WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            March 8, 2023 - 8:00 AM

            HB 73

                 For:

                                 Bordovsky, Edward (Self)

                                 Diebel, Stephen (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers)

                                 Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; Alliance for a Safe Texas)

                                 Schuster, John (Self; Texas Farm Bureau)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Befeld, Amy (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Bradbury, Jim (Self)

                                 Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)

                                 Laney, J Pete (Texas Quarter Horse Association)

                                 Laney, J Pete (Texas Association Dairymen)

                                 Ramirez III, Javier “JR” (Self; TSCRA)

                                 Riojas, Gilly (Self)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)

                 Against:

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                 On:

                                 Tamez, Laura (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

            HB 186

                 For:

                                 Dunham, Catherine (Self; Texas Health Resources)

                                 Yoder, Katherine (Parkland Health)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Presiding Statutory Probate Judge of Texas)

                                 Masey, Chris (Self)

                                 Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

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            HB 242

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Befeld, Amy (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Presiding Statutory Probate Judge of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women’s Healthcare Coalition)

            HB 251

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Befeld, Amy (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of urban counties)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Presiding Statutory Probate Judge of Texas)

                                 Hopper, Craig (Self)

                                 Hunt, Lauren (Self)

                                 Keeter, Harold (Swisher County and County Judge’s and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)

                                 Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

            HB 272

                 For:

                                 Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)

                                 Masey, Chris (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Presiding Statutory Probate Judge of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)

                                 McGuire, Kristin (TEA)

                                 Porter, Justin (Texas Education Agency)

            HB 446

                 For:

                                 Kirwan Haynie, Kathleen (Self)

                                 Masey, Chris (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 McGonigle, Anne (Health and Human Services Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Presiding Statutory Probate Judge of Texas)

                                 Parma, Rebecca (Texas Right to Life)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 Against:

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)

            HB 450

                 For:

                                 Marble, Reagan (Self; National Association of Royalty Owners)

            HB 609

                 For:

                                 Evans, Michelle (Self; Texans for Vaccine Choice)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)

                                 Porter, Gregory C (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Befeld, Amy (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Dear, Teresa (Self)

                                 DeWitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Staffing)

                                 Schiltz, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Schlegel, Jackie (Self; Texans For Medical Freedom)

                                 Spilman, Annie (NFIB)

            HB 841

                 For:

                                 Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)

                 On:

                                 LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration & Texas Judicial Council)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Befeld, Amy (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Herman, Guy (Self; Presiding Statutory Probate Judge of Texas)

                                 Hixon, Jenny (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                                 Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

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