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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            March 17, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 388

                 For:

                                 Perez, Alberto (Webb County District Attorney)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                 On:

                                 Hays, Karl (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

            HB 703

                 For:

                                 Bower, Bruce (Self; Texas Legal Services Center)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)

                                 Martinez, Frances Leos (Self)

                                 McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                 On:

                                 Junge, Heidi (Texas Land Title Association and Stewart Title Guaranty Co.)

                                 Olsen, Rory (Self)

                                 Sitchler, Patricia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Balovich, Julie (Self)

                                 Chapman, Randall (Self)

                                 Fowler, Jocelyn (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                                 Patterson, Jay (Self)

                                 Tindall, Harry (Self; Uniform Law Commissioner)

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Family Council)

                                 Wood, Lucy (Self)

            HB 705

                 For:

                                 Bower, Bruce (Self; Texas Legal Services Center)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)

                                 Higgins, Carlos (Self; Texas Silver Haired Legislature)

                                 McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chapman, Randall (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Fowler, Jocelyn (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                                 Martinez, Frances Leos (Self)

                                 Patterson, Jay (Self)

            HB 1040

                 For:

                                 Abney, Cary (TASO)

                                 Fitch, Michael (Texas Association of Sports Officials)

                                 Kwast, Alan (TASO)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Abney, Richard (TASO)

                                 Harpole, Charles (TASO)

                                 Holloway, Cody (TASO)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

            HB 1050

                 For:

                                 Elliott, John (Needs foundation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Clark, Val (Self)

            HB 1116

                 For:

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Greiner, Mary (Self; Nasw/tx)

                                 King, Dan (Self)

                                 Miller, Karen (Self; NASW)

                                 Tuohy, Janet (Self; NASW)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barillas, Ph.D., Katherine (One Voice Texas)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Vogel, Alicia (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1129

                 For:

                                 McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                                 Patterson, Jay (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chapman, Randall (Self)

                                 Fowler, Jocelyn (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)

            HB 1334

                 For:

                                 Bookstaff, Howard (Self; Texas Apartment Association)

                                 Walker, Nate (Texas Family Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jackson, Frank (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)

            HB 1353

                 For:

                                 McKnight, Peyton (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Reed, Richard (AGC Texas Bldg Branch)

                                 Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)

                                 Webb, Cody (Zachry Construction Corporation)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)

                 Against:

                                 Bosse, Fred (Webber, LLC)

                                 Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)

                                 Rove, Karen (AGC of Texas Highway, Heavy Branch)

                                 Westcott, Ben (Self; ABC of Texas)

                                 White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)

            HB 1433

                 For:

                                 Cawley, Jennifer (Texas Association of Life and Health Insurers)

                                 Dudensing, Jamie (Texas Association of Health Plans)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)

                                 McCandless, Pati (Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 McCoy, Dan (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas)

                                 Spangler, Lee (Texas Medical Association)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Medical Association)

                 Against:

                                 Bailey, Charles (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Bennett, Michael (Memorial Hermann Health System)

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)

                                 Cody, Jeff (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Kindred, Michael (Self)

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

                                 Pollock, Bill (Self)

                                 Spurck Jr, Robert (Self)

                                 Toal, Jeffrey (Self; Med-Enterprise, LLC)

                 On:

                                 Daniel, Katrina (Texas Department of Insurance)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alcedo, Marc (Cigna Healthcare)

                                 Gonzales, David (Humana Texas)

                                 Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Sanaie, Kandice (UnitedHealthcare)

                 Against:

                                 Apodaca, Michelle (Tenet Health)

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Comeaux, Jay (Self)

                                 Hench, Marina (Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice)

                                 Mitchell, Robert (Self)

                                 Sadler, Paul (Self)

                                 Sherrill, Kristi (Baylor scott and white health system)

                                 Warner, Freddy (Memorial Hermann Health System)

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