WITNESS LIST
State Affairs
May 23, 2009 - 10:00 AM or upon adjournment
HB  1657
 
FOR:
 
Brensen, Steve  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Trial Lawyers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Levy, Rick  (also providing written testimony)  (TX AFL CIO),  Austin, TX
 
Roach, Nelson   (TTLA),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Gray, Jeff   (Grayco Partners),  Austin, TX
 
Hull, Mike   (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
Moss, Rebecca   (Texas Association of Manufacturers),  Austin, TX
 
Parker, Bob   (Associated Builders and Contractors and Repcon Striddard, Inc.),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
Parsley, Lee   (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
Trabulsi, Richard   (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Darwin, Norman  (also providing written testimony)  (OIEC),  Austin, TX
 
Lee, Amy   (TDI),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Brown, Jay   (Valero Energy Corporation),  Austin, TX
 
Casteel, Carter   (Texas Civil Justice League),  Austin, TX
 
Ellmer, Mindy   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Ford, Victoria   (Boeing),  Austin, TX
 
Fore, Delbert   (Enterprise Products),  Austin, TX
 
Gipson, Mark   (Devon Energy),  Ft. Worth, TX
 
Goleman, Kinnan   (Shell Oil),  Austin, TX
 
Looney, Rob   (Texas Oil and Gas Association),  Austin, TX
 
Massingill, Gavin   (Dow Chemical Company),  Austin, TX
 
Mayberry, Warren   (DuPont),  Austin, TX
 
Meroney, Mike   (Huntsman Corporation),  Austin, TX
 
Moore, Julie   (Occidental Petroleum),  Austin, TX
 
Perry, Steve   (Chevron USA),  Austin, TX
 
Rivero, Hector   (Texas Chemical Council),  Austin, TX
 
Roberts, Cary   (Texas Civil Justice League),  Austin, TX
 
Sander, Lindsay   (Kindor Morgan),  Houston, TX
 
Sandor, Lindsay   (MarkWest),  Houston, TX
 
Simpson, Stephanie   (Texas Prosperity Project),  Austin, TX
 
Sims, Carol   (Texas Civil Justice League),  Austin, TX
 
Volkening, Ronnie   (Texas Retailers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Warndof, Donna   (TIPRO - Tx. Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Cobb, Rob   (AIA),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
DeWitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Lively, Lance   (NFIB Texas),  Austin, TX
HB  3419
 
FOR:
 
Canaday, Jennifer   (Association of Texas Professional Educators),  Austin, TX
 
Martin, Alejandra   (TX. Association of School Personnel Administrators and Self as a parent),  Austin, TX
 
Melina Raab, Ted   (Texas AFT),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Elkins, Keith   (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Prather, Laura   (Tx. Assoc. of Broadcasters, Tx. Daily Newspaper Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Beneski, Amy   (Texas Assoc. of School Administrators and Texas Assoc. of School Boards),  Austin, TX

 
Fickel, Ann   (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
Grey, John   (Texas State Teachers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Rome, Christy   (Austin ISD),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Ellen   (Houston Independent School District),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Schneider, Michael   (Tx. Assoc of Broadcasters),  Austin, TX
 
Whalen, Ken   (Tx Daily Newspaper Assoc. / Tx Press Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Crawfod, Amanda   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
HB  3480
 
FOR:
 
Cochran, Mike   (TCC Consulting),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Fickel, Ann   (Tx Classroom Teachers Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
Grey, John   (Texas State Teachers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Melina Raab, Ted   (Texas AFT),  Austin, TX
 
Sanderson, Josh   (Association of TX Professional Educators),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Polan, Deborah   (ING Americas),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Williams, Ellen   (Houston Independent School District),  Austin, TX