House Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
75th Legislature, Interim
February 19, 1998
1:00 pm
Capitol Extension, E1.026
Pursuant to a notice posted on January 12, 1998, the House
Committee on Juvenile Justice & Family Issues met in a public
hearing and was called to order by the Chair, Representative
Toby Goodman at 1:10 pm.
The roll was answered as follows:
Present: Representatives Goodman; Staples; Jones, Jesse;
McReynolds; Naishtat; Reyna, Arthur; Smith; Williams
(8).
Absent: Representative McClendon (1).
A quorum was present.
The Committee was convened to hear invited testimony relevant
to their Interim Charges.
The following persons testified before the committee:
Dr. Tony Fabelo, Criminal Justice Policy Council
Howard Baldwin, DPRS
Sarah Webster, DPRS
Thomas Chapmond, DPRS
Michelle Duhart, DPRS
Richard Bays. Bureau of Vital Statistics
Vicki Spriggs, Juvenile Probation Commission
Steve Robinson, Texas Youth Commission
Don Bailey, OAG
Wayne Roberts, Anderson Consulting
Megan Ferland, OAG
Robert Martinez, OAG
Kim Ogg, Houston Mayor's Anti-Gang Task Force
At 5:15 pm, on the motion of the chair and without objection,
the meeting was adjourned subject to the call of the chair.
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Rep. Toby Goodman, Chair
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Connie Johnson, Clerk