WITNESS LIST
State Affairs
April 2, 2009 - 08:30 AM
SB  74
 
FOR:
 
Bailey, Charles   (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Harvey, Jay   (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
Higgins, Carlos   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Finch, Dan   (Texas Medical Assn),  Austin, TX
 
Hull, Mike   (Texas Alliance for Patient Access),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Bays, Richard   (Dept. of State Health Services),  Austin, TX
SB  281
 
FOR:
 
Mendez, Mark   (Tarrant County),  Ft. Worth, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Whalen, Ken   (Texas Daily Newspaper Association/ Tx Press Ass),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Winn, Elizabeth   (Texas Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
SB  378
 
ON:
 
Darwin, Norman   (Injured Employee Council),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
Against:
 
Cutrer, Jennifer   (Parkland Health and Hospital System),  Dallas, TX
 
On:
 
Lee, Amy   (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
Against:
 
McMurry, Sam   (Texas Self Insurance Assoc.),  Fort Worth, TX
SB  390
 
FOR:
 
Webber, Joseph   (Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)),  Montgomery, TX
SB  551
 
FOR:
 
Mannix, Sean   (Austin Police Department),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Daniels, Katrina   (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney Susan D. Reed),  San Antonio, TX
 
Pruitt, Sharon   (Office of Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  704
 
FOR:
 
Higgins, Carlos   (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Beck, Richard   (Texas Pharmacy Business Council),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Whalen, Ken   (Tx Daily Newspaper Association/ TX Press Assoc.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Crawford, Amanda   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  842
 
FOR:
 
Weber, David   (Christian Care Ministries),  Austin, TX
SB  1071
 
ON:
 
Pate, Gardner   (Houston Firefighters Relief and Retirement Fund),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Elkins, Keith   (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Schneider, Michael   (Tx Assoc. of Broadcasters),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matt   (The ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Whalen, Ken   (TX Daily Newspaper Ass./Tx Press Ass.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Frels, Jonathan   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  1152
 
FOR:
 
Hays, Susan   (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Jordan, Jim   Judge  (Self),  Dallas, TX
 
On:
 
Sorrells, Tim   (Tx Ethics Commission),  Austin, TX
SB  1211
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Alexander, Ann   (Self),  Horseshoe Bay, TX
 
Higdon, Lawrence   (Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association),  Horseshoe Bay, TX
SB  1291
 
FOR:
 
Smith, Jeanene   (Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Friese, Jan   (Texas Counseling Association),  Austin, TX
 
Wadge, Gyl   (Mental Health America of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Longley, Dianne   (Tx Dept of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  1500
 
FOR:
 
Bailey, Charles   (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Blue, Yvonne   (Moor County Hospital District and Dumas, TX),  Dumas, TX
 
Green, Weldon   MD  (Childress Regional Medical Center),  Childress, TX
 
Holly, Greg   (Ward County - Ward Memorial Hospital),  Monahans, TX
 
Hunt, Sharon   (W. J. Mangold Memorial Hospital),  Lockney, TX
 
McBeath, Don   (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals),  Austin, TX
 
McKinney, Paul   (Martin County Hospital District),  Stanton, TX
 
Rightmire, Karen   (Ballinger Memorial Hospital),  Ballinger, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Stone, Sam   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Williams, Josie   (Texas Medical Association),  Paris, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Luke, Ron   (Tx Assoc of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Pate, Gardner   (Methodist Hospital System),  Austin, TX
 
Sanaie, Kandice   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Harvey, Jay   (Texas Trial Lawyers Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Henderson, John   (Childress County Hospital District),  Childress, TX
SB  1629
 
FOR:
 
Fabac, Michael   (KXAN-TV and TX Association of Broadcasters),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Elkins, Keith   (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Whalen, Ken   (Tx Daily Newspaper Ass./Tx Press Ass.),  Austin, TX
 
Zipp, Fred   (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas),  Austin, TX
SB  1692
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Boatright, David   (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  1810
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Burnett, Christopher   (Office of the Governor),  Austin, TX
SB  1814
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
DeWitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Lara, Rene   (Texas AFL-CIO),  Austin, TX
SB  1815
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
DeWitt, Cathy   (Texas Association of Business),  Austin, TX
 
Finch, Dan   (Texas Medical Assn),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Lee, Amy   (Texas Department of Insurance),  Austin, TX
SB  1912
 
FOR:
 
Homer, Andy   (Texas Public Employees Association),  Austin, TX
 
Tudhope, Anne   R.N.  (Dallas County Hospital District (Parkland Hospital)),  Dallas, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Elkins, Keith   (Freedom of Information Foundation of TX),  Austin, TX
 
Ellis, Joe   (Texas Assoc of Broadcasters),  Coppell, TX
 
LaFleur, Jennifer   (Dalls Morning News/ FOIFT),  Dallas, TX
 
McNeoll, Ryan   (The Dallas Morning News),  Dallas, TX
 
Watler, Paul   (AM Belo Corp./Freedom of Information Foundation),  Dallas, TX
 
Wilson, Nanci   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Harden, Ashley   (Texas Comptroller of Public Accts),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Banda, Jennifer   (Texas Hospital Association),  Austin, TX
 
Lowryt, Mary   (Texas Council on Family Violence),  Austin, TX
 
May, Celeste   (Texas Bankers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Phillips, Shannon   (Independent Bankers Association of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Sanderson, Josh   (Association of Tx Professional Educators),  Austin, TX
 
Simpson, Matt   (The ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Whitehurst, Darren   (Texas Medical Association),  Austin, TX
 
Yanas, Chris   (Teaching Hospitals of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Against:
 
Whalen, Ken   (Tx Daily Newspaper Association/Tx Press Assoc),  Austin, TX
SB  1970
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
McGeehan, Ann   (Office of Texas Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
 
Winn, Elizabeth   (Texas Secretary of State),  Austin, TX
SJR 36
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Burnett, Christopher   (Office of the Governor),  Austin, TX
SJR 42
 
FOR:
 
Higgins, Carlos   (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Peacock, Bill  (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Public Policy Foundation),  Austin, TX