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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            April 29, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 92

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Wilkerson, Gayle (Self; Texas Nationalist Movement)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Eastland, Bill (Self)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights Inc.)

                 On:

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

            HB 341

                 For:

                                 Been, Terri (Self)

                                 Dieter, Alison (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Been, Gavin (Kadp)

                                 Been, Nicholas (KADP)

                                 Been, Steven (KADP)

                                 Burts, Brittany (KADP)

                                 Bush, Jamie (Self)

                                 Castillo, Maria (Self)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cobb, Scott (Self; Texas Moratorium Network)

                                 Egan, Elliot (Self)

                                 Graves, Anthony (Self; Anthonygravesfoundation)

                                 Hughes, Lily (Self; Campaign to End the Death Penalty)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Miller, Luanne (Self; TCADP)

                                 Ray, Lenton (Self)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Wood, Danny (Self)

                                 Wood, Mitzie (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police officers union)

                                 Frazier, Fredrick (Dallas police Association)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                 On:

                                 Been, Nathan (Kadp)

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

            HB 538

                 For:

                                 Gilbert, Jack (Self; City of Combine)

                                 Mcburney, Barbara (Self; City of Combine)

                 Against:

                                 Lee, David (Self; Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

            HB 560

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Been, Nathan (Kadp)

            HB 564

                 Against:

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Been, Terri (Self)

                                 Castillo, Maria (Self)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cobb, Scott (Self; Texas Moratorium Network)

                                 Dieter, Alison (Self)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Miller, Luanne (Self; TCADP)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police officers union)

                                 Frazier, Fredrick (Dallas police Association)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Been, Nathan (Kadp)

            HB 580

                 For:

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police officer's union)

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                                 Frazier, Fredrick (Dallas police Association)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

            HB 713

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                 On:

                                 Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)

                                 Swenson, Ron (Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission - Special Investigations Unit)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 877

                 For:

                                 Coycault, Steve (Self; Texas silver-haired legislature)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                 Against:

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

            HB 1032

                 For:

                                 Been, Terri (Self)

                                 Dieter, Alison (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Mayfield, Helen (Self)

                                 Ryan, Patrick (Self; Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Baker, Phillip (Self; Plum Blossom Sangha Buddhist Congregation)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Been, Gavin (Kadp)

                                 Been, Nicholas (KADP)

                                 Been, Steven (KADP)

                                 Breeding, Les (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Burnam, Lon (Self)

                                 Burts, Brittany (KADP)

                                 Bush, Jamie (Self)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cobb, Scott (Self; Texas Moratorium Network)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Hess, Katherine (Self; Texas coalition to abolish the death penality)

                                 Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Hughes, Lily (Self; Campaign to End the Death Penalty)

                                 Miller, Luanne (Self; TCADP)

                                 Namazi (Self)

                                 Pettet, Alexandra (Self)

                                 Ray, Lenton (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Wood, Mitzie (Self)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police officers union)

                                 Frazier, Fredrick (Dallas police Association)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Been, Nathan (Kadp)

            HB 1108

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

            HB 1358

                 For:

                                 McKee, R Scott (Self; Henderson County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police officers union)

                                 Frazier, Fredrick (Dallas police Association)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                 On:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 1382

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 1527

                 For:

                                 Been, Terri (Self)

                                 Dieter, Alison (Self)

                                 Graves, Anthony (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Hood, Jeff (Self)

                                 Houle, Kristin (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Jones, Grant (Self)

                                 Mayfield, Helen (Self)

                                 Ryan, Patrick (Self; Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Wilson, Joe (Self)

                                 Yeaman, John (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Akins, Vanessa (TCADP)

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)

                                 Arnold, Kay (Self; Pax Christi Austin and TCADP)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Breeding, Les (Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Breeding, Shannon (Self)

                                 Budde, Barbara (Self)

                                 Burnam, Lon (Self)

                                 Campbell, Jon (Self; Catholic Church)

                                 Castillo, Maria (Self)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cobb, Scott (Self; Texas Moratorium Network)

                                 Compton, DJ (Self)

                                 Cordry, Jackie (Self; Pax Christi Austin)

                                 Egan, Elliot (Self)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Harris, Lauralee (Self)

                                 Heinrichs, Jan (Self; Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Hess, Paul (Self; Texas coalition to abolish the death penalty)

                                 Magnuson, Casey (Self; TCADP)

                                 Miller, Luanne (Self; TCADP)

                                 Renquist, Mike (Self; Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Trimble, Tina (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Lawrence, Mimi (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Been, Nathan (Kadp)

                                 Schaffler, John (Self)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3209

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 3455

                 For:

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                 Against:

                                 Kebodeaux, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)

                 On:

                                 Mathews, Beverly (Self; Child Protection Team, Travis County, Texas)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Nelson, Dana (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Akins, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Drenner, Julie (Texas Values Action)

                                 Seago, John (Texas Right to Life)

            HB 3743

                 For:

                                 McKee, R Scott (Self; Henderson County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Solis, Eddie (City of Arlington)

                 Against:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3759

                 For:

                                 Eastland, Bill (Self)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Kim, Alexander (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Arnold, Kay (Self)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Cordry, Jackie (Self)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Hess, Katherine (Self)

                                 Hess, Paul (Self)

                                 McCord, John (Republican Party of Texas)

            HB 3884

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Wilkerson, Gayle (Self; Texas Nationalist Movement)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Gallivan, Dusty (Ector County Attorney)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

            HB 4071

                 For:

                                 Dobbs, Angel (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Clark, Diana (Self; Meeelj inc w)

                                 Eastland, Bill (Self)

                                 Harding (Self; Meeelj, Inc)

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Howe, Chris (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Self; Houston police officers union)

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                                 Frazier, Fredrick (Dallas police Association)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

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