WITNESS LIST

            Government Transparency & Operation Committee

            April 22, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 139

                 For:

                                 Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Cooke, Ken (Self; Moser Community Media and the Texas Press Association)

                                 Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hartman, Fred (Self; Hartman Newspapers and the Texas Press Association)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Self; The Dallas Morning News, A.H. Belo Corporation and the Texas Press

                                 Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Broussard, Edward (City of Tyler)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hart, Tom (City of Grand Prairie)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Matocha, Dustin (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                                 Wade, Brandon (City of Pflugerville)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

                                 Whalen, Ken (Fair and Affordable Notice Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Weinberg, David (Texas League of Conservation Voters)

            HB 363

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Grassel, Deborah (Self)

                                 Wood, Beverly (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 470

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)

            HB 546

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)

            HB 548

                 For:

                                 Baker, Natalie (Self)

                                 Barney, Ryan (Self)

                                 Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Texas State Employees Union)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas state employees union)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Travis County Reentry Planning Council)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chief's Assn.)

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Uniom)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Dallas Police Association)

            HB 1118

                 Against:

                                 Foy, David (LexisNexis)

                                 Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                 Against:

                                 Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Lee, Randy (Stewart Title Guaranty Company and Stewart Information Services Corporation)

                                 McGarry, Mignon (Experian)

                                 Roberts, Jack (Bank of America)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

            HB 1137

                 For:

                                 Cooper, Brent (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

                                 Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)

                                 Hiner, Harrison (Texas state employees union)

                                 Levy, Rick (Texas aflcio)

                                 Sanderson, Josh (Association of texas professional educators)

                 Against:

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Nicholes, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 2234

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Herrera, Xavier (Harris County District Clerks Office)

                                 John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

            HB 3357

                 For:

                                 Morrison, James (Walker County Special Utility District and Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 Zent, Lara (Texas Rural Water Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aus, Fred (Texas Rural Water Association)

                                 Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Moore, Graham (HCPUA)

                                 Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)

            HB 3997

                 For:

                                 Cobler, Chris (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Texas Press Association)

                                 Prather, Laura (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Texas Press Association, Texas

                                 Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Baker, Brian (Self)

                                 Heatly, Staley (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gordon, Justin (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Cooke, Ken (Self; Moser Community Media and the Texas Press Association)

                                 Hartman, Fred (Self; Hartman Newspapers and the Texas Press Association)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Self; The Dallas Morning News, A.H. Belo Corporation and the Texas Press

                                 Association)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Kutnick, Lance (Texas Attorney General)

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