WITNESS LIST
State Affairs Committee
April  14, 2009 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
HB  34
 
    For:
Levy, Rick (TX AFL-CIO)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Carson, Sandra (Sysco Corporation)
 
 
Carson, Sandra (Texas Alliance of Nonsubscribers)
 
 
Golden, Michael (Texas Employment Law Council)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Barber, Kathy (Texas Retailers Association)
 
 
Bent, Steve (Texas Assoc. Responsible Nonsubscribers)
 
 
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel & Lodging Association)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
 
 
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Assn.)
 
 
Lively, Lance (NFIB Texas)
 
 
McMahan, Joseph (TX Restaurant Association)
 
 
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit for Reform)
 
 
Ratliff, Thomas (Texas Retailers Assoc.)
 
 
Saenz, Gabriela (Christus Health)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance-Division of Workers' Compensation)
 
 
 
 
HB  1400
 
    For:
Heimlich, Ed (Informed Citizens of Texas)
 
 
Hopkins, Melissa  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Smith, Tom 'Smitty' (Public Citizen)
 
 
Weeks, David  (Self)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Clerkin, Patrick (Everglades Legal Foundation)
 
 
Dewitt, Lauren (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Chavez, Marc (Lubbock County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed)
 
 
Grant, Phillip (Montgomery County D.A.'s Office)
 
 
Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
 
 
Shapleigh, Ballard (34th Judicial District Attorney Jaime Esparza)
 
 
Ware, Michael (Dallas County District Attorney)
 
 
 
 
HB  1604
 
    For:
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas ROSE)
 
 
Perlman, Brett (Enernoc, Inc)
 
 
Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Fainter Jr, John W (AECT)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Oldham, Phillip (Texas Assoc. of Manufacturers)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
 
 
Maxwell Hunt, Amy (Texas Business for Clean Air)
 
 
Smith, Tom 'Smitty' (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Zachary, Mance (Luminant)
 
 
 
 
HB  1604 - Committee Substitute  (Solomons)
 
    For:
King, Robert (Demand Response Coalition)
 
 
 
 
HB  1677
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Smith, Patrick (Texas Society of Professional Surveyors)
 
 
 
 
HB  1900
 
    For:
BIEDRZYCKI, CAROL (Texas ROSE)
 
 
DARNELL, ESTHER (AARP)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
DAVIS, STEPHEN (ALLIANCE FOR RETAIL MARKETS)
 
 
Jewell, Michael (AECT - Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Smith, Tom "Smitty" (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  1904 - Committee Substitute  (Solomons)
 
    For:
Biedrzycki, Carol (Texas Rose (Ratepayers Organization to Save Energy))
 
 
Garcia, Julia (First Choice Power)
 
 
Jewell, Michael (Reliant Energy)
 
 
 
 
HB  1904
 
    For:
MORSTAD, TIM (AARP)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
DAVIS, STEPHEN (ALLIANCE FOR RETAIL MARKETS)
 
 
Ross, Ned (Direct Energy, CPL Retail Energy,  WTU Retail Energy)
 
 
Webking, Catherine (TEAM)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
BALLARD, DON (Public Utility Counsel)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Arnold, Jay (Jewish Federation of Greater Houston)
 
 
Arnold, Jay (Multiple Sclerosis Society)
 
 
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  3325
 
    For:
Berry, David  (Self)
 
 
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
 
 
Collins, Bill  (Self)
 
 
Davis, Kelly  (Self)
 
 
Dixon, Lanore  (Self)
 
 
Graham, Elizabeth (Texas Right to Life)
 
 
Harvey, Jacqueline  (Self)
 
 
Kafka, Bob (Not Dead Yet of Texas)
 
 
King, Andrew  (Self)
 
 
Kiser, Roger  (Self)
 
 
Klein, Zee  (Self and Edith Lois Pereira Mother)
 
 
McPhail, Jennifer (Not Dead Yet of Texas and ADAPT)
 
 
Mills, Sarah (Disability Policy Consortium)
 
 
Morrison, Joe  (Self and Texas Right to Life)
 
 
Payne, Susan  (Self)
 
 
Sanchez, Jesus  (Self)
 
 
Ward, Jerri Lynn  (Self)
 
 
Wright, Kyleen (Texans for Life)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Baker, Dann  (Self and JPS Health Network)
 
 
Fine, Robert (Texas Medical Association
Baylor Health Care System)
 
 
Love, Mikeal  (Self)
 
 
Montagnino, Barbara (Texas Children's Hospital Texas Hospitals Association)
 
 
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life, Inc.)
 
 
Shepherd, Suzanne (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Horton, Colleen (Texas Center for Disability Studies, Univ. of TX.)
 
 
Morris, John C.  (Self and Texas Technology Access Program at the Center for Disability Studies, Univ. of TX.)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Adams, Cathie (TX Eagle Forum)
 
 
Cranston, Catherine  (Self and ADAPT of TX / Personal Attendant Coalition of TX  Not Dead Yet)
 
 
Davis, Ella J.  (Self)
 
 
DeWitt, Lauren (Families Together Coalition)
 
 
Drenner, Julie (Texans for Family Values PAC)
 
 
Garrison-Tate, Jeff (Community Now!)
 
 
Gonzales, Freddy  (Self)
 
 
Hettinger, Ann (Concerned Women of America of Texas)
 
 
Langendorf, Jean (United Cerebral Palsy of Texas)
 
 
Morrison, Dawn  (Self)
 
 
Pici, Melissa  (Self)
 
 
Saenz, Jonathan (Free Market Foundation)
 
 
Seago, John  (Self)
 
 
Simpson, Matt (The ACLU of Texas)
 
 
Southwick, Alexa  (Self)
 
 
Wittie, David  (Self and Not Dead Yet)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Berger, Ed (Seton Family of Hospitals)
 
 
Casady, Shane (Driscoll Children's Hospital)
 
 
Cooper, Deirdre (Texas Alliance for Life)
 
 
Cutrer, Dr. Jennifer (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Farrow, Larry (Texas & New Mexico Hospice Organization)
 
 
Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)
 
 
Jamison, Mazie (Children's Medical Center Dallas)
 
 
Maxwell Hunt, Amy (Methodist Hospital System)
 
 
Perkins, Vicki (Christus Santa Rosa Healthcare)
 
 
Rivas, Andrew (Texas Catholic Conference)
 
 
Saenz, Gabriela (Christus Health)
 
 
Schroeder, Rebekah (Texas Children's Hospital)
 
 
Spikes, Candise (Catholic Health Association of Texas)
 
 
Stafford, Gwen  (Self)
 
 
Striker, Valerie  (Self and Texas Alliance for Life)
 
 
Warner, Freddy (Memorial Hermann Healthcare System)
 
 
 
 
HB  3325 - Committee Substitute  (Solomons)
 
    For:
O'Callaghan, Nora  (Self)
 
    For:
Painter, Robert  (Self)
 
 
 
 
HB  3522
 
     On:
Crawford, Amanda (Office of the Attorney General)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Whalen, Ken (TX Daily Newspaper Association
TX Press Association)
 
 
 
 
HB  3544
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Hadden, Karen (SEED Coalition)
 
 
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
 
     On:
Martinez, Robert ((TCEQ))
 
 
 
 
HB  3633
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
 
 
HB  4207
 
    For:
Homer, Andy (Texas Public Employees Association)
 
 
Pierce, Paula (Texas Legal Services Center)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Beelman, Maud (The Dallas Morning News)
 
 
Elkins, Keith (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX)
 
 
Ellis, Joe (Texas Association of Broadcasters
KDFW Fox 4 - Dallas/FW)
 
 
McNeill, Ryan (The Dallas Morning News)
 
 
Watler, Paul (AM Belo Corp; Texas Daily Newspaper Assn; TX Assoc Broadcasters; Freedom of Information Foundation of TX)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Cutrer, Jennifer (Parkland Health & Hospital System)
 
 
Harris, Dwight (TX.-AFT)
 
 
May, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
 
 
Rose, Denise (Texas Hospital Association)
 
 
Scurlock, Steve (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
 
 
Weisfeld, Shanna (Texas State Teachers Assoc)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Collister, Brian (Freedom of Information of Texas  Texas Association of Broadcaster)
 
 
Oakley, Keith (Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)
 
 
 
 
HB  4261
 
    For:
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
 
 
Reed, Cyrus (LSC, Sierra Club)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ferguson, Brooke  (Self and Meridian Solar, Inc.)
 
 
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
 
 
Hadden, Karen (Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Coalition)
 
 
Maxwell Hunt, Amy (Texas Business for Clean Air)
 
 
Metzger, Luke (Environment Texas)
 
 
Smith, Russel (Texas Renewable Energy Industries Association)
 
 
Smith, Tom Smitty (Public Citizen)
 
 
Winland, Christopher (Good Company Associates)
 
 
 
 
HB  4489
 
    For:
Sandlin, Bennett (Texas Municipal League)
 
 
 
 
 
Against:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
Bellsnyder, Luke (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
 
 
DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
 
 
Drogin, John (Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Central Texas)
 
Against:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
 
 
Lively, Lance (NFIB Texas)
 
 
 
 
HB  4644
 
    For:
Park, David (Atmos Energy)
 
 
 
 
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
    For:
Ruckel, Grant (Texas Gas Service)
 
 
Urrabazo, JP (CenterPoint Energy)