Witness List Display

WITNESS LIST

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

April 4, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 323

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Coker, Diane (Self)

Ferguson, Sherry (Houston Humane Society)

Flatt, Christen (Self)

Hardy, Monica (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Hush, Gina (Self)

Kinser, Katherine (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Noel, Adele (Self)

Nordyke, Patt (Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies)

Paquette, Nicole (The Humane Society of the United States)

Scott, Sallie (Self)

HB 911

For:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

On:

Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Barnes, Elizabeth (O.W.L.S. (Objective Watchers of the Legal System))

Barnes, Jim (O.W.L.S. (Objective Watchers of the Legal System))

McClaugherty, Fern (O.W.L.S.)

Plezia, Richard (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers)

Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

Townsend, Virginia (O.W.L.S.)

Against:

Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)

HB 929

For:

Bailey, Chuck (Tx Co and Dist. Clerks Asso)

Woodfin, Sheri (County & District Clerks Asso.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn., TX)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Bloodsworth, Cindy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co, Judges & Comm. Asso)

Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

HB 1111

For:

Doggett, Robert (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)

Lynch, Karmin (Texas Apt. Association)

Owen, Jennifer (Texas Apartment Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bookstaff, Howard (Self)

Privett, Tony (Lubbock Apartment Association)

Teas, Andy (Houston Apartment Association)

Wilson, Wendy (Texas Apartment Association)

HB 1229

For:

Gray, Reggie (Self; Houston Intercontinental Chamber of Commerce)

Tolbert, Michael (American Coalition for Fathers & Children)

Against:

McCullar, Janet (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Milam, Susan (National Association of Social Workers / Texas Chapter)

Against:

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

HB 1381

On:

Bozarth, Melinda (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Elfant, Bruce (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of TX)

Oakley, Keith (Texas Process Servers Association)

HB 1418

For:

Gray, Tom (Self; Tenth Court of Appeals)

Keyes, Evelyn (Self)

Worthen, James T. (12th District Court of Appeals)

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allison, Jim (County Judges & Commissioners Assn. of TX)

Simpson, Terry (San Patricio Co. & Co. Judges & Comm. Asso.)

Against:

Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

HB 1559

For:

Davidson, Mark (Self)

Freeman, Martha (Self)

Kroger, Bill (Self)

Wise, Ken (Self)

Against:

Woodfin, Sheri (County & District Clerks Asso.)

On:

Ferrari, Jan (Texas State Library & Archives Commission)

Gray, Tom (Self)

HB 1771

For:

Reyes, Ruben (TADCP & NADCP)

On:

Burnett, Christopher (Criminal Justice Division, Office of the Governor)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

HB 1835

For:

Guthrie, Shannon (Trust Code Committee of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council

of the State Bar of Texas)

Karisch, Glenn (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Brigance, John (Texas Bankers Assn - Trust Division)

Green, Tina (Real estate, Probate & Trust Council)

Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)

Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas - Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)

Pargaman, William (Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Law Section, SBOT)

Torgeson, Janice (Self)

WITNESS LIST

HB 1837

For:

Fields, Steven (Self)

Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas - Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section)

Karisch, Glenn (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

Against:

Ferchill, Pat (Self)

Herman, Guy (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Benson, Joe (Self)

Brigance, John (Texas Bankers Assn - Trust Division)

Green, Tina (Real estate, Probate & Trust Council)

Guthrie, Shannon (Trust Code Committee of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council

of the State Bar of Texas)

Pargaman, William (Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section, SBOT)

Salinas, Paula (Self)

Torgeson, Janice (Self)

HB 1911

For:

Grainger, Shawn (Self)

On:

Ray, William (Homeland Preparedness Project)

Rosa, Stephan (Brazoria County Office of Emergency Management)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Jones, Jim (San Antonio Police Dept.)

Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

Against:

Higgins, Mike (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

HB 1985

For:

Anderson, Laura (City of Irving)

Villarreal, Celeste (TMCA - Texas Municipal Courts Association)

Villarreal, Celeste (Municipal Judges Section, State Bar of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bloodsworth, Cindy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

Garza, Rudy (City of Corpus Christi)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Israelson, Mark (City of Plano)

Patterson, T. J (City of Fort Worth)

Sturzl, Frank (City of Arlington, TX)

Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

HB 2028

For:

Bailey, Dennis (Rockwall County Commissioners Court)

HB 2046

For:

Fields, Steven (Self)

Green, Tina (Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Council - Chair of the Decedents Estate

Committee)

Karisch, Glenn (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas)

Against:

Ferchill, Pat (Self)

Herman, Guy (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Guthrie, Shannon (Trust Code Committee of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council

of the State Bar of Texas)

Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas - Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)

Pargaman, William (Real Estate, Probate, & Trust Law Section, SBOT)

Torgeson, Janice (Self)

On:

Hull, Mike (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)

Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

HB 2132

For:

Meade, Mike (Fort Bend County Juvenile Probation Dept.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Short, Jim (FT Bend County)

HB 2421

For:

Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

On:

Key, Alicia (Office of the Attorney General)

WITNESS LIST

On:

Lackey, Sandra (Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit)

HB 2488

For:

Hiser, Deborah (Self)

Reed, Cheryl (CASA of the Coastal Bend)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Burstain, Jane (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

Finley, Marisa (Scott & White Center for Healthcare Policy)

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)

On:

Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

HB 2508

For:

Ainsa, Frank (Self and Diocese of El Paso)

Levatino, Steven (Diocese of Austin)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)

Huemmer, Maria (Texas Catholic Conference - Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

Parker, Brad (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.)

Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

Ratliff, Thomas (American Insurance Association)

Walker, Ron (Diocese of Austin and Texas Catholic Conference)

HB 2899

For:

Ferchill, Pat (Self)

Fields, Steven (Self)

Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Torgeson, Janice (Self)

On:

Karisch, Glenn (Self)

WITNESS LIST

HB 2900

For:

Ferchill, Pat (Self)

Fields, Steven (Self)

Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Torgeson, Janice (Self)

On:

Karisch, Glenn (Self)

HB 2935

For:

Carruthers, Andrew (Criminal District Courts of Bexar County)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Fuller, Glenda (Texas Court Reporters Assn)

HB 2936

For:

Gabriel, Johnny (District Court Judges of Bexar County)

HB 2976

On:

Martinez, Michael (Department of Family & Protective Services)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Fuller, Glenda (Texas Court Reporters Assn)

Petroff, Kevin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

Thornbro, Nicole (Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed)

HB 3027

For:

Carlson, Pat (Texas Eagle Forum)

Howard Pittman, Joyce (Self)

O'Brien, Dorrie (Self)

Rowe, Pete (Self)

On:

Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Plezia, Richard (Self; TTLA)

Against:

Knaack, Frank (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

Valentine, Ryan (Texas Freedom Network)

HB 3174

For:

Lauten, Brian (Dr. and Mrs. Bill Boothe)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Nance, Clay (Hance Scarborough, LLP)

HB 3311

On:

Fillmore, Katie (Supreme Court of Texas Commission for Children, Youth & Families)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)

HB 3314

On:

Fillmore, Katie (Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial Commission for Children, Youth

& Families)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Asso. For the Protection of Children)

Sparks, Andrea (Texas CASA)

Vining, Amanda (Texans Care for Children)