WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            April 4, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

             

            HB 323

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Coker, Diane (Self)

                                 Ferguson, Sherry (Houston Humane Society)

                                 Flatt, Christen (Self)

                                 Hardy, Monica (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Hush, Gina (Self)

                                 Kinser, Katherine (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Noel, Adele (Self)

                                 Nordyke, Patt (Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies)

                                 Paquette, Nicole (The Humane Society of the United States)

                                 Scott, Sallie (Self)

            HB 911

                 For:

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                 On:

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

                 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))

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

                                 Plezia, Richard (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

                                 Townsend, Virginia (O.W.L.S.)

                 Against:

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)

            HB 929

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Chuck (Tx Co and Dist. Clerks Asso)

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (County & District Clerks Asso.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn., TX)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Bloodsworth, Cindy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co, Judges & Comm. Asso)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 1111

                 For:

                                 Doggett, Robert (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)

                                 Lynch, Karmin (Texas Apt. Association)

                                 Owen, Jennifer (Texas Apartment Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bookstaff, Howard (Self)

                                 Privett, Tony (Lubbock Apartment Association)

                                 Teas, Andy (Houston Apartment Association)

                                 Wilson, Wendy (Texas Apartment Association)

            HB 1229

                 For:

                                 Gray, Reggie (Self; Houston Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Tolbert, Michael (American Coalition for Fathers & Children)

                 Against:

                                 McCullar, Janet (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                 Against:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

            HB 1381

                 On:

                                 Bozarth, Melinda (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of TX)

                                 Oakley, Keith (Texas Process Servers Association)

            HB 1418

                 For:

                                 Gray, Tom (Self; Tenth Court of Appeals)

                                 Keyes, Evelyn (Self)

                                 Worthen, James T. (12th District Court of Appeals)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)

                                 Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co. Judges & Comm. Asso.)

                 Against:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 1559

                 For:

                                 Davidson, Mark (Self)

                                 Freeman, Martha (Self)

                                 Kroger, Bill (Self)

                                 Wise, Ken (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Woodfin, Sheri (County & District Clerks Asso.)

                 On:

                                 Ferrari, Jan (Texas State Library & Archives Commission)

                                 Gray, Tom (Self)

            HB 1771

                 For:

                                 Reyes, Ruben (TADCP & NADCP)

                 On:

                                 Burnett, Christopher (Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 1835

                 For:

                                 Guthrie, Shannon (Trust Code Committee of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council

                                 of the State Bar of Texas)

                                 Karisch, Glenn (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brigance, John (Texas Bankers Assn - Trust Division)

                                 Green, Tina (Real estate, Probate & Trust Council)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas - Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)

                                 Pargaman, William (Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Law Section, SBOT)

                                 Torgeson, Janice (Self)

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            HB 1837

                 For:

                                 Fields, Steven (Self)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas - Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section)

                                 Karisch, Glenn (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Ferchill, Pat (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Benson, Joe (Self)

                                 Brigance, John (Texas Bankers Assn - Trust Division)

                                 Green, Tina (Real estate, Probate & Trust Council)

                                 Guthrie, Shannon (Trust Code Committee of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council

                                 of the State Bar of Texas)

                                 Pargaman, William (Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, SBOT)

                                 Salinas, Paula (Self)

                                 Torgeson, Janice (Self)

            HB 1911

                 For:

                                 Grainger, Shawn (Self)

                 On:

                                 Ray, William (Homeland Preparedness Project)

                                 Rosa, Stephan (Brazoria County Office of Emergency Management)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept.)

                                 Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

            HB 1985

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Laura (City of Irving)

                                 Villarreal, Celeste (TMCA - Texas Municipal Courts Association)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bloodsworth, Cindy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

                                 Patterson, T. J (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 2028

                 For:

                                 Bailey, Dennis (Rockwall County Commissioners Court)

            HB 2046

                 For:

                                 Fields, Steven (Self)

                                 Green, Tina (Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Council - Chair of the Decedents Estate

                                 Committee)

                                 Karisch, Glenn (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Ferchill, Pat (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Guthrie, Shannon (Trust Code Committee of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council

                                 of the State Bar of Texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas - Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)

                                 Pargaman, William (Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Law Section, SBOT)

                                 Torgeson, Janice (Self)

                 On:

                                 Hull, Mike (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

            HB 2132

                 For:

                                 Meade, Mike (Fort Bend County Juvenile Probation Dept.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Short, Jim (FT Bend County)

            HB 2421

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Key, Alicia (Office of the Attorney General)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Lackey, Sandra (Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit)

            HB 2488

                 For:

                                 Hiser, Deborah (Self)

                                 Reed, Cheryl (CASA of the Coastal Bend)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)

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

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

                                 Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)

                 On:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

            HB 2508

                 For:

                                 Ainsa, Frank (Self and Diocese of El Paso)

                                 Levatino, Steven (Diocese of Austin)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

                                 Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference - Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Parker, Brad (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)

                                 Walker, Ron (Diocese of Austin and Texas Catholic Conference)

            HB 2899

                 For:

                                 Ferchill, Pat (Self)

                                 Fields, Steven (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Torgeson, Janice (Self)

                 On:

                                 Karisch, Glenn (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2900

                 For:

                                 Ferchill, Pat (Self)

                                 Fields, Steven (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Torgeson, Janice (Self)

                 On:

                                 Karisch, Glenn (Self)

            HB 2935

                 For:

                                 Carruthers, Andrew (Criminal District Courts of Bexar County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Glenda (Texas Court Reporters Assn)

            HB 2936

                 For:

                                 Gabriel, Johnny (District Court Judges of Bexar County)

            HB 2976

                 On:

                                 Martinez, Michael (Department of Family & Protective Services)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fuller, Glenda (Texas Court Reporters Assn)

                                 Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Thornbro, Nicole (Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed)

            HB 3027

                 For:

                                 Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Howard Pittman, Joyce (Self)

                                 O'Brien, Dorrie (Self)

                                 Rowe, Pete (Self)

                 On:

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Plezia, Richard (Self; TTLA)

                 Against:

                                 Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)

            HB 3174

                 For:

                                 Lauten, Brian (Dr. and Mrs. Bill Boothe)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Nance, Clay (Hance Scarborough, LLP)

            HB 3311

                 On:

                                 Fillmore, Katie (Supreme Court of Texas Commission for Children, Youth & Families)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

                                 Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)

            HB 3314

                 On:

                                 Fillmore, Katie (Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth

                                 & Families)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

                                 Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)

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