WITNESS LIST

            Government Efficiency & Reform Committee

            April 1, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1689

                 For:

                                 Corson, Michelle (Self; Champion Impact Capital)

                                 Shah, Nirav (Social Finance, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texans Care for Children)

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Sesgraves, Clare (Health and human services commission)

            HB 1749

                 For:

                                 Henley, Terry (Self; Commission on State Emergency Communications)

                                 Kramer, Matt (Sahs and Associates, P.C.)

                                 Kramer, Matt (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Sweeney, Jack (Self; Houston Chronicle and the Texas Press Association)

                 On:

                                 Bruun, Bech (Office of the Governor)

                                 Robinson, Mari (Texas Medical Board)

                                 Treacy, William (Tx state board of public accountancy)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press

                                 Association)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Hermanson, Alan (Tx State Board of Public Accountancy)

                                 Moore, Kelvin (Council on purchasing from people with disabilities)

                                 Scantlen, Alan (Health and human services commission)

            HB 1924

                 For:

                                 Baylor, William (Emdeon)

                                 Crowder, Paul (FICO)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Hines, James (Verizon)

                                 Kroll, John (Gemalto, Inc.)

            HB 2414

                 For:

                                 Kramer, Matt (Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District)

                                 Kramer, Matt (Sahs and Associates, P.C.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                 On:

                                 Lersch, Chad (DIR)

            HB 2725

                 For:

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Olson, Anne (Tx Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light)

                 On:

                                 Shaw, Jean (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2851

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

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            HB 2885

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

            HB 2934

                 For:

                                 Aleshire, Bill (Self)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press

                                 Association)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of information of texas, texas press association)

                                 Watler, Paul (Self; Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association, Hartman Newspapers, L.P.)

                                 Moser, Jim (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Denton record chronicle/dallas morning news/texas press association)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Stephenson, Thomas (Texas press association and the Houston Chronicle)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review & Daily Commercial Record)

                 Against:

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

            HB 3195

                 On:

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Traylor, Chris (Health and human services commission)

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            HB 3646

                 For:

                                 Grimes, Cyd (Self; Travis County / TXPPA)

                                 Hallett, Cindy (Self; TxPPA)

                                 Hallett, Cindy (Self; TxPPA)

                                 Hallett, Cindy (Self; TxPPA and City of Cedar Park)

                                 Henley, Terry (City of Meadows Place)

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Mckelvy, Clay (Public Citizen)

                                 Moser, Jim (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Self; Denton Record-Chronicle/Dallas Morning News/Texas Press

                                 Association)

                                 Stephenson, Thomas (Texas Press Association and the Houston Chronicle)

                                 Weaver, Michael (Self; Weaver & Jacobs Constructors,   Associated Builders and Contractors)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Luna, Vilma (City of Irving)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Cates, Emily (Self; Daily Commercial Recors)

                                 Chadwick, Ashley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)

                                 Hess, Myron (National Wildlife Federation)

                                 Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)

                                 Morin, Thomas (Self; Daily Court Review)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)

                                 Schneider, Robin (Self; Texas campaign for the environment)

                                 Vielma, Eliza (Americans for Prosperity)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

                 On:

                                 Hallett, Cindy (Self; City if Cedar Park)

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            HB 3804

                 For:

                                 Borders, Gary (Self; Freedom ofnInformation Foundation of Texas)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Cary, Katherine (Office of the Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Fitzgerald, Shane (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Hiott, Debbie (Self; Texas Press Association, Austin American-Statesman)

                                 Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and Texas Press

                                 Association)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review & Daily Commercial Record)

            HB 3862

                 On:

                                 Peterson, Peg (Texas Legislative Council)

            HJR 99

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Seagraves, CLare (Health amd human services commission)

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