WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April 7, 2003-2:30P
HB 133
For: Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Martinez, Maria (Self and Texas CAN)
Venable, Peggy (Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Against: Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On: Smith, James (State Comptroller's Office)
Welch, Ken (State Comptroller's Office)
HB 569
For: Nuckols, Beverly (Self and Texas Physicians Resource
Council)
Against: Hansen, M.D., Fred (Self)
Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning
Assoc. of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Kral, Joe (Texas Right to Life)
Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)
Stike, Davida (Self)
Against: Bilbrey, Jennifer (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio and
South Central Texas)
Bowles, Allison (Self and U.T. Voices for Choice)
Busby, Heather (Self)
Clark, Michele (Self)
Cullinane, Mary (Self)
Davidson, Kevin (Self)
De La Riva, Isabel (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio
and South Central Texas)
DeHaan, Melissa (Self)
Flores, Nancy (Self)
Forde, Katherine Victoria (Self)
Haverlah, Sandra (Planned Parenthood of North Texas)
Higgins, Susan (Religious Coalition for Reproductive
Choice - Texas)
Hixon, Jennifer (Self)
Lewis, Sara (Self)
McLaughlin, Kae (Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Action League)
Merriam, Rosemary (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Self)
Montgomery, Virginia Lucile "Cile" (Self)
Naylor, Bettie (Self)
Noble, Shannon (Women's Issues Network)
Paffe, Heather (Texas Association of Planned Parenthood
Affiliates)
Ramsey, Lesley (Texas Campaign for Women's Health)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Rutman, Kristofer (Self)
Sable, Ellen (National Council of Jewish Women - Texas)
Strauss, Shelly (Self)
Tierney, Danielle (Planned Parenthood of the Texas
Capital Region)
Worle, Christina (Self)
Zoch, Rachel (Self)
On: Bays, Richard (Texas Department of Health)
HB 945
For: Everett, Carol (Self)
Harris Buckner, Susan (Texas Physician Resource Council)
Haynes, Brent (Self)
Heard, Laura (Self)
Against: De La Riva, Isabel (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio
and South Central Texas)
Hays, Susan (Self)
Hixon, Jennifer (Self)
Lamoreaux, Annette (Self and American Civil Liberties
Union of Texas and Jane's Due Process)
Lucido, Rita (Self)
Mann, Ursula (Self)
McLaughlin, Kae (Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Action League)
Philip, Diana (Jane's Due Process, Inc.)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning
Assoc. of Texas)
On: Steeg, Susan (Texas Department of Health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brady, Sharon (Self)
Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Nuckols, MD, Beverly (Self)
Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)
Against: Bilbrey, Jennifer (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio and
South Central Texas)
Bowles, Allison (Self and U.T. Voices for Choice)
Busby, Heather (Self)
Clark, Michele (Self)
Cullinane, Mary (Self)
Davidson, Kevin (Self)
DeHaan, Melissa (Self)
Flores, Nancy (Self)
Forde, Katherine Victoria (Self)
Goodson, Laura (Self)
Hankins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haverlah, Sandra (Planned Parenthood of North Texas)
Higgins, Susan (Religious Coaltion for Reproductive
Choice - TX)
Lewis, Sara (Self)
Merriam, Rosemary (Self)
Metzger, Luke (Self)
Montgomery, Virginia Lucile "Cile" (Self)
Naylor, Bettie (Self)
Noble, Shannon (Women's Issues Network)
Paffe, Heather (Texas Association of Planned Parenthood
Affiliates)
Ramsey, Lesley (Self)
Rutman, Kristofer (Self)
Sable, Ellen (National Council of Jewish Women - Texas)
Strauss, Shelly (Self)
Tierney, Danielle (Planned Parenthood of the Texas
Capital Region)
Worle, Christina (Self)
Zoch, Rachel (Self)
HB 1655
For: Brocato, Catherine (Self)
Brocato, Jr., Anthony (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Myers, Myra (Self and Operation Outcry: Silent No More)
Pojman, Ph.D., Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)
Against: McLaughlin, Kae (Texas Abortion and Reproductive Rights
Action League)
Riddering, Hannah (Self and Texas National Organization
for Women)
Ruble, Erin (ACLU of Texas)
Tierney, Danielle (Planned Parenthood of the Texas
Capital Region)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brady, Sharon (Self)
Daly, Richard (Texas Catholic Conference)
Kral, Joe (Texas Right to Life)
Mallard, Erin (Self)
Martinez, Maria (Self)
Nuckols, MD, Beverly (Self)
Starnes, Deborah (Self)
Stike, Davida (Self)
Thompson, Jennifer (Self and Texans for Life)
Venable, Peggy (Self)
White, Molly (Self)
Wright, Kyleen (Self and Texans for Life)
Against: Bilbrey, Jennifer (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio of
South Central Texas)
Bowles, Allison (Self and U.T. Voices for Choice)
Busby, Heather (Self)
Clark, Michele (Self)
Cullinane, Mary (Self)
Davidson, Kevin (Self)
De La Riva, Isabel (Planned Parenthood of San Antonio
and South Central Texas)
Flores, Nancy (Self)
Forde, Katherine Victoria (Self)
Hankins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Haverlah, Sandra (Planned Parenthood of North Texas)
Higgins, Susan (Religious Coalition for Reproductive
Choice - TX)
Hixon, Jennifer (Self)
Lewis, Sara (Self)
Ljungqvist, Jenny (Self)
Mann, Ursula (Self)
Montgomery, Virginia Lucile "Cile" (Self)
Naylor, Bettie (Self)
Noble, Shannon (Women's Issue Network)
Paffe, Heather (Texas Association of Planned Parenthood
Affiliates)
Ramsey, Lesley (Texas Campaign for Women's Health)
Romberg, Peggy (Women's Health and Family Planning
Assoc. of Texas)
Sable, Ellen (National Council of Jewish Women - Texas)
Strauss, Shelly (Self)
Worle, Christina (Self)
Zoch, Rachel (Self)
HB 2922
On: Lowe, Kelly (Texas Legislative Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Carr, Mindy (Texas Land Title Association)
On: Fulton, Deborah (Texas Legislative Council)
HB 3506
On: Stein, Cindy (Texas Legislative Council)
HB 3507
On: Skarke, David (Texas Legislative Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
On: Fulton, Deborah (Texas Legislative Council)
Harrison, Shawn (Texas Legislative Council)
HB 3508
On: Thorne, Jeffrey (Texas Legislative Council Legal
Division)
HJR 15
For: Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Martinez, Maria (Self and Texas CAN)
Vedder, Richard (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Venable, Peggy (Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Against: Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brady, Sharon (Self)
Shilling, Mark (National Federation of Independent
Business)
Against: Hankins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
On: Smith, James (State Comptroller's Office)
Welch, Ken (State Comptroller's Office)
HJR 17
For: Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Martinez, Maria (Texas CAN)
Against: Hankins, Barbara (League of Women Voters of Texas)
Lavine, Dick (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Venable, Peggy (Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Against: Chatelle, Melody (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)
HJR 52
Registering, but not testifying:
For: Brady, Sharon (Self)
Gerstenschlager, MerryLynn (Self and Texas Eagle Forum)
Martinez, Maria (Self and Texas CAN)
Venable, Peggy (Citizens for a Sound Economy)
Against: Forde, Katherine Victoria (Self)
Harris, Dwight (Texas Federation of Teachers)