITNESS LIST

HB 2333

For:

Stanton, Lois Ann (Self; Osborne, Helman, Scott, Knisely & Stanton, LLP)

Against:

Pargaman, William (Self; Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute)

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Hopper, Craig (Self; Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute (T-REP))

HB 2541

For:

Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)

On:

Bernstein, Jamie (Children’s Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))

Taylor-Ross, Brittney (TexProtects)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

On:

Malone Renelt, Debra (DFPS resource only)

HB 2573

For:

Wren, Jason (Decatur Hosptital Authority)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Grisolia, Christopher (Self)

Henderson, John (Self; Torch)

Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)

HB 2770

Against:

Prather, Laura (Self; Texas Press Association; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas,

TX Assoc. of Broadcasters)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Opiela, Eric (Self)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Against:

Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)

Carranza, Susana (Self)

Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)

Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)

Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)

Pillifant, Reid (Self; Texas Association of Broadcasters; Protect Free Speech Coalition)

Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

HB 2846

For:

Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)

McDougal, Larry (Self)

Russell, Charlotte (Self)

Russell, William (Self)

Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)

Sutarwalla, Murtaza (Self; Muslim Bar Association of Houston)

Against:

Goodman, Chloe (Self; Equality Texas)

Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)

Evans, Michelle (Self)

Leenerts, Ashley (Texas Right to Life)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Russell, Abigail (Self)

Russell, Julia (Self)

Russell, Margaret (Self)

Against:

Arias, Jordan (Self)

Bell, Jasmine (Self)

Benitez, Fernando (Self)

Benitez, Liliana (Self)

Benitez, Paulina (Self)

Bihun, Meaghan (Self)

Bissex, Ramsey (Self)

Bohannon, Shelby (Self)

Brookins, Kaybee (Self)

Bryant, James (Self)

Bulkeima, Elby (Self)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Carranza, Susana (Self)

Chapman, Randall (Self)

Chapman, Randy (Self)

Clark, Gwyn (Self)

Coco, Andy (Self)

Cornett, Savvy (Self)

Emory, Cathryn (Self)

Figueroa, Tez (Self)

Foster, Lin (Self)

Freeman, Noel (Self)

Garcia, Kale (Self)

Gay, Laura (Self)

Goforth, Patricia (Self)

Golightly, Pete (Self)

Griffith, Idona (Self)

Haley, Amy (Self)

Heroux, Emily (Self)

Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

Klumpp, Kay (Self)

Lane, Faith (Self)

Leisey, Ty (Self)

Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

Ludington, Evely (Self)

Ludington, Gaven (Self)

M, Samuel (Self)

Martin, Pauline (Self)

Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)

McKracken, Aislyn (Self)

McKracken, Akiya (Self)

McKracken, Amanda (Self)

Meis, Nova (Self)

Meitzen, Nicole (Self)

Morales, Erica (Self)

Oliver Jones, Kristy (Self)

Ortega, Tess (Self)

Pankl, Grace (Self)

Pritchett, William (Self)

Rhee, Alissa (Self)

Rodriguez Robertson, Jessica (Self)

S, Rox (Self)

Segovia, Andrea (Self; Transgender Education Network of TX)

Somes, Carolyn (Self)

Sommers, Matthew (Self)

Stanch, Michaela (Self)

Strub, Matthew (Self)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Teston, Brooke (Self)

Thompson, Stephanie (Self)

Trevino, Taylor (Self)

Urieta, Leticia (Self)

Urieta, Ramiro (Self)

Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)

Villasana, Alison (Self)

VK, Paul (Self)

Wallens, Luke (Self)

Waters, Hally (Self)

HB 2965

For:

McKee, Ryan (Self)

Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

Against:

Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assn)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Carnahan, Alina (Real Estate Council of Austin)

Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)

Harris, Andy (Self)

Leggett, Adam (Texas Water Infrastructure Network)

Sims, Jami (The Real Estate Council of Dallas, Real Estate Council of Greater Fort Worth)

Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)

Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)

Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

Against:

Duhon, Trey (Waller County)

Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

HB 3009

For:

King, Ben (Self; Ross & Shoalmire PLLC)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurse Practitioners)

Herman, Guy (Self)

WITNESS LIST

HB 3129

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

HB 3157

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Hopper, Craig (Self)

Pargaman, William (Self)

HB 3249

For:

Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

HB 3401

For:

Henry, Patti (Self; County & District clerks association of tx)

On:

Tomasetti, Louis (Office of Court Administration)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Roberts, Cary (County and District Clerks’ Association of Texas)

HB 3403

For:

Henry, Patti (Self; County & district clerks association of tx)

On:

Tomasetti, Louis (Office of Court Administration)

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Roberts, Cary (County and District Clerks’ Association of Texas)

On:

Rogers, Joel (Office of the Attorney General - Child Support Division)

HB 3422

For:

Locke, William (Self; Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Self)

Hopper, Craig (Self; Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute (T-REP))

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

HB 3473

For:

Fiasco, Gale (Self; Texas Court Reporters Association)

Usher, Karen (Self; Texas Deposition Reporters Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Amy (Texas Court Reporters Association)

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Court Reporters Association)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

Rose, Denise (Issues Management)

HB 3474

For:

Fiasco, Gale (Self; Texas Court Reporters Association)

Mathis, Elton (Self; Waller County)

On:

LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Court Reporters Association)

Duhon, Trey (Self; Waller County)

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Hopper, Craig (Self)

Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

Against:

Pargaman, William (Self)

HB 3544

For:

Livingston, Lora (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

Stone, Briana (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Lluveras, Lauren (Texas Council on Family Violence)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Refirm)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)

HB 3657

For:

Clark, Phillip (Dallas County DA’s Office)

Fogg, Jennifer (Rockwall County Clerk)

Against:

Donker, Annette (Self)

Garcia, Anahy (Imake Stamps)

Gonzalez, Martina (All States Surety Bonds, Inc)

Huckleberry, Derrick (Notaries.com)

Jimenez, Azucena (Self; American Association of Notaries)

Jordan, Tracee (Self)

Renteria, Martin (Self; Texas Association of Notaries Public; Texas Notary Training Forum)

Wyche, Caitlyn (Self; American Association of Notaries)

On:

Garcia, Henry (Self)

Swindell, JeTaime (Secretary of State)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers Union)

Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)

Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)

Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officer Association)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

Place, Allen (Texas Land Title Association)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

Against:

Lichtenberger, Judy (Self; Eagle Eye Signings & Mobile Notary LLC)

Salas, Henry (Self; Zenzio stamps)

Tabbara, Kal (Self; American Association of Notaries)

HB 3929

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

Walker, Jack (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

HB 3949

For:

Lazor, Allan (Grand Lodge of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Elliott, Brady (Self; Grand lodge of texas)

McDougal, Larry (Self)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

HB 4085

For:

Archer, Stuart (Oceans healthcare)

Dick, Brittney (Self; Signature Healthcare)

Against:

Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

On:

Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)

Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

Against:

Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

HB 4128

For:

Hammond, Terry (Self; Texas Guardianship Association)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Locke, Jim (Self)

Supnet-Zapata, Lina (Self; Texas Guardianship Association Member)

Ybarra, Rick (Self; Texas Guardianship Association)

On:

Farmer, Drue (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Carlton, Belinda (Guardianship Reform and Supported Decisionmaking Workgroup)

Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Hopper, Craig (Self)

Pargaman, William (Self)

Wilde, Charmaine (Self)

HB 4283

For:

Featherston, Robert (Self; Bexar County Felony Veterans Treatment Court)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

Chapman, Randy (Self)

Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

HB 4376

For:

King, Ben (Self; Ross & Shoalmire PLLC)

Against:

Hopper, Craig (Self; Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute (T-REP))

Pargaman, William (Self; Texas Real Estate and Probate Institute)

HB 4381

For:

Holmes, James (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bush, Kyle (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)

Morgan, Todd (Texas Civil Justice League)

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil And Gas Association)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Shannon, Fred (Texas civil Justice League)

Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)

Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

HB 4635

For:

Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)

On:

Reno, Josh (Office of the Texas Attorney General)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers Union)

Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)

Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officer Association)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

On:

Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))

HB 4714

For:

Obledo, Carla (City of San Antonio Municipal Court)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Garcia, Frederick (City of San Antonio Municipal Court)

HB 4907

For:

Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

Against:

Hillhouse, George (Self; National Association of Royalty Owners (NARO))

Walker, Jack (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Finley, Trace (Port of Corpus Christi)

Robertson, Corbin (Carbon Neutral Coalition)

Sullivan, Ray (American Property and Casualty Insurance Association)

Against:

Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

Hamilton, Melissa (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)

Russell, William (Self)

Sabo, Jason (Environment Texas)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

HB 5010

For:

McDougal, Larry (Self)

Sutarwalla, Murtaza (Self; Muslim Bar Association of Houston)

Against:

Apffel, Trey (State Bar of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Chapman, Randall (Self)

Chapman, Randy (Self)

Willing, Seana “Shawna” (State Bar of Texas)

On:

Dorfman, Grant (Office of Texas Attorney General)

HB 5101

For:

McDougal, Larry (Self)

Sutarwalla, Murtaza (Self; Muslim Bar Association of Houston)

Against:

Apffel, Trey (State Bar of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Chapman, Randall (Self)

Chapman, Randy (Self)

Willing, Seana “Shawna” (State Bar of Texas)

On:

Dorfman, Grant (Office of the Texas Attorney General)

HB 5179

For:

Masters, Lavinia Bertha (Self; Hope SAVES)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Arias, Jordan (Self)

Bates, Georgia (Self)

Bell, Jasmine (Self)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Benitez, Fernando (Self)

Benitez, Liliana (Self)

Benitez, Paulina (Self)

Bissex, Ramsey (Self)

Bohannon, Shelby (Self)

Boyce, Liz (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

Brookins, Kaybee (Self)

Bryant, James (Self)

Bulkeima, Elby (Self)

Clark, Gwyn (Self)

Emory, Cathryn (Self)

Evans, Michelle (Self)

Figueroa, Tez (Self)

Freeman, Noel (Self)

Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)

Garcia, Kale (Self)

Gay, Laura (Self)

Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

Goodman, Chloe (Self)

Haley, Amy (Self)

Heroux, Emily (Self)

Lane, Faith (Self)

Lluveras, Lauren (Texas Council on Family Violence)

Ludington, Evely (Self)

Ludington, Gaven (Self)

M, Samuel (Self)

Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)

Martin, Pauline (Self)

Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)

McKracken, Aislyn (Self)

McKracken, Akiya (Self)

McKracken, Amanda (Self)

Meis, Nova (Self)

Oliver Jones, Kristy (Self)

Ortega, Tess (Self)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Rhee, Alissa (Self)

Rodriguez Robertson, Jessica (Self)

S, Rox (Self)

Segovia, Andrea (Self; Transgender Education Network of TX)

Shurtleff, Hilary (Self)

Somes, Carolyn (Self)

Sommers, Matthew (Self)

Strub, Matthew (Self)

Teston, Brooke (Self)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Thompson, Stephanie (Self)

Urieta, Leticia (Self)

Urieta, Ramiro (Self)

Villasana, Alison (Self)

VK, Paul (Self)

Wallens, Luke (Self)

Waters, Hally (Self)

Against:

Cahn, Adam (Self)

Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas)

HCR 75

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Acuna, Michael (Municipal Court Judiciary)

Kuykendall (Kir-ken-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)

Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)

HJR 166

For:

Fitzgerald, Tamara (Self)

Hand, Robert (Self)

Tamez, Laura (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Chapman, Randall (Self)

Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)