WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            April 21, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1660

                 For:

                                 David, Lisa (Clerk Association)

                                 Hightower, Brittany (Texas Advocacy Project)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (Texas council on family violence)

                 On:

                                 Piechowiak, Kimberly (Office of court administration)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bellino, Heather (Texas Advocacy Project)

                                 Conte, Catherina (Self; Asian Family Support Services of Austin)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Dietz, Kevin (Self)

                                 Gardner, Gretta (Self; Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justice of the Peace and Constable's Association)

                                 Smith, R Glenn (Self)

            HB 1766

                 For:

                                 Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)

                                 Hiott, Debbie (Self; Austin American Statesman, Texas Press Association, Freedom of

                                 Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Prather, Laura (Self; Texas Press Association, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas,

                                 Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 On:

                                 Groogan, Greg (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review)

            HB 1923

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Statutory probate courts)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hood, Kristi (Self)

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self)

                                 Jagger, Todd (Self)

            HB 2088

                 For:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self)

                                 Lee, Nick (Clean Elections Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carrillo, Joe (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Jagger, Todd (Self)

                                 McDonald, Craig (Self; Texans for Public Justice)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Smith, James (Self)

            HB 2369

                 For:

                                 McDavitt, Brooke (Bexar County Courts at Law)

            HB 2486

                 For:

                                 Conte, Catherina (Self; Asian Family Support Services of Austin)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Hightower, Brittany (Texas Advocacy Project)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bellino, Heather (Texas Advocacy Project)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Dietz, Kevin (Self)

                                 Gardner, Gretta (Self; Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force)

                                 Grinstead-Everly, Tracy (Texas council on family violence)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Long, Matt (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Martinez, Mario (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justice of the Peace and Constable's Association)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)

                                 Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)

            HB 2544

                 For:

                                 Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)

                                 Maley, Joe (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Park, Joey (South Texas Property Rights Association)

                                 Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

            HB 2573

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                 On:

                                 Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Rader, James (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of Texas Supreme Court)

            HB 2665

                 For:

                                 Caprelli, Lisa (Kasem Cares Foundation)

                                 Defrancesco, Donna (Self)

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

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 Kasem, Kerri (Self; Kasem Cares Foundation)

                                 Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)

                 Against:

                                 Upchurch, Laura (Self)

                 On:

                                 Hood, Kristi (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammond, Terry (Self)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2730

                 For:

                                 Norman, Douglas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Benavides, Gina (Self)

                 On:

                                 Perkes, Greg (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cash, Brenda (Self; Republican Women of Yoakum Area)

                                 Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt)

                 Against:

                                 Villarreal, Bobby (Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)

                 On:

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

            HB 2794

                 For:

                                 Elenniss, Jenni (Self)

                                 Morris, William (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Pennington, Faith (Self)

                                 Southworth, Alecia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Southworth, James (Self)

            HB 2868

                 For:

                                 Cruz, Sergio (County of Hidalgo, Texas)

                                 Gonzalez, Rudy (Self; Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)

                                 Villarreal, Bobby (Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Garza, Ramiro (Edinburg city council)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

            HB 2998

                 For:

                                 Banales, Xavier (Self; Texas Guardianship Association)

                                 Bower, Bruce (Self; Alternatives to Guardianship, Inc.)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Davis, Mary Frances (Self)

                                 Ferchill, Patrick W. (Self)

                                 Fields, Steven (Self)

                                 Flores, Helen B (Self; Alzheimers association)

                                 Funk, Virginia (Self; Alzheimer's Association)

                                 Hammond, Terry (Self)

                                 HOLCH, CHRISTINA (Self; Alzheimer's Association)

                                 Leonard, Bob (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Herman, Guy (Self)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self)

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 King, Steve M. (Self)

                                 Ruffner, Thomas (Travis County Probate Court)

                                 Upchurch, Laura (Self)

                                 Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)

                                 Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)

                 On:

                                 Hood, Kris (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harris, Heather (Self)

                                 Smith, Rachael (Alzheimer's Association Capital of Texas Chapter)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Elsom, Kristi (Self)

            HB 3095

                 For:

                                 Elsom, Kristi (Self; State bar of texas - reptl section)

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

                                 Upchurch, Laura (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Sheehan, J. Scott (Texas Business Law Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Hood, Kristi (Self)

                                 Savas, Michael (Texas Land Title Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate probate and trust law (REPTL) section of state bar)

                                 Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)

                 Against:

                                 Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase)

                                 Johnston, Sherry (Self)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Sandberg, Eric (Texas Bankers Association)

                                 Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)

            HB 3316

                 For:

                                 Morgan, Alan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Savas, Michael (Texas Land Title Association)

            HB 3365

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                 On:

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

            HB 3382

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)

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