WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            March 25, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 207

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)

                                 Chandler, Gary (Texas DPS Officers Association)

                                 Craft, Lon (Tmpa)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

            HB 265

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Bui, Hai (Self; Greater Houston Coalition for Justice)

                                 Flanagan, Collette (Mothers Against Police Brutality)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Lara, Kristi (Mothers Against Police Brutality)

                                 Linder, Nelson (Self; President, NAACP-Austin)

                                 Mata, Johnny (Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 McGiverin, Brian (Self)

                                 Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights comittee)

                                 Self, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights comittee)

                                 Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater  houston coalition for justice)

                                 Watson, Dwight David (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Collins, Chance (Texas Department of Public Safety)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 266

                 For:

                                 Lowry, Lance (AFSCME Huntsville Texas Correctional Employees)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk.org)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Linder, Nelson (Self; President, NAACP-Austin)

                                 McGiverin, Brian (Self)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (Texas Association for the Protection of Children/ TexProtects)

                                 Walters, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 On:

                                 Luna, Roland (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

            HB 273

                 For:

                                 Dobbs, Andrew (Self; Texas Campaign for the Environment)

                                 Mahurin, Heather (Texas Municipal League)

                 Against:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio / San Antonio Police Dept)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)

                                 Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)

                                 Walker, Kwame (The City of Austin)

                                 Williams, Nancy (City of Austin)

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

            HB 282

                 For:

                                 Acevedo, Fidel (Self; Texas League of United Latin Americans Citizens)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Flanagan, Collette (Mothers Against Police Brutality)

                                 Lara, Kristi (Mothers Against Police Brutality)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mata, Johnny (Greater  Houston coalition for Justice)

                                 Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights committee)

                                 Self, Kathy (Self; Greater Houston Coalition For Justice)

                                 Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater  Houston coalition for  justice)

                 Against:

                                 Perkins, Bob (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bui, Hai (Self; Greater Houston Coalition for Justice)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 511

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Flint, Marla (Self)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

            HB 563

                 For:

                                 Bui, Hai (Self; Greater Houston Coalition for Justice)

                                 Flanagan, Collette (Mothers Against Police Brutality)

                                 Lara, Kristi (Mothers Against Police Brutality)

                                 Mata, Johnny (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice, presiding officer)

                                 Self, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                 Against:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                 Against:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's association of texas)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Collins, Chance (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            HB 815

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's association of texas)

                 On:

                                 Cantu, Brenda (Office of Attorney General)

            HB 1076

                 On:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (Tmpa)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

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

            HB 1181

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Self; Dallas County)

                                 Williams, Cheryl (Self; Collin County Commissioner's Court)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1253

                 For:

                                 Perkins, Bob (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 1293

                 For:

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Craft, Lon (Tmpa)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 On:

                                 Huff, Kristen (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 1386

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self)

            HB 1441

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Texas Press Association)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 1503

                 For:

                                 Reddy, Vikrant (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 2061

                 For:

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)

                 On:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Cantu, Brenda (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 2185

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (Tmpa)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chandler, Gary (Texas DPS Officers Association)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

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

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 2291

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)

                                 Kimball, Mandi (Children at risk)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self; Hill country childrens advocacy center)

                                 McPeters, Pamela (Texas Association for the Protection of Children/ TexProtects)

                                 Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2438

                 For:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Rytting, James (Self)

                                 Vilbas, Nick (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Walters, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Hearn, Skylor (Texas Dept of Public Safety)

            HB 2499

                 For:

                                 Flack, Jr, Joe (Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc)

                                 Krasney, Mandi (Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arman, Justin (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Good, Kenneth (Self; Pbt)

                 On:

                                 Walstad, Scott (Professional Bondsman of Texas)

            HB 2525

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

            HB 3312

                 For:

                                 Coffey, Mimi (Self)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Alpert, Richard (Tarrant county District Attorneys Office)

                                 Gibbens, Bill (Texas Association of Crime Laboratory Directors)

                                 Vilbas, Nick (Self; Innocence Project of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self)

                                 Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)

                                 Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)

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

                 On:

                                 Hearn, Skylor (Texas Dept of Public Safety)

            HB 3633

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                 On:

                                 Shackelford, Wesley (Texas indigent Defense Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Walters, Mark (Self)

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