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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            April 3, 2013 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 711

                 For:

                                 Cowlishaw, Patrick (Self; Texas-New Mexico Power Company)

                                 Fainter Jr, John W (Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.)

                                 Reed, John (AECT)

                                 Rozzell, Scott (CenterPoint Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Brewster, Chris (Oncor Cities Steering Committee)

                                 Cannady, Connie (Oncor steering committee of cities)

                                 Fehrenbach, Nikolaus (City of Dallas)

                                 Moravec, Randolph (Randy) (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)

                                 Oldham, Phillip (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Pous, Jack (City of houston)

                                 Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public citizen)

                 On:

                                 Tietjen ("Tea-Gin"), Darryl (PUC of Texas (RESOURCE))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Gee, Robert (Texas-New Mexico Power Co)

                                 Peddy, Dale (Entergy)

                                 Reinhart, Patrick (El Paso Electric Co.)

                                 Withrow, Damon (Xcel Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Herrera, Alfred (Freddie) (ALLIANCE OF XCEL MUNICIPALITIES (Amarillo, Borger,

                                 Canyon, Hereford, Levelland, Littlefield); CITIES ADVOCATING REASONABLE

                                 DEREGULATION (Longview, Marshall, Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Vernon))

                                 Ryle (Public citizen)

                 On:

                                 Lloyd, Brian (PUC of TX (RESOURCE))

            HB 2342

                 For:

                                 Hardcastle, Rick (Self)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                 On:

                                 Bales, David (Texans for Stem Cell Research)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Graham, James (Texas Right to Life)

                 On:

                                 Rios, Jose (Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board)

            HB 2860

                 On:

                                 Mattax, David (Office of the attorney general)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Patton, Marissa (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North texas citizen's lobby)

            HB 3116

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 George, Vijay (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 George, Vijay (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

                                 Pigott, Ron (Comptroller of Public Accounts -- TPASS Division)

                                 Pigott, Ron (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)

            HB 3217

                 For:

                                 Houdashell, Ernie (Randall county texas)

                 On:

                                 Macbride, Cheryl (Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Cappello, Robin (Department of Public Safety)

                                 Harmon, Daniel (Department of Public Safety)

            HCR 1

                 For:

                                 Tower Cook, Penny (Self)

                                 Tower Cox, Jeanne (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Keel, Terry (Texas Facilities Commission)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HCR 58

                 For:

                                 Sanford, Scott (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America)

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North texas citizen's lobby)

                 Against:

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union - Texas Affiliate)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedem Network)

            HJR 110

                 For:

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

                 Against:

                                 Casey, Stephen (Self)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union - Texas Affiliate)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hochberg, Scott (Self)

                                 McKamie, Mick (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bennett, Sondra (Self)

                                 Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Davidson, Elizabeth (Self; Women's Wellness Coalition)

                                 Everett, Carol (Self)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)

                                 Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Graham, James (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Hastings, Paul (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned women for america)

                                 Moore, Tim (Self; Southern Baptist of Texas Convention)

                                 Pitts, Tricia (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                                 Scharp, Dennis (Self; North texas citizen's lobby)

                                 Schuttger, Laurie (Self; Women's Wellness Coalition)

                                 Seago, John (Self; Texas Right To Life)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Blauvelt, Erin (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)

                                 Fanarof, Justine (Anti-Defamation League)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Fanarof, Justine (Anti-Defamation League)

                                 Flores, Aurora (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedem Network)

                                 Williams, Terry (Self)

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