WITNESS LIST

            Elections Committee

            April 17, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 204

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 1259

                 Against:

                                 Moore, Brandon (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 1594

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

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            HB 1595

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 1661

                 On:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 1683

                 For:

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Aaron (Self; Direct action texas)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)

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                 For:

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county cleks office)

                 Against:

                                 Camarillo, Lydia (Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP))

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)

                                 Sconzo, Guy (Fast Growth School Coalition)

                                 Smith, Michelle (Texas Association of School Business Officials)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2157

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2201

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Against:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2323

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Against:

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2327

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2559

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Harris, Aaron (Self; Direct action tx)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Against:

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2691

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Sargent, Bill (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2699

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county cleks office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Against:

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

            HB 2720

                 On:

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

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                 For:

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2722

                 For:

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 On:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 2815

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Hutson, Blake (AARP Texas)

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                 For:

                                 Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

            HB 3100

                 For:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 3180

                 Against:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Oldham, John (Texas Association of Election Administrators)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 3335

                 For:

                                 Falk, Roger (Self; Travis County Taxpayers Union)

                                 Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)

                                 Mathew, Bryan (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Green, David (City of Austin)

                                 Green, David (City of Austin)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                                                                               7


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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Jackson, Kyle (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 McGuinness, Patrick (Self; Round Rock Parents and Taxpayers Association)

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

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 3386

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Trcca)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 3435

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Against:

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 3840

                 For:

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Opiela, Eric (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Heather (County and District Clerk's Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

            HB 4131

                 For:

                                 Fairbrother, Bill (Self; Texas Republican County Chairmen's Association)

                                 Gomez, Gilbert (Self)

                                 Harris, Aaron (Self; Direct Action TX)

                                 Martinez, Cezar (Self)

                                 Roldan, Bertha (Self)

                                 Sands, Kara (Nueces County Clerk's Office)

                 Against:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Vera, Alan (Harris County Republican Party Ballot Security Committee)

                                 Weatherby, Cinde (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Davis, Chris (Texas Association of Elections Administrators)

                                 White, Jonathan (Texas Office of the Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Montoya, Robert (Self)

                                 Roldan, Emily (Self)

                                 Starnes, Joel (Self)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Thomas, Jacob (Self; Direct Action Texas)

                                 Welborn, Christine (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Bucy, John (Texas Democratic County Chairs Association)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Self; Texasaft)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ingram, Keith (Texas Secretary of State, Elections Division)

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