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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            March 26, 2013 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 167

                 For:

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)

                 On:

                                 Armour, Marilyn (University of Texas at Austin)

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Kincaid, Meredith (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Wilson, Curtis (Self)

                 On:

                                 Valentini, D. gene (Lubbock county, office of dispute resolution)

            HB 212

                 For:

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 899

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Pam (Self; Lubbock Victim Assistance Services, Inc.)

                                 Alexander, Pam (Self; Lubbock Victim Assistance ServicesInc)

                                 Powell, Matt (Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney)

                 Against:

                                 Armour, Norton (Self)

                                 Bhuiyan, Rais (Self)

                                 Friend, Liza (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Kase, Kathryn (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Kurland, Paula (Self)

                                 White, Linda (Self)

                 On:

                                 Armour, Marilyn (University of Texas at Austin)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde county attorney)

                                 Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attoney's Office)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Kincaid, Meredith (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

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

                                 Wilson, Curtis (Self)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                                 Frogge, Stephanie (University of Texas at austin, Institute for Restorative Justice and

                                 Restorative Dialogue)

            HB 912

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Stutts, Clint (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Byler, Brent (DJI)

                                 Calzada, Alicia (Self; National Press Photographers Association)

                                 Downer, John (Self; John Downer Productions)

                                 Estabrook, Mark (Self; National Press Photographer's Association)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (DJI Innovations North America)

                                 Garcia, Buddy (DJI Innovations North America)

                                 Gregg, Preston (Self)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Reynolds, Guy (Self; National Press Photographers Association, Texas Press Association,

                                 Dallas Morning News)

                                 Wiles, Nicolia (Self)

                                 Wilson, Curtis (Self)

                 On:

                                 Arnott, James (Self)

                                 Blosser, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Anderson, Mary (Self; TexansforAccountableGovernment)

                                 Ballard, Brody (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Brannon, Sam (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Bunch, Mark (Self)

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

                                 Driscol, Amy (Self)

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self; Southwestern Jones Co Taxpayers)

                                 Hall, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Kizer, Brad (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self)

                                 Mason, Mel (Self)

                                 Moore, Brandon (Self)

                                 Simpson, Michele (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Beard, Amy (The Boeing Company)

                                 Berlanga, Hugo (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Gregg, Parke (Self)

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Kildow, Randy (Texas association of licensed investigators)

                                 Luther, William (Self; National Press Photographers Association, Texas Press Association)

                                 McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)

                                 Weist, Jon (Arlington Chamber of Commerce)

                 On:

                                 Cifuentes, Luis (Texas A&M University Corpus Christi)

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                                 Killebrew, Flavius (Texas a&M university-Corpus Christi)

                                 McCraw, Steven C. (Department of Public Safety)

                                 Robertson, J D (Texas rangers-Department of Public safety)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 996

                 For:

                                 Jackson, Jim (Self; Dallas County)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Fitzsimmons, Gary (Self; Dallas county district clerk)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

            HB 1125

                 For:

                                 Kerbow, Becky (Jpca)

                 On:

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 1417

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Anderson, Mary (Self; TexansforAccountableGovernment)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Brannon, Sam (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Bunch, Mark (Self)

                                 Denner, Eric (Self; Austin Chapter of the Texas Assn of Addiction Professionals)

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Association of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Kizer, Brad (Self)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Shier, Bill (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Stanford II, Ken (Self)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Schalchlin, Corwin (Texas department of public safety)

            HB 1426

                 For:

                                 Hughes, Lori (El Paso District Attorney's Office)

                                 Hughes, Lori (El Paso District Attorney's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Vitris, Michael (Texas Appleseed)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

                                 Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Escamilla, David (Self; Travis County Attorney's Office / President, Texas District & County

                                 Attorneys Association)

                                 Heatly, Staley (46th District Attorney's Office)

                                 Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,

                                 Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))

                                 Shapleigh, Ballard C. (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial District (El Paso,

                                 Hudspeth, Culberson Counties))

                                 Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attoney's Office)

                                 Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 1608

                 For:

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Henry, Matthew (Self; Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin)

                                 Henson, Scott (Texas electronic privacy coalition)

                                 McCollough, W. Scott (Self)

                                 Soghoian (so-goy-an), Dr Christopher (American Civil Liberties Union)

                                 Stanford II, Ken (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Tabor, Brian (Dallas Police Department)

                                 Taylor, Jimmy (Houston Police Department)

                                 Thomas, Tammy (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Butler, Alan (Electronic Privacy Information Center)

                                 Jonon, Margaret (Tx Dept of Insurance-resource only)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Lowenstein, Steve (Resource witness invitee of Harris County District Attorney)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Cathie (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Anderson, Mary (Self; TexansforAccountableGovernment)

                                 Arnold, Veronica (Self)

                                 Ballard, Brody (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Blosser, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Brannon, Sam (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Bunch, Mark (Self)

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

                                 Driscol, Amy (Self)

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Foster, Gregory (Self; Electronic Frontier Foundation - Austin (EFF-Austin))

                                 Hall, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Hall, Terri (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Holt, Kelly (Self; Texas chapters of the John Birch Society, Central Texas Friends of Liberty)

                                 Horne, Emily (Self)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self)

                                 Kizer, Brad (Self)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self)

                                 Mason, Mel (Self)

                                 Moore, Brandon (Self)

                                 Simpson, Michele (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Self)

                                 Stutts, Clint (Self)

                                 Williams, Emily (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc)

                                 Hill, Rodney (Houston Police Department)

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Meadows, Randle (Self; Arlington police assoc)

                 On:

                                 McCraw, Steven C. (Department of Public Safety)

                                 Reilly, Wendy (TechAmerica)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1849

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Nguyen, Steve (Self)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attoney's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Kincaid, Meredith (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Robertson, J D (Texas rangers-Department of Public safety)

            HB 2090

                 For:

                                 Cox, William (El Paso County Public Defender's Office)

                 On:

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attoney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bono, Marisa (MALDEF)

                                 Eigler, Cindy (Self; Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy)

                                 Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Kase, Kathryn (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Shier, Bill (Self)

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

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Robertson, J D (Texas rangers-Department of Public safety)

            HB 2130

                 Against:

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc)

            HB 2230

                 For:

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)

                                 Tenenbown, Richard (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Booth, Brittney (SK Law)

                                 Leete, Travis (The Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

            HB 2371

                 For:

                                 Babb, James (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)

                                 Camp, Victoria (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Powers, Dan (Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County)

                 Against:

                                 Shier, Bill (Self)

                                 Stanford II, Ken (Self)

            HB 2809

                 For:

                                 Hebert, Nancy (Montgomery county district attorney's office)

                                 Hoff, Todd (Self; Montgomery county sheriff's office)

                                 Palmore, Catherine (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 McKinney, Donald (Houston Police Department)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attoney's Office)

                                 Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department)

                 Against:

                                 Anthony, Earl (Self)

                                 Buhrig, Herman (Self)

                                 Harris, Janice (Self)

                                 Hearn, Jack (Self)

                                 Shier, Bill (Self)

                                 Wardia, G B (Self)

            HB 2914

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Self; Texas Defender Service)

                                 Dunklee, Caitlin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ambs, Dana (Self)

                                 Anderson, Mary (Self; TexansforAccountableGovernment)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Brannon, Sam (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Denner, Eric (Self; Austin Chapter of the Texas Assn of Addiction Professionals)

                                 Etter, Kristin (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Association of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Kincaid, Meredith (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Kizer, Brad (Self)

                                 Marsh, Andrea (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (Texas Association of Business)

                 Against:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Shier, Bill (Self)

            HB 3060

                 For:

                                 Estrada, Jo Anne (The  Women's Shelter of South Texas)

                                 Heatly, Staley (46th District Attorney's Office)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Camp, Victoria (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Dodson, John (Uvalde County Attorney)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attoney's Office)

                                 Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)

                                                                                              10