WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
March 24, 2003-2:30P
HB 51
For: Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
HB 298
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Press Association and
the Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
On: Bright, Ann (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
Stiles, Frances (Texas Parks and Wildlife)
HB 352
Against: Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Baum, Walt (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Fisher, Jon (Texas Chemical Council)
Miksa, Mary (Texas Association of Business)
HB 432
Against: Barr, James (Self and Texas Ticket Broker Association)
Happel, Stephen (Texas Ticket Broker Association)
Parry, Stephen (Texas Ticket Broker Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Brummett, Kim (Self)
Brummett, William (Self)
Chaump, Jr., Louis (Ticket City)
Cohen, Randy (Ticket City)
Dickey, Sandy (Self)
Dunlap, Robert (Self)
Fazeli, S.R. Ali (Self)
Hentich, Andrew (Self)
Irey, Julie (Ticket City)
Kothlow, Clark Robert (Ticket City)
Landry, John (Self)
Randack, Jerry (Ticket Finders USA)
Samee, Tariq (Ticket Connection)
Smith, Bryson MaCall (Self)
Smith, Taylor (Self)
Smith, Woofer (Ticket Vault, Inc.)
Stern, Marcus (Self)
Stopnicki, Jack (Self)
Toy, Christopher (Self)
HB 475
For: Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
HB 1015
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Press Association and
the Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
HB 1053
For: Hayes, Patricia (Independent Colleges and Universities
of Texas)
Metzger, Luke (Texas Public Interest Research Group (Tex
PIRG))
Schneider, Rob (Consumers Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On: Thompson, Jay (Texas Association of Life and Health
Insurers)
HB 1109
For: Lynch, Chip (Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas)
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of
Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Sandberg, Eric (Texas Savings and Community Bankers
Association)
HB 1269
For: Moore, Thomas (Port of Corpus Christi)
Against: Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Press Association and
the Texas Daily Newspaper Association)
Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Watler, Paul (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause)
HB 1342
For: Mann, James (Texas Pipeline Association)
Against: Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Daily Newspaper
Association and the Texas Press Association)
Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Watler, Paul (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Baum, Walt (Association of Electric Companies of Texas
(AECT))
Nugent, Patrick (Texas Pipeline Association)
Against: Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
On: Durso, Susan (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 1586
For: Carr, Snapper (Texas Municipal League)
Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mann, James (Texas Pipeline Association)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Young, Leonard (San Antonio Water System)
Against: Baggett, Donnis (Self and Texas Newspapers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Baum, Walt (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Hartline, Rina (Center Point Energy)
Nugent, Patrick (Texas Pipeline Association)
Watler, Paul (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
On: Durso, Susan (Public Utility Commission of Texas)
HB 1587
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Agamalian, Brandon (City of Fort Worth)
Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Press Association)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
On: Schloss, Hadassah (The Texas Building and Procurement
Commission and The Open Records Steering Committee)
HB 1719
For: Kasprzak, Dan (Self)
Pierce, Denise (Texas Association of School Boards
Council of School Attorneys)
Against: Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Daily Newspaper
Association and the Texas Press Association)
Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Watler, Paul (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Agamalian, Brandon (City of Fort Worth)
Carr, Snapper (Texas Municipal League)
Against: Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
HB 1792
Against: Marsdon, Julia (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Rogers, Erin (Lone Star Sierra Club)
On: James, Reggie (Consumers Union SW Regional Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against: Metzger, Luke (Texas Public Interest Research Group (Tex
PIRG))
HB 2309
Against: Baggett, Donnis (Self and Texas Newspapers)
Henson, Scott (ACLU of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Consumers Union)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hartline, Rina (Center Point Energy)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against: Cash, Wanda Garner (Self and Texas Press Association)
Watler, Paul (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause Texas)
HB 2376
On: Bow, Jonathan (State Office of Risk Management)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Becker, Sara (State Office of Risk Management)
Gilmore, Barnie (State Auditor's Office)
SB 121
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Hillier, King (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Johnson, Dr. Glen (Community Health Choice, Inc.)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Lemond, Jim (Self)
Poindexter, Portia (Harris County Hospital District)
Rummel, Leah (Texas Association of Health Plans)
Woodford, Suzy (Common Cause)