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WITNESS LIST
State Affairs
April 20, 2009 - 01:30 PM or upon adjournment
HB  401
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
McWilliams, Andrea   (City of Laredo),  Austin, TX
SB  442
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Lee, Amy   (Texas Dept. of Insurance, Division of Worker's Compensation),  Austin, TX
 
White, Brian   (Office of Injured Employee Counsel),  Austin, TX
SB  1065
 
FOR:
 
Mark, Dennis   (Redeemed Ministries and Not For Sale Campaign),  Spring, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Esparza, Jaime   (District Attorney, 34th Judicial District),  El Paso, TX
 
Garza, Henry   (District Attorney, 27th Judicial District, Bell County),  Temple, TX
 
Herberg, Clifford   (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)
 
Jones, James   (Houston Police Department),  Houston, TX
 
Levy, Rick   (TX AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
 
Lykos, Patricia   (Harris County District Attorney's Office),  Houston, TX
 
Morris, Karen   (Harris County District Attorney's Office),  Houston, TX
 
Pena, Rene   (81st Judicial District D.A.),  Flonesville, TX
 
Wolfe, Jonathan  (also providing written testimony)  (The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Dyer, Jay   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Barber, Kathy   (Texas Retailers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Girard, Chuck   (Recording Industry Association of America),  Austin, TX
 
Mark, Chelsea   (Self),  Spring, TX
 
Against:
 
Chavez, Marc   (Lubbock County, District Attorney's Office),  Lubbock, TX
 
Deel, Shane   (Callahan County Attorney),  Baird, TX
 
English, Laurie   (112th District Attorney's Office),  Fort Stockton, TX
 
Serna, Roberto   (293rd Judicial District Attorney),  Eagle Pass, TX
 
Warner, Martha   (156th Judicial District Attorney),  Beeville, TX
 
Weeks, David   (Walker Co. Criminal District Attorney),  Huntsville, TX
SB  1162
 
AGAINST:
 
Heimlich, Ed  (also providing written testimony)  (Informed Citizens of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Ho, James   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  1170
 
AGAINST:
 
Roach, Nelson   (TTLA),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Briston, Steven   (Parkland Health and Hospital System),  Dallas, TX
 
Against:
 
Yanas, Christine   (Teaching Hospitals of Texas),  Austin, TX
SB  1696
 
FOR:
 
Levy, Rick   (TX AFLCIO),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Betts, Albert   (Association of Fire and Casualty Companies of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
DeWitt, Cathy  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Association of Bluishness),  Austin, TX
 
Franks, Terry   (Texas Mutual Insurance Co.),  Austin, TX
 
Loonam, Timothy   (Texas Cotton Ginners Trust),  Austin, TX
 
McMurry, Sam   (Texas Self Insurance Association),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Reagan, David   (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool),  Austin, TX
 
Stokes, Robert   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Bordelon, Rod   (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Girard, Chuck   (Texas Orthopaedic Association),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Alexander, Lee Ann   (Liberty Mutual Group),  Austin, TX
 
Beachley, Pam   (Texas Association of School Boards Risk Management Fund),  Austin, TX
 
Bellsnyder, Luke   (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Cobb, Ron   (American Insurance Association),  Austin, TX
 
Engelke, Tommy   (Texas Agricultural Cooperative Council),  Austin, TX
 
Johnson, Rick   (Mercantile Trust of Texas, Texas Grocery and Convenience Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
Loonam, Timothy   (Texas Group Insurance Association),  Austin, TX
 
Newton, Will   (NFIB Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Tony   (Texas Cotton Ginners' Association),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Bow, Jonathan D.   (State Office of Risk Management),  Austin, TX
 
Klein, Barbara L.   (State Office of Risk Management),  Austin, TX
 
Lee, Amy   (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers Compensation),  Austin, TX
 
Vollbrecht, Stephen   (State Office of Risk Management),  Austin, TX
 
White, Brian   (Office of Injured Employee Council),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Herzog, Greg   (Texas Medical Assn),  Austin, TX