WITNESS LIST
Judicial Affairs Committee
March 29, 1999-3:00P
HB 919
For: Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association of Texas)
Herman, Judge Guy (Self and Statutory Probate Judges of
Texas)
HB 1461
For: Borges, Walt (Texas Watch)
Against: Albright, Alex (Self)
Low, Gilbert J. (Self)
Orsinger, Richard R. (Self)
Wood, Judge Mike (Self)
On: Hile, Richard C. (Texas Trial Lawyers Ass'n)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union)
Woodford, Suzy (Self and Common Cause Texas)
On: Davis, Denise (Texas Judicial Council)
Pemberton, Robert (Supreme Court of Texas)
HB 1660
For: Herman, Judge Guy (Self and Statutory Probate Judges of
Texas)
HB 1661
For: Herman, Judge Guy (Self and Statutory Probate Judges of
Texas)
HB 1662
For: Herman, Judge Guy (Self and Statutory Probate Judges of
Texas)
HB 1663
For: Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association of Texas)
HB 2201
For: Kyle, Judge Stella Ortiz (Texas Municipal Courts
Association)
O'Neal, Judge Michael (Texas Municipal Courts
Association)
HB 2316
For: Ransom, Judge Jay D. (Self)
Against: Porter, Quentin (Texas Court Clerks Association)
HB 2425
For: Harris, Lauralee (Mental Health Ass'n of Tarrant County)
Kern, Diana (Self)
Leatherman, Dr. Martha (Texas Society of Psychiatric
Physicians)
Lovelace, Joe (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of
Texas)
Root, Dr. Lawrence (Self)
Scarano, Dr. Victor (Self)
Swinney, James (Self and Tex. Depressive &
Manic/Depressive Ass'n)
Williams, Bailey (Self)
Against: Halligan, Mike (Texas Mental Health Consumers)
Hayes, Aaryce (Advocacy, Inc.)
Herman, Judge Guy (Self)
King, Karen (Self)
On: Gantt, Melanie (Mental Health Association in Texas)
Herman, Judge Guy (Statutory Probate Judges)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Childs, Dr. Nancy (Self)
Against: Dees, Mary (Self and Persons with mental illness)
Ferris, Beth (Texas Advocates for Nursing Home
Residents)
Norris, Dr. James Ted (Self)
Novak, Dianna (Self)
Prough, Andrew (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
HB 2589
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
HB 3412
Against: Craig, Sr., Danny E. (Self)
HJR 54
For: Borges, Walt (Texas Watch)
Against: Albright, Alex (Self)
Low, Gilbert J. (Self)
Orsinger, Richard R. (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Davis, Denise (Texas Judicial Council)
Pemberton, Robert (Supreme Court of Texas)