WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April  27, 2009  upon final adjourn./recess
HB  322
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Burgower, Wendy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  545
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)
 
 
 
 
HB  547
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Pate, Gardner (EOG Resources)
 
 
 
 
HB  585
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  587
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
 
 
Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)
 
 
 
 
HB  889
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  947
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Mendez, Hector (Texas Familty Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  950
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Mendez, Hector (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  1133
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mendez, Hector (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lackey, Sandra (Tx Dept of State Health Services- Vital Statistics Unit)
 
 
 
 
HB  2048
 
    For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Bond, Katie (Office of Court Administration)
 
 
Ondrechen, Lesley (Office of Court Administration)
 
 
 
 
HB  2506
 
    For:
Hart, Norbert (City of San Antonio)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Norman, Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Heckler, Jeff (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
 
 
Heckler, Jeff (Save Our Springs Alliance)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Gaines, Jimmy (Texas Landowners Council, Inc.)
 
 
Girard, Chuck (Real Estate Council of San Antonio)
 
 
Laborde, Blanca (The Real Estate Council (Dallas))
 
 
 
 
HB  2616
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County, Texas)
 
 
Garcia, Laura (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
 
 
HB  2992
 
    For:
Martinez, Farrah (Loren Jackson, Harris County District Clerk)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Good, Ken W (The Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
 
 
Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)
 
 
Bailey, Chuck (Tx Dist. and Co Clerks)
 
 
Guidry, Carolyn L (Jefferson County Clerk in any official capacity)
 
 
Mitchell, Cynthia (Tx County & District Clerk Assoc.)
 
 
Streater, Joy (County/Dist Clerks Assn)
 
 
Wilson, Latonia (Authorized to speak on my official capacity as District Clerk of Galveston Co.)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Moore, Roger (Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
 
 
Sanchez, Harold  (Self)
 
 
Sanchez, Sylvia  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3002
 
    For:
Mitchell, Cynthia (TX County & District Clerks Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bailey, Chuck (Tx District and County Clerks Asso)
 
 
Lee, Randy (Steward Title Guaranty Co.)
 
 
Martinez, Farrah (Harris County District Clerk Lore-Jacksr)
 
 
 
 
HB  3018
 
    For:
Graves, Michael  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Burgower, Wendy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
HB  3710
 
    For:
Russell, Sam  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)
 
 
 
 
HB  3711
 
    For:
Russell, Sam  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3727
 
    For:
Brender, Art  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
 
 
Bolton, Pamela J (Texas Watch)
 
 
Brender, Lynda  (Self)
 
 
O'Connor, Michol  (Self)
 
 
Quesada, George Grey (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.)
 
 
Randall, M. Allen  (Self)
 
 
Spivey, Broadus  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of Tx)
 
 
Allred, Don (Oldham Co.)
 
 
Holt, David (City of Snyder
City of Odessa)
 
 
Holt, David (Texas Association of Community Schools)
 
 
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
 
 
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
 
 
 
 
HB  3763
 
    For:
Lawrence, Tom  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Greenberg, Mark (Dallas County Court at Law Judges)
 
Against:
Starkenburg, Gordon (Tx Justice Court Judges Assoc.)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Charles, Alfonso (Texas Association of County Court at Law Judges)
 
 
Dickie, Martha (State Bar of Texas)
 
 
Evans, David (Judges Tarrant County)
 
 
Hile, Richard (State Bar Texas - Task Force - Court Administration)
 
 
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)
 
 
Wisch, Scott  (Self and Local Administrative Judge
Tarrant County District Judges)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Garcia, Patrick (El Paso County Council of Judges, I am the administrative judge for the council of judges in El Paso)
 
 
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
Shapleigh, Ballard C. (34th Judicial District Attorney Jaime Esparza)
 
 
Trejo, Alma (County Courts of El Paso Tx)
 
 
 
 
HB  3892
 
     On:
Davidson, Mark  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
Wittenburg, Michelle (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
 
 
HB  3919
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Vanhettinga, Brynne (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Whalen, Ken (Tx Daily Newspaper Association
Tx Press Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  4237
 
    For:
Leibowitz, Vince  (Self and Texas Progressive Alliance)
 
 
Musselman, Karl-Thomas  (Self and Texas Progressive Alliance)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Simpson, Michael  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Vanhettinga, Brynne (ACLU of Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  4251
 
    For:
Kostura, Judy (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Harracksingh, Rachel (Texas Ambulance Association and Life Ambulance Service)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Cutrer, Jennifer (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Ney, Gary (Christus Health)
 
 
Payne, Randal  (Self)
 
 
Smith, Andrew (University Health System)
 
 
Sprinkle, GK (TX Ambulance Association)
 
 
Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Tx)
 
 
 
 
HB  4403
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hays, Susan  (Self)
 
 
McDonald, Craig (Texans for Public Justice)
 
 
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
 
 
HB  4518
 
    For:
Russell, Sam  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  4549
 
    For:
Frank, Maloney  (Self)
 
 
Roach, Nelson (TTLA)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Oconnor, Michol  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
 
 
HB  4685
 
    For:
Russell, Sam  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HCR 161
 
    For:
Hill, Jason (Benbrook Water Authority)
 
 
Whitehurst, Rick (Benbrook Water Authority)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Lindgron, Dennis (Benbrook Water Authority)
 
 
Wasson, David (Benbrook Water Authority)
 
 
 
 
HJR 138
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hays, Susan  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HR  480
 
    For:
Bennett, Mark (Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association)
 
 
Brender, Art  (Self)
 
 
Harrington, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
 
 
Hedayati, Hooman (Students Against the Death Penalty)
 
 
Herring, Charles  (Self)
 
 
O'Connor, Michol  (Self)
 
 
Spivey, Broadus  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Maloney, Frank  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cobb, Scott (Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Dieter, Alison  (Self and Texas Moratorium Network)
 
 
Foster, Lawrence  (Self)
 
 
Foster Sr, Kenneth  (Self)
 
 
Haule, Margaret  (Self)
 
 
Medberry, Tracy  (Self)
 
 
Meyer, Delia Perez  (Self)
 
 
Rubac, Gloria  (Self and Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement)
 
 
Simpson, Michael  (Self)
 
 
Wilson, Crystal  (Self)
 
 
 
 
SB  431
 
     On:
Fenstermacher, Sylvia (Daughter, Jessie Fenstermacher
Grandson, Caden Christoffer)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
Wong, Brandon  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Stegall, Melodie (Credit Union Legislative Coalition)
 
 
 
 
SB  431 - Committee Substitute  (wentworth)
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sinkin, Steven  (Self and Toby Goodman - Could not be here)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union League)
 
 
Sandberg, Eric (Texas Bankers Association)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
 
 
 
 
SB  432
 
Against:
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union League)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Sinkin, Steven  (Self)
 
    For:
Wong, Brandon  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Stegall, Melodie (Credit Union Legislative Coalition)
 
 
 
 
SB  477
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
 
 
 
 
SB  491
 
    For:
DelGallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Brown, Pamela (Texas Riogrande Legal Aid, Inc.)
 
 
 
 
SB  497
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
 
 
Herman, Guy  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)
 
 
 
 
SB  657
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Mills, Dan  (Self)
 
 
 
 
SB  812
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
     On:
Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)