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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 299

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Blosser, Jeremy   (Self), Arlington, TX

                                 Hall, Jennifer   (Self), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Hedtke, Amy  Mom  (Self), Red Oak, TX

                                 Malone, Rachel  Miss  (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom), Manor, TX

                                 Moore, Brandon   (Self), Bedford, TX

                                 Tays, Steven  Assistant Criminal District Attorney (Bexar County Criminal District

                                 Attorney's Office), San Antonio, TX

                                 Tripp, Alice  Lobbyist (Texas State Rifle Association), Paige, TX

            SB 481

                  AGAINST:

                                 Arnold, Michael   (Self), Ft Worth, TX

                                 Blosser, Jeremy   (Self), Arlington, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Craft, Lon  Dir. Lege Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Hedtke, Amy  Mom  (Self), Red Oak, TX

                                 Malone, Rachel  Miss  (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom), Manor, TX

                                 Mica, Tara  (National Rifle Association), Austin, TX

                                 Tripp, Alice  Lobbyist (Texas State Rifle Association), Paige, TX

                  ON:

                                 Moninger, Steve  Attorney (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin, TX

                                 Zgabay, Sherrie  Manager (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin, TX

            SB 545

                  FOR:

                                 Short, Shaun  Assistant  Police Chief (Dallas Fort Worth Airport), DFW  Airport, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Craft, Lon  Director of Legislative Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Elkin, Bill  Executive  Director (Houston Police Retired Officers' Association), Houston,

                                 TX

                                 Jones, Chris  Deputy Director of Public Affairs (Combined Law Enforcement Associations

                                 of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Tittle, Gary  Major (Dallas Police Department), Dallas, TX

            SB 669

                  FOR:

                                 Good, Ken  (AIA), Tyler

                                 McCluskey, John  Bondsman (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), Houston, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                  AGAINST:

                                 Braddock, Kathy  Chief, Bond Forfeiture Division (Harris County District Attorney's

                                 Office), Houston, TX

                                 Dahse, Morgan  Assistant District Attorney (Montgomery County District Attorneys

                                 Office), Conroe, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Ayak, Christopher  Owner/Agent (1st Choice Bail Bonds II), Austin, TX

                                 Brenza, Daniel  Owner (ATX Bail Bonds), Austin, TX

                                 Clark, Matt  Member (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Dillard, Wynn  Legislative Director (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), McKinney, TX

                                 Engle, Billy  Owner (Lone Star Bail Services), Austin, TX

                                 Halstad, Scott  (Professional Bondsman of Texas), Dallas, TX

                                 McCullough, Joe  Ex. Director (Professional Bondsmen of TX), Austin, TX

                                 Meeker, Glenn  Owner (AAA Bail Bonds), Seguin, TX

                                 Zavala, John  Bail Bondsman (Professional Bondsmen), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Labadie, Tim  Assistant County Attorney (Travis County Attorneys Office), Austin, TX

                                 Oft, Jennifer E.  Chief Assistant District Attorney (Galveston County District Attorney's

                                 Office- Jack Roady), Galveston, TX

            SB 670

                  ON:

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

                                 Houston, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Marsh, Andrea  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Vitris, Michael  (Texas Appleseed), Austin, TX

                                 Yanez - Correa, Ana  Executive Director (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Halpert, Steven  Juvenile Division Chief (Harris County Public Defenders Office), Houston,

                                 TX

            SB 686

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Clark, Mark  Executive Director (Houston Police Officers' Union), Houston, TX

                                 Craft, Lon  Director of Legislative Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Elkin, Bill  Executive Director (Houston Police Retired Officers' Association), Houston, TX

                                 Jones, Chris  (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Vickers, Kim  Director (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 786

                  FOR:

                                 Henry, Matthew  Board Member (Electronic Frontier Foundation of Austin), West Lake

                                 Hills, TX

                                 Henson, Scott  (Texas Electronic Privacy Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 McCollough, W. Scott  (Privacy), Westlake Hills, TX

                                 Soghoian, Dr. Christopher  Principal Technologist (American Civil Liberties Union),

                                 Washington, DC

                  AGAINST:

                                 Tabor, Brian  Detective (Dallas Police Department), Dallas, TX

                                 Taylor, Jimmy  Senior Police Officer (Houston Police Dept.), Houston, TX

                                 Thomas, Tammy  Asst DA (Harris County District Atty), Houston, TX

                  ON:

                                 Butler, Alan  Appellate Advocacy Council (Electronic Privacy Information Center),

                                 Washington, DC

                                 Lowenstein, Steve  Chief Inspection Attorney (Invitee of Harris County District Attorney),

                                 Houston, TX

                                 Reilly, Wendy  Director, State Gov. Affairs (The Technology Association of America),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Blosser, Jeremy   (Self), Arlington, TX

                                 Hall, Jennifer   (Self), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Hedtke, Amy  Mom  (Self), Red Oak, TX

                                 Macfarlane, Andrew  BZ Dev. Mgr (Data Foundry), Austin, TX

                                 Moore, Brandon   (Self), Bedford, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Baker, Donald  Commander (Austin Police Dept.), Austin, TX

                                 Clark, Mark  Executive Director (Houston Police Officers' Union), Houston, TX

                                 Craft, Lon  Dir. Lege Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

                                 Elkin, Bill  Executive Director (Houston Police Retired Officers' Association), Houston, TX

                                 Frazier, Frederick  (Dallas Police Association), Dallas, TX

                                 Jones, James D.  Sgt. (San Antonio Police Department), San Antonio, TX

                                 McKinney, Donald R.  (Houston Police Department), Houston, TX

                  ON:

                                 Jonon, Margaret  (TDI), Austin, TX

            SB 876

                  FOR:

                                 Dillard, Wynn  Legislative Director (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), McKinney, TX

                                 Good, Ken  (AIA), Tyler

                  AGAINST:

                                 Braddock, Kathy  Assistant DA (Harris County District Attorney), Houston, TX

                                 Dahse, Morgan  ADA (Montgomery County District Attorneys Office), Conroe, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                  ON:

                                 Dahill, John B  General Counsel (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Ayala, Christopher  Owner/Agent (1st Choice Bail Bonds II), Austin, TX

                                 Brenza, Daniel  Bail Bondsman (ATX Bail Bonds), Austin, TX

                                 Clark, Matt  Owner (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Engle, Billy  Owner (Lone Star Bail Services), Austin, TX

                                 McCluskey, John  Bondsman (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), Houston, TX

                                 McCullough, Joe  Ex. Director (Professional Bail Bondsmen), Austin, TX

                                 Meeker, Glenn  Owner (AAA Bail Bonds), Seguin, TX

                                 Walstad, Scott  (Professional Bondsman of Texas), Frisco, TX

                                 Zavala, John  Bail Bondsman (Professional Bondsmen of TX), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Tays, Steven  Assistant Criminal District Attorney (Bexar County Criminal District

                                 Attorney's Office), San Antonio, TX

            SB 965

                  FOR:

                                 Clark, Mark  Executive Director (Houston Police Officers' Union), Houston, TX

                                 Walkin, Ken  Chief of Police (Texas Police Chief's Association), Houston, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Baker, Donald  Commander (Austin Police Department), Austin, TX

                                 Chancellor, John R.  Police Chief  (Self), Shenandoah, TX

                                 Frazier, Frederick  Chairman (Dallas Police Association), Dallas, TX

                                 Jones, James D.  Sgt. (San Antonio Police Department), San Antonio, TX

                                 McKinney, Donald  Assistant Chief of Police (Houston Police Department), Houston, TX

                                 Tittle, Gary  Major (Dallas Police Department), Dallas, TX

                                 Wynn, Monty  (Texas Municipal League), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Jones, Chris  Deputy Director of Public Affairs (Combined Law Enforcement Associations

                                 of Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Vickers, Kim  Executive Director (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement and Standards

                                 Education), Austin, TX

            SB 990

                  FOR:

                                 Coffey, Mike  President (Imperative Information Group), Ft Worth, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Marsh, Andrea  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Place, Allen  (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Yanez - Correa, Ana  Executive Director (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Foy, David  Director, Govt Affairs (Reed Elsevier/LexisNexis), Austin, TX

            SB 1096

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Marsh, Andrea  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Yanez - Correa, Ana  Executive Director (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

            SB 1114

                  FOR:

                                 Alatcker, Julia   (Self), Galveston, TX

                                 Fowler, Deborah  Deputy Director (Texas Appleseed), Austin, TX

                                 Rose, Lauren  Juvenile Justice Policy Associate (Texans Care for Children), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Chavez, Reinaldo  Truancy Magistrate (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                                 Crosby, Deotha  Program Coordinator (Dallas County), Dallas, TX

                                 Sholden, John  Judge (Dallas County), Garland, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Craft, Lon  Dir. Lege Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

                                 Deitch, Michele  Board Member (Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation), Austin, TX

                                 Elkin, Bill  Executive Director (Houston Police Retired Officers' Association), Houston, TX

                                 Forth, Kay  Legislative Liaison (American Civil Liberties Union of TX), Austin, TX

                                 Frazier, Frederick  Chairman (Dallas Police Association), Dallas, TX

                                 Marsh, Andrea  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Yanez - Correa, Ana  Executive Director (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  FOR:

                                 Quintanilla, Kayla  Student  (Self), Del Valle, TX

                  ON:

                                 Hartman, Eric  Director of Government Relations (Texas American Federation of

                                 Teachers), Austin, TX

            SB 1289

                  FOR:

                                 Buhrig, Herman   (Self), Elgin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Anthony, Earl  Retired  (Self), Ovilla, TX

                                 Harris, Janice E.  Self Employed  (Self), Killeen, TX

                                 Hearn, Jack   (Self), Boerne, TX

                                 Marsh, Andrea  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Shier, Bill   (Self), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Wardian, G B   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Yanez - Correa, Ana  Executive Director (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

            SB 1348

                  AGAINST:

                                 Tripp, Alice  Lobby (Texas State Rifle Association), Paige, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Clark, Mark  Executive Director (Houston Police Officers' Union), Houston, TX

                                 Craft, Lon  Dir Lege Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

                                 Tays, Steven  Assistant Criminal District Attorney (Bexar County Criminal District

                                 Attorney's Office), San Antonio, TX

                                 Tittle, Gary  (Dallas Police Department), Dallas, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Mica, Tara  (National Rifle Association), Austin, TX

            SB 1611

                  FOR:

                                 Cummings, Patricia  Attorney (Michael Morton), Round Rock, TX

                                 Escamilla, David  County Attorney (Travis County Attorneys Office), Austin, TX

                                 Heaty, Staley  District Attorney (46th Judicial District Attorney), Vernon, TX

                                 Herberg, Cliff  1st Assistant District Attorney (Bexar County District Attorney's Office),

                                 San Antonio, TX

                                 Kase, Kathryn  Executive Director (Texas Defender Service), Houston, TX

                                 Peterson, Martin  Assistant District Attorney  (Self), Hurst, TX

                                 Ratliff, Thomas  Consultant (Michael Morton), Austin, TX

                                 Sims, Randall C.  47th District Attorney (47th District Attorney's Office), Amarillo, TX

                                 Vitris, Michael  Legal Fellow (Texas Appleseed), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Couch, Sharon  Crime Victim Coordinator  (Self), Angleton, TX

                                 Yenne, Jeri  Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney (Brazoria County District

                                 Attorney), Angleton, TX

                  ON:

                                 Hervey, Barbara  Judge (Texas Court of Criminal Appeals), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Dodson, John P.  Uvalde County Attorney (Uvalde County Attorney), Uvalde, TX

                                 Forth, Kay  Legislative Liaison (American Civil Liberties Union), Austin, TX

                                 Hughes, Lori  Trial Divis. Chief (Jamie Esparza- District Attorney- 34th Judicial District),

                                 El Paso, TX

                                 Lowe, Doug  (Anderson County Criminal District Attorney), Palestine, TX

                                 Marsh, Andrea  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Place, Allen  (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Shapleigh, Ballard C.  Trial Division Chief (Jaime Esparza, District Attorney, 34th Judicial

                                 Dist.), El Paso, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            March 26, 2013 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

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

                                 Houston, TX

                                 Yanez - Correa, Ana  Executive Director (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX