Witness List Display

WITNESS LIST

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

April 11, 2011 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

HB 120

For:

Arrington, Tamera (Title 1v-D Associate Judges)

Catoe, Nick (Self)

Cole, Celia (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

On:

Blackmore, Lynn (HHSC)

Hayes, Michael (Child Support Division - Tx. Attorney General)

Miller, Reagan (Texas Workforce Commission)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

Burnham, Joan (Austin Travis County Reentry Taskforce)

Smith, Jodie (Texans Care For Children)

HB 274

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Barber, Kathy (NFIB)

Bellsnyder, Luke (Tx. Association of Manufacturers)

Borskey, Chrissy (General Electric)

Connett, Brent (Texas Conservative Coalition)

Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)

Oswald, Bill (Koch Companies)

Williams, Julie (Chevron U.S.A.)

Wilson, Wendy (Texas Apartment Association)

Against:

Levy, Rick (Texas AFL-CIO)

Lewis, Bill (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)

Speight, Dennis (Texas Watch)

HB 274 - Committee Substitute (Jackson, Jim)

For:

Brannan, Ryan (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Moseley, Jeff (Greater Houston Partnership (GHP))

Nixon, Joseph (Self)

O'Connell, Keith (Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC))

Parsley, Lee (Texas Civil Justice League)

Waldrop, Alan (Texans For Lawsuit Reform)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Parker, Brad (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

HB 963

For:

Camp, Michael (City of Fort Worth)

Geffin, Linda (Harris County Attorney's Office)

Guerra, Joseph (Houston Humane Society)

Trimble, Robert "Skip" (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Yurkshat, Tara (Houston SPCA)

Against:

Anderson, Zandra (Texas Dog Commission)

Homer, Mark (Responsible Pet Owners Alliance)

Huslig, Martine (Responsible Pet Owners Alliance)

Kirby, Scott (Self)

Lewis, Gib (Texas Wildlife Assoc)

Shaver, Jeff (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Coker, Diane (Self)

Covey, Julie (Fox Terrier Rescue of Central & North Texas)

Ferguson, Sherry (Houston Humane Society)

Hardy, Monica (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Holloway, Cile (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

Jonon, Frances (Self; Austin Humane Society)

Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)

Nordyke, Patt (Texas Federation of Animal Care Societies)

O'Neil, Jeanne (Self)

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

Schuelke, Stacy (Houston Humane Society)

Starr, Lisa (Self)

Against:

Fuelberg, Curtis (Texas Sporting Dog Association)

Sanford, Marion (Self)

Whittington, Sara (Self)

HB 1252

For:

Carr, Brent (Criminal Court Judges, Tarrant County)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

WITNESS LIST

HB 1261

For:

Hartle, Barbara (City of Houston Municipal Courts Dept.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)

Patterson, T.J. (City of Fort Worth)

Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

HB 1262

For:

Haston, Craig (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

HB 1354

For:

Brown, John (Building Officials Associations of Texas)

Olk, Jim (Building Officials Association of Texas)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Braley, Bruce (Building Official Association of Texas)

Ellmer, Mindy (International Code Council)

Longley, Bill (Texas Municipal League)

Patterson, T J (City of Fort Worth)

HB 1359

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Smith, Jodie (Texans Care For Children)

HB 1622

For:

Strauch, Tamara (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Davila, Darrell (Tarrant County District Attorney)

Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)

WITNESS LIST

HB 1693

For:

Harris, Bill (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Flowers, Keith (Self)

Williams, Johnny (Judge Bill Harris)

Young, Gary (Lamar County & Dist. Atty Office)

HB 1830

For:

Prashner, Dan (Statutory Probate Judges)

HB 2329

On:

Boatright, David (Office of the Attorney General)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Assoc. for Protection of Children)

On:

Fowler, Abbey (Office of the Atty General)

HB 2367

For:

Castillo, Michael (Self)

Mize, James (Self)

Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

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

Mize, Jonathan (Self)

HB 2422

For:

Martinez, Farrah (Harris County District Clerk)

Against:

Haston, Craig (Texas Family Law Foundation)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Guevara, Thomas (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

HB 2425

On:

Davis, Bill (Office of the Attorney General of Texas)

Roach, Nelson (TTLA)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Saenz, Jonathan (Liberty Institute)

HB 2452

Registering, but not testifying:

Against:

Yanas, Chris (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

HB 3121

For:

Bassett, Sam (Self)

Against:

Stubblefield, Billy (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Daniels, Katrina (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)

Lowe, Doug (Anderson County District Attorney)

Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Young, Gary (Lamar County & Dist. Attn. Office)

Against:

Smith, Steve (Self)

HB 3303

For:

Deitch, Michele (Self)

King, William (Travis County Juvenile Court)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Appleseed)

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

Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

Smith, Jodie (Texans Care for Children)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Toussaint, Aerin (Texas Impact)

Against:

Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

On:

Reynolds, Carl (Office of Court Administration)

HB 3327

For:

Cunico, Chris (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

Marc, Levin (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice)

Against:

McCraw, Lin (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Burnham, Joan (Austin/Travis County Reentry Roundtable)

Hammond, Bill (TX Association of Business)

Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

Wilson, Wendy (Texas Apartment Association)

HB 3393

Against:

Parsley, Lee (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Foster, John (Self)

Fuller, Glenda (Self)

Holmes, Shelly (Self)

Simmons, Susan (Self)

HB 3442

For:

Chavez, Reinaldo (Dallas County)

Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

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

Bloodsworth, Cindy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

HB 3443

For:

Chavez, Reinaldo (Dallas County)

Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

WITNESS LIST

HB 3674

For:

Connelly, Karon (State Bar of Texas)

HB 3807

For:

Hartle, Barbara (City of Houston Municipal Courts Dept.)

Sloman, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

Against:

Kubosh, Michael (Self)

Kubosh, Paul (Self; Texas Municipal Justice Bar Association)

Morris, Phyllis (Texas Court Reporters Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Dillard, Wynn (Professional Bondsmen of Texas)

Walstad, Scott (Self)

Against:

Arellano, Velma (Self)

Fuller, Glenda (Self)