WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
March  16, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  63
 
    For:
Higdon, James (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  396
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  480
 
    For:
Brown, Edwin  (Self)
 
 
Brown, Jessica  (Self)
 
 
Burnett, Lauren  (Self)
 
 
Dillon, Charles  (Self)
 
 
Goode, Norman  (Self)
 
 
Hiller, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Kincaid, Erin  (Self)
 
 
McGee, Tonya  (Self)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
Wood, Cecilia  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Beard-Duncan, Martha (Texas Advocacy Project)
 
 
Jenkins, Joan (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
Lee, Angela  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Black, Albert  (Self)
 
 
Thompson Jr., Mike  (Self and Mike Thompson Sr. (dad))
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Andarza, Erika  (Self)
 
 
Blake, Bronwyn  (Self)
 
 
Busby, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Garza, Emily  (Self)
 
 
Hodgkins, Blair  (Self)
 
 
Lamoreaux, Annette  (Self)
 
 
Saad, Angela  (Self)
 
 
Sonstein, Rachel  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Johnson, Jeff (Resource witness for HB 480, for HHSC, Family & Community Services)
 
 
 
 
HB  501
 
    For:
Warren, Jeremy  (Self)
 
 
Wooten, Thomas (Jay)  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  763
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  764
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  765
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  853
 
    For:
Browning, John (Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies)
 
 
Kinser, Katherine (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Andarza, Erika  (Self)
 
    For:
Anderson, Zandra  (Self and Tx, Dog Commission Responsible Pet Owner's Alliance)
 
 
Beard-Duncan, Martha  (Self)
 
 
Bias, James (SPCA of Texas)
 
 
Blake, Bronwyn  (Self)
 
 
Bousquet, Rick  (Self)
 
 
Busby, Heather  (Self)
 
 
Ferguson, Sherry (Houston Humane Society)
 
 
Guerra, Joseph (Houston Humane Society)
 
 
Harkness, Timothy (Houston Humane Society)
 
 
Haverlah, Kirsha  (Self)
 
 
Hodgkins, Blair  (Self)
 
 
Holloway, Cile (Texas Humane Legislation Network)
 
 
Hopper, Renee  (Self)
 
 
Jackson, Joanne  (Self and Citizens for Animal Protection, Houston)
 
 
Kendrick, Christine (Harris County Pct. 1 Constable)
 
 
Lee, Angela  (Self)
 
 
Lowry, Mary (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
Maida, Jewell  (Self and THLN)
 
 
Nordyke, Patt (TFACS)
 
 
Sabatucci, Jay (Texas Animal Control Association)
 
 
Scharfenberger, Bliss  (Self)
 
 
Sonstein, Rachel  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  1046
 
    For:
Anderson, Zandra  (Self and Texas Dog Commission Responsible Pet Owner's Alliance)
 
 
Hammonds, Gary (Endangered Breeds Assn.)
 
 
Lundberg, Tom (Lone Star State Pit Bull Club)
 
 
Melancon, Sheree  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Burnett, Raymond (Sheriff's Assn. of Texas)
 
 
Guerra, Joseph (Houston Humane Society)
 
 
Harkness, Timothy (Houston Humane Society)
 
 
Jackson, Joanne  (Self and Citizens for Animal Protection, Houston)
 
 
Kendrick, Christine (Harris County Pct. 1 Constable's Office)
 
 
Lyon, Jeffrey (Hill County Sheriff's Office Sheriff's Association of Texas)
 
 
Menefee, Keane (City of Fort Worth)
 
 
Robertson, Kent (City of Dallas, TX)
 
 
Sabatucci, Jay (Texas Animal Control Association)
 
 
Spence, Alan (Texas Academy of Animal Control Officers ACO Seizure)
 
 
Trimble, Robert "Skip"  (Self and Dallas Animal Shelter Commission)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Crouch, Alfred  (Self)
 
 
Crouch, Kelly  (Self)
 
 
Hopper, Renee  (Self)
 
 
White, Dwain  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bennett, Brandon (City of Fort Worth)
 
Against:
Bias, James (SPCA of Texas)
 
 
Bousquet, Rick  (Self)
 
 
Browning, John  (Self)
 
 
Ferguson, Sherry (Houston Humane Society)
 
 
Firth, Sylvia (City of El Paso)
 
 
Hanlan, Scott  (Self)
 
 
Holloway, Cile (Texas Humane Legislation Network)
 
 
Maida, Jewell  (Self and THLN)
 
 
Mercer, Patricia (Houston SPCA)
 
 
Nordyke, Patt (TFACS Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies)
 
 
Scharfenberger, Bliss  (Self)
 
 
Urban, John Paul (Harris County)