WITNESS LIST

            State Affairs Committee

            March 18, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 468

                 For:

                                 Chatillon, Anna (Self; Healthy Futures Alliance)

                                 Cushing, Blair (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)

                                 Hays, Susan (NARAL ProChoice Texas)

                                 Leal, Norma (Self)

                                 McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Morton, Peggy (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry board memeber)

                 Against:

                                 Guggenmos, Greg (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anton, George (Self)

                                 Arrambide, Aimee (Self)

                                 Bennett, Amanda (Self)

                                 Booker, Denee (Self)

                                 Burfeind, Amber (Self)

                                 Busby, Heather (Self)

                                 Chasteen, Melanie (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)

                                 Dolese, Martha (Self)

                                 Farruggia, Adrian (Self)

                                 Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)

                                 Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District XI (Texas))

                                 Levinson, Stacy (Self)

                                 Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Long, Amelia (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Martin, Emily (Self; NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Price, Amanda (Self)

                                 Rooke-ley, Emily (Self)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)

                                 Stanley, Drew (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Stein, Lucy (Self; Texas Research Institute)

                                 Van Ramshorst, Ryan (Self; Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Vogel, Alicia (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Drenner, Julie (Texas Values)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)

                                 Groff, Erin (Texas Alliance for Life)

            HB 489

                 For:

                                 Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets)

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

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chaney, Brent (TXU Energy)

                                 Dyer, Richard (Texas Coalition for Affordable Power)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                                 Ross, Ned (Direct Energy)

                 Against:

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Smyth, Scott (Public Utility Commission of Texas)

            HB 537

                 For:

                                 Betzen, Bill (Self)

                                 Burfeind, Amber (Self; Independent Adoption Center)

                                 Edwards, Kirsten (Self)

                                 Langsley, Karen (Self)

                                 Mclaughlin, Kassandra (Self)

                                 Miller, Andy (Self)

                                 Touchet, Zoë (Self)

                                 Wynne, Anne (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Drenner, Julie (Texas Values)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One voice texas)

                                 Blackburn, Renellquiana (Self)

                                 Booker, Denee (Self)

                                 Bryant, Rebecca (Self)

                                 Busby, Heather (Self)

                                 Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Davis, Jeff (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Desormes-Smith, Darla (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)

                                 Gentry, Erin (Self)

                                 Harris, Ashley (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Log Cabin Republicans of Austin)

                                 Leaverton, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Levinson, Stacy (Self)

                                 McFarland, Jane (Self; League of Women voters of Texas)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Morton, Peggy (Self)

                                 Moss-Byas, Ananda (Self)

                                 Mrtcalf, Lynn (Self)

                                 Rutan, Reyna (Self)

                                 Smith, Chuck (Equality Texas)

                                 Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)

                                 Stephens, Brian (Self; The Handsome Father)

                 Against:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self; Texas Eagle Forum - Vice President)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

            HB 911

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Steve (Alliance for Retail Markets)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Posey, Jake (Exelon)

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

                 On:

                                 Lloyd, Brian (Public Utility Commission)

            HB 972

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Booker, Denee (Self)

                                 Burnam, Lon (Public citizen)

                                 Korgel, Skyler (Self)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)

            HB 1617

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Watkins, Paul (Department of Public Safety)

            HJR 37

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Busby, Heather (Self)

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

            HJR 38

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Busby, Heather (Self)

                                 Knoll, Jeffrey (Log Cabin Republicans of Austin)

                                 Power, David (Public Citizen)

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