WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 3, 2001-2:00P
HB 126
For: Gembler, Beverly (Self)
Heusinger, Felix D. (Self)
Heusinger, Mary Jane (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Chaplin, Sr., Richard L. (Self)
Koerner, Janice L. (Self)
Kutz, Carla Jean (Self)
Luengmann, Roland H. (Self)
Moreno, John S. (Self)
Moreno, Louise (Self)
Newman, Debbie (Self)
Sosa Wilson, Refugia (Self)
Wiedner, Jr., Elman (Self)
HB 171
For: Collum, Carl (Bedford Fire Dept. & Fire Investigators of
Texas)
Logan, Michael (Evless Fire Dept./Tarrant Co. Fire &
Arson Inc., Association)
Rice, H.W. "Buddy" (Harris County Fire Marshall's
Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Miller, Lisa Ivie (State Firemen & Fire Marshalls'
Association of Texas)
Renois, Randy (Self)
HB 173
For: Ramos, Ph.D., Vincent (Texas LULAC)
Against: Dobson, Earl (Self)
Granger, J.D. (Tarrant County DA's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Harrell, William (ACLU, NAACP)
Against: Cox, Gregg (Travis County District Attorney's Office)
Gura, Ruth-Ellen (Self)
Heaton, Chris (Texas Municipal Police Association)
HB 279
For: Grigg, Greg (Police Chief Gary Swindle)
Stewart, Diana R. (Tyler Police Dept., Chief Gary
Swindle)
On: Griffith, David (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sanders, Stephen (Texas State Lodge Fraternal Order of
Police)
Against: Fottarelli, Angelo (Texas Association of Pawnbrokers)
White, Bill (Cash American International Inc.)
HB 313
For: Halbert, Ellen (Self)
Hubbarth, Rusty (Self and Justice for All)
Liu, Livia (Self)
Against: Hampton, Keith S. (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Carr, Verna Lee (People Against Violent Crime)
Isaacks, Bruce (Self)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Mazzo, Debbie (Self)
Sager, Janice (Texans for Equal Justice)
Weaver, Mary (Self and The Shaken Baby Alliance -
Houston Branch)
HB 315
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Carr, Verna Lee (People Against Violent Crime - Austin)
Heaton, Chris (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Ramon, Vincent (Texas LULAC)
Sager, Janice (Texans for Equal Justice)
On: Harrell, William (ACLU)
HB 510
For: Brownlee, Kevin (Sugarland Police Dept.)
Munoz, Selena (Child Advocates of Fort Bend)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Heaton, Chris (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Jones, Chris W. (Combined Law Enforcement Associations
of Texas)
Liu, Livia (Self)
On: Johnson, Brian (Texas Office of Attorney General)
Wittliff, Reid (Office of the Attorney General -
Internet Bureau)
HB 510 Committee Substitute (Hinojosa)
For: Blazey, Dayna (Travis County District Attorney's Office)
HB 676
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Webb, James (ACLU of Texas)
On: Keever, Tom (Bruce Isaacks, Criminal District Attorney -
Denton County, Texas)
HB 878
For: Joslove, Scott (Texas Hotel & Motel Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Granger, J.D. (Tarrant County DA's Office)
Liu, Livia (Self)
Montford McCracken, Mindy (Travis County District
Attorney's Office)
Paul, Serff (Texas Travel Industry Association)
HB 1064
Against: Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
On: Blewett, Rebecca (Dept. Public Safety - Driver License)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Posey, John (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
HB 1415
For: Anderson, Paul R. (Self)
Farmer, Glenn D. (Self)
Hampton, Keith S. (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association)
Against: Isaacks, Bruce (Self)
Toney, Doug (Self and Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
On: Granger, J.D. (Tarrant County District Attorney's
Office)
HB 1472
For: Kemp, John (Jefferson County, Sheriff's Department)
On: Allen, John W. (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Smith, Coy L. (Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas
Ranger Division)
HB 1499
Against: Cox, Gregg (Travis County District Attorney)
Hendrick, Dana J. (Self and Texas Probation Association)
On: Isaacks, Bruce (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Rickaway, Caroline (Brazoria County Community
Supervision & Corrections Dept.; Texas Probation
Association)
HB 1541
For: Gonzalez, Eddie (Self)
Vargas, Judge Robert J. (Self)
On: Rickaway, Caroline (Brazoria County Community
Supervision & Corrections Dept.; Texas Probation
Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Villareal, Juan (Self)
HB 1726
For: Dobson, Earl (Self)
Jones, Claude (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Landeros, Rudy (Chief of Police Stan Knee - Austin
Police Association)
Against: Harrell, William (ACLU)
On: Eisenberg, Ph.D., Arthur J. (University of North Texas
Health Science Center)
Kirk, Sheriff Chris (Self and Sheriff's Association of
Texas)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Captain, Myrtle L. (Self)
Carr, Verna Lee (People Against Violent Crime)
Holt, Charles C. (Self and Common Cause of Texas)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Jones, Chris W. (Combined Law Enforcement Associations
of Texas)
Liu, Livia (Dallas County DA's Office)
Sheffield, Mike (Austin Police Association)
Williams, Lyn (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
HB 1726 Committee Substitute (Hinojosa)
Earle, Ronald (Self)
Gura, Ruth-Ellen (Self)
On: Montford McCracken, Mindy (Texas District and County
Attorney's Association)
HB 1807
On: Ott, Judge Patricia (Justices of the Peace & Constables
Association of Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Price, F.W. "Bill" (Self)
HB 1928
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Ott, Judge Patricia (Justices of the Peace & Constables
Association of Texas, Inc.)
HB 2063
For: Hampton, Keith S. (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association)
Against: Liu, Livia (Dallas County DA)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Cox, Gregg (Travis County District Attorney)
Dobson, Earl (Self)
Montford McCracken, Mindy (Travis County District
Attorney's Office)
HB 2207
For: Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Against: Welch, Tillmin G. (Self and Professional Bondsmen of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Bail Bond Board; Bexar
County Commissioners Court)
Schwartz, A.R. "Babe" (Aaron Bail Bonds)
Against: Mason, Marsha (Self)
HB 2288
For: Hampton, Keith S. (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association)
Montford McCracken, Mindy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Lee Carr, Verna (People Against Violent Crime)
Weaver, Mary (Self and The Shaken Baby Alliance -
Houston Branch)
HB 2387
For: Raign, Michael S. (Self)
Against: Posey, John (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
HB 2561
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Chattelle, Melody (Texas Classroom Association)
Wall, Marjorie (Texas State Teachers Association)
HB 2567
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Heaton, Chris (Texas Municipal Police Association)
HB 2696
For: Keever, Tom (Bruce Isaacks, Criminal District Attorney -
Denton County, Texas)
Morris, Karen (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On: Johnson, Brian (Texas Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hammond, Gary (Tomball Police Department)
Harrell, William (ACLU)
Webb, James (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
On: Lindsey, Paul R. (Houston Police Dept.)
HB 2696 Committee Substitute (Hinojosa)
For: Ybarbo, Ray (Chief of Police Al Philippus - San Antonio,
Tx Police Dept.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Watson, Rick A. (Chief of Police Terrell Bolton)
HB 3324
For: DeSoto, Dean S. (Self)
Rodgers, Bettye (Self and Texas Alcohol Traffic Safety
Education Association - Alcohol Testing Alliance)
Scott, Rider (SmartStart, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Coffey, Debra (Self)
Granger, J.D. (Tarrant County District Attorney's
Office)
Isaacks, Bruce (Self)
Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Reeves, Billy H. (Self and Hays County, Precinct 5 -
Constables Dept.)
Toth, Kay L. (Self)
HB 3358
For: Coffey, Debra (Self)
DeSoto, Dean S. (Self)
Gamboe, JoAnn (Self)
Rodgers, Bettye (Self)
Roman, Antonio (Self)
Ybarbo, Ray (Chief of Police Al Philippus - San Antonio
Police Dept.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Gutierrez, Rosa B. (Self)
Jones, Chris W. (Combined Law Enforcement Associations
of Texas & Texas State Troopers Union)
Nafe, Chris (Abilene Police Department)
Reyes, Susie Brown (Self)
Roman, Michael G. (Self)
Villareal, Sandra R. (Self)
Wilkison, Charley (San Antonio Police Officers
Association, Bexar County Deputy Sheriff's
Association)
HB 3384
On: Earle, Elisabeth (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Betts, Charles A. (Downtown Austin Alliance)
Evry, Robert M. (Central Houston, Inc.)
Jones, Chris W. (Combined Law Enforcement Associations
of Texas)
Montford McCracken, Mindy (Travis County District
Attorney's Office)
Sanders, Stephen (Texas State Lodge Fraternal Order of
Police)
On: Harrell, William (ACLU)
HJR 56
For: Adams, Randall Dale (Self)
Atlas, Scott (Self)
Cook, Kerry Max (Self and the wrongly accused and/or
convicted)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Popp, Jeanette (Self)
Against: Hubbarth, Rusty (Self and Justice For All)
On: Longmire, Dennis R. (Survey Research Program, College of
Criminal Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Atwood, David (Pax Christi Texas)
Bledsoe, Gary L. (Texas NAACP)
Captain, Myrtle L. (Self)
Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference)
Delony, Andrew (Self)
Dieter, Alison (Self and Gray Panthers)
Du Four, Doots (Diocese of Austin)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Fahrenthold, Cristina (Self)
Hall, Steve (StandDown Texas)
Hampton, Keith S. (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers
Association)
Harrell, William (ACLU, NAACP)
Hearon, Genevieve (Self and Capacity for Justice)
Heikkala, Karen (Self)
Hernandez, Leslie (Nat'l Assoc. of Social Workers/Texas)
Hollar, Julie (Self)
Holt, Charles C. (Self and Common Cause Texas)
Hughes, Lily Mae (Self and Campaign to End the Death
Penalty)
Johnson, Willie H. (Self)
Levin, Maurie (Texas Defender Service)
Perez Meyer, Delia (Self)
Ramos, Ph.D., Vincent (Tx LULAC)
Reese, Michael Q. (Self and Campaign to End the Death
Penalty)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Trease, Nancy (Self)
Yarborough, Reverand Jesse "Buzz" (Self)
Yeats, Elizabeth (Texas Conference of Churches)
Against: Kirk, Sheriff Chris (Self and Sheriff's Association of
Texas)
On: Pierce, William M. (Self and Maurice Pierce)
Vollum, Scott (College of Criminal Justice - Sam Houston
State University)
HJR 59
For: Adams, Randall Dale (Self)
Atlas, Scott (Self)
Cook, Kerry Max (Self and the wrongly accused and/or
convicted)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Popp, Jeanette (Self)
Against: Hubbarth, Rusty (Self and Justice For All)
On: Longmire, Dennis R. (Survey Research Program, Sam
Houston State Univ.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Atwood, David (Pax Christi Texas)
Bledsoe, Gary L. (Self and Texas NAACP)
Captain, Myrtle L. (Self)
Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference)
Dieter, Alison (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)
Du Four, Doots (Diocese of Austin)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Hall, Steve (StandDown Texas)
Harrell, William (ACLU, NAACP)
Hearon, Genevieve (Self and Capacity for Justice)
Heikkala, Karen (Self)
Holt, Charles C. (Self and Common Cause Texas)
Hughes, Lily (Self and Campaign to End the Death
Penalty)
Johnson, Willie H. (Self)
Levin, Maurie (Texas Defender Service)
Perez Meyer, Delia (Self)
Ramos, Ph.D., Vincent (Tx LULAC)
Reese, Michael Q. (Self and Campaign to End the Death
Penalty)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Trease, Nancy (Self)
Yarborough, Reverand Jesse "Buzz" (Self)
Yeats, Elizabeth (Texas Conference of Churches)
Against: Kirk, Sheriff Chris (Self and Sheriff's Association of
Texas)
On: Pierce, William M. (Self and Maurice Pierce)
Vollum, Scott (Sam Houston State University - College of
Criminal Justice)
SB 203
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Balch, Mandy (County & District Clerks Association of
Texas)
Kirchoff, Kim (County and District Clerks' Association
of Texas)
SB 251
For: Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Against: Kirk, Sheriff Chris (Self and Sheriff's Association of
Texas)
Ryan, Phil (Sheriff's Association of Texas)
On: Granger, J.D. (Tarrant County DA's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against: Holifield, Tim (Self)
Webb, James (ACLU of Texas)
On: Johnson, Brian (Texas Office of Attorney General)
Keever, Tom (Bruce Isaacks, Criminal District Attorney -
Denton County, Texas)
SB 563
Against: Keever, Tom (Bruce Isaacks, Criminal District Attorney -
Denton County, Texas)
On: Johnson, Brian (Texas Office of Attoney General)