WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            April 5, 2011 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 36

                 On:

                                 Goodwin, Angela (Attorney General's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                                 Elizalde, Pete (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Mark, Dennis (Redeemed Ministries)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Rodriguez, James (San Antonio Police Officer's Association)

                                 Solana, Marsha (Catholic Bishops of Texas)

            HB 47

                 For:

                                 Chandler, Gary (Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 McCraw, Steven (TxDPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barnes, Elizabeth (O.W.L.S.  Objective Watchers of the Legal System)

                                 Barnes, Jim (O.W.L.S. (Objective Watchers of the Legal System))

                                 Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)

                                 McClaugherty, Fern (O.W.L.S.)

                                 Molnar, Mary Sue (Self)

                                 Solana, Marsha (Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Townsend, Virginia (O.W.L.S.  Objective Watchers of the Legal System)

            HB 227

                 On:

                                 Taylor, Allison (Council on Sex Offender Treatment)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Kugle, David (Self)

                                 Kugle, Josephine Ann (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cannon, Cathy (Self)

                                 Cannon, Gerry (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hosey, Charles (Self)

                                 Hosey, Janice (Self)

            HB 385

                 For:

                                 Ahl, Stephen (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

                                 Moss, Nathan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 604

                 For:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                                 Juarez, Eduardo (Self; LGBT Law Section, State Bar of Texas)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Spain, Charles (State Bar of Texas)

                                 Stabler, Meghan (Human Rights Campaign (www.HRC.org))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brewer, Katie (Self)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                                 White, David (Texas Psychological Assn.)

                 Against:

                                 McDonald, Tony (Young Conservatives of Texas)

            HB 649

                 For:

                                 Chisholm, Amanda (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid)

                 On:

                                 Salinas, Carlos (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                                 Oliver, Julie (Self)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on  Family Violence)

                                 Sloan, Andrea (Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 772

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorney's Assn.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                                 Moss, Nathan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 825

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                 On:

                                 Bost, Jane (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Oliver, Julie (Self)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on  Family Violence)

                                 Sloan, Andrea (Texas Advocacy Project)

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 927

                 For:

                                 Teien, Scott (City of Irving)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                 Against:

                                 Taylor, Philip (Self)

            HB 940

                 For:

                                 Schneider, Robert (Self; Austin ISD Board of Trustee's)

                 On:

                                 Harris, Dwight (TX - AFT)

                                 Otey, Laura (Austin ISD)

                                 Phillips, Doug (Resource - TEA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Moss, Nathan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 1049

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Rauls, Joy (Children's Advocacy of Texas, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                                 Kirk, Chris (Sheriff's' Association of Texas)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorneys Office)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on  Family Violence)

                                 Weller, Meghan (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Cannon, Cathy (Self)

                                 Cannon, Gerry (Self)

                                 Catrett, Jessica (Self)

                                 Clark, Clarence (Self)

                                 Clark, Edith (Self)

                                 Clark, Jacalyn (Self)

                                 Day, Gordon (Self)

                                 Day, Karin (Self)

                                 Elam, Beverly (Self)

                                 Fewell, Jan (Self)

                                 Fleming, Clare (VENTANA DEL SOL)

                                 Gladden, Richard (Self)

                                 Gonzalez, David (Texas Criminal defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Hendrickson, Albertine (Self)

                                 Hendrickson, Sven (Self)

                                 Hosey, Charles (Self)

                                 Hosey, Janice (Self)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Kugle, David (Self)

                                 Kugle, Josephine Ann (Self)

                                 Lewis, Charlotte (Self)

                                 Molinar, Mary Sue (Texas Voices for Reason and Justice)

                                 Sessions, Mike (Self)

                                 Smith, Linda (Self)

                                 Taylor, Philip (Self)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Touchstone, Troy (Self)

                                 Wardian, Dillon (Self)

                                 Wardian, Gary (Self)

            HB 1070

                 For:

                                 Kaelin, Jim (Nueces Co Sherriff)

                                 Little, Tyner (Nueces County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Munoz, Adam (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

                                 Spiller, Diana (TCJS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kirk, Chris (Sheriff's' Association of Texas)

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 1309

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn.)

                                 Goodwin, Angela (Attorney General's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney)

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

                                 Weller, Meghan (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

            HB 1707

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn.)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Johnson, Tim (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mendez, Mark (TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT)

                                 Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.)

                                 Sloman, Jessica (HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department Chief of Police David Brown)

            HB 1721

                 For:

                                 Barraza, Korina (Cameron County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Mattingly, Charles (Cameron County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney)

                                 Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on  Family Violence)

                                 Sloan, Andrea (Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.)

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 1722

                 For:

                                 Barraza, Korina (Cameron County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Mattingly, Charles E (Cameron County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney)

                 On:

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on  Family Violence)

            HB 1874

                 For:

                                 Yates, Don (Mansfield ISD Police Dept. Texas School District's Police Chiefs' Assoc.)

                 Against:

                                 Harris, Dwight (TX - AFT)

                 On:

                                 Canaday, Jennifer (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept)

                                 Lindsey, Andrew (Parent Teacher Association (of Texas))

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Schneider, Robert (Austin ISD Board of Trustees)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1909

                 For:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

            HB 1994

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Anita (WACO Police Dept.)

                                 Mark, Dennis (REDEEMED MINISTRIES)

                                 Moore, Deek (AUSTIN POLICE DEPARTMENT & CITY OF AUSTIN)

                 On:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Olson, Anne (Christian Life Commission)

                                 Solana, Marsha (Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Tx)

            HB 2019

                 For:

                                 Siebert, Patrick (Self; Rep. Ruth McClendon)

                 Against:

                                 Moss, Nathan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Armour, Marilyn (University of Texas at Austin)

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn)

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Slayton, David (LUBBOCK COUNTY)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Hall, Steve (The Stand Down Texas Project)

                                 Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)

                                 Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Tim (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of TX)

                 Against:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney)

                                 Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

            HB 2156

                 For:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (EQUALITY TEXAS)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Juarez, Eduardo (Self; LGBT Law Section, State Bar of Texas)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Spain, Charles (State Bar of Texas)

                                 Stabler, Meghan (Human Rights Campaign (www.HRC.org))

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                 Against:

                                 McDonald, Tony (Young Conservatives of Texas)

            HB 2196

                 For:

                                 Timm, Emily (Workers Defense Project)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Archer, Tom (HOMEOWNERS OF TEXAS)

                                 Beardall, Bill (The Equal Justice Center)

                                 Lee, B.J. (Self)

                                 Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)

                                 Shelton, Emily (TEXAS IMPACT)

            HB 2227

                 For:

                                 Coleman, Dennis (Equality Texas)

                                 Stabler, Meghan (Self; Human Rights Campaign (www.HRC.org))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Smith, Chuck (Transgender Education Network of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 McDonald, Tony (Young Conservatives of Texas)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

            HB 2966

                 For:

                                 Camp, Torie (Texas Assoc. Against Sexual Assault)

                 On:

                                 Loockerman, Dennis (Texas DPS - Resource Witness only)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (TEXAS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION)

                                 Sloan, Andrea (Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.)

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 3001

                 Against:

                                 Taylor, Philip (TEXAS VOICES FOR REASON AND JUSTICE)

                 On:

                                 Ruocco, Thomas (Tx DPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Cannon, Cathy (Self)

                                 Cannon, Gerry (Self)

                                 Catrett, Jessica (Self)

                                 Clark, Clarence (Self)

                                 Clark, Edith (Self)

                                 Clark, Jacalyn (Self)

                                 Day, Gordon (Self)

                                 Day, Karin (Self)

                                 Elam, Beverly (Self)

                                 Fewell, Jan (Self)

                                 Fleming, Clare (VENTANA DEL SOL)

                                 Gladden, Richard (Self)

                                 Hendrickson, Albertine (Self)

                                 Hendrickson, Sven (Self)

                                 Hosey, Charles (Self)

                                 Hosey, Janice (Self)

                                 Kugle, David (Self)

                                 Kugle, Josephine Ann (Self)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Lewis, Charlotte (Self)

                                 Molinar, Mary Sue (Texas Voices for Reason and Justice)

                                 Sessions, Mike (Self)

                                 Smith, Linda (Self)

                                 Touchstone, Troy (Self)

                                 Wardian, Dillon (Self)

                                 Wardian, Gary (Self)

            HB 3031

                 For:

                                 Amici, Ana (Bexar Co Criminal Dist Crt. Judges)

                 Against:

                                 Kopp, James (Bexar County DA's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.)

                 Against:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (Willacy County and District Attorney)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

                                 Moss, Nathan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 3077

                 For:

                                 Walstad, Scott (Professional Bondsman of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dillard, Wynn (PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN of TEXAS)

                                 Good, Ken (Self; PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN of TEXAS)

                                 McCluskey, John (PROFESSIONAL BONDSMEN of TEXAS)

                 Against:

                                 Kirk, Chris (Sheriff's' Association of Texas)

                                 Sylvester, Jim (Travis County Sheriff's Office)

            HB 3176

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Erin (Abilene Police Dept.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3177

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Erin (Abilene Police Dept.)

            HB 3396

                 For:

                                 Ahl, Stephen (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ammerman, Bernard (WILLACY COUNTY AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY)

                                 Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Davila, Darrell (Tarrant County District Attorney)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

                                 Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept)

                                 Moss, Nathan (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Sloman, Jessica (HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department - Chief of Police - David Brown)

                 On:

                                 Ruocco, Thomas (Tx DPS)

            HB 3692

                 For:

                                 Hampton, Keith (National Alliance on Mental Illness Texas)

                                 Lovelace, Joe (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                 Against:

                                 Scogin, Evelyn (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Ashley (TEXANS CARE FOR CHILDREN)

                                 Kirk, Chris (Sheriff's' Association of Texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers/Texas Chapter)

                                 Peyson, Robin (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of TX)

                 Against:

                                 Ayres, Monica (Self)

                                 Brewer, Katie (Self)

                                 Moore, Jim (Self)

                                 Smith, Claudia (Self)

                                 Stewart, Marissa (Self)

                                                                                              11


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3695

                 For:

                                 Villarreal, Celeste (Texas Municipal Courts Association (TMCA))

                                 Villarreal, Celeste (Municipal Judges Section, State Bar of Texas)

                                 Villarreal, Celeste (Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

            HB 3746

                 For:

                                 Gray, Matthew (Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force)

                                 Keith, David (National Association to Protect Children)

                                 Weeks, Grier (National Association to Protect Children)

                 On:

                                 Eckert, Jeff (TEXAS OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baker, Donald (Austin Police Dept.)

                                 Craft, Lon (Texas Municipal Police Assoc)

                                 Ingersull, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn.)

                                 Martinez, Diana (Tex Protects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

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