WITNESS LIST HB 3567 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT State Affairs Committee April 22, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess For : Branson, Dr. Steven (Self; Village Parkway Baptist Church) Burchett, Charles (Self; Texas Advisory Committee to the United Commission On Civil Rights, Sabine Neches Baptist Area, Somebody Cares America, First Baptist Church of Kirbyville) Butterfield, Justin (Self; Liberty Institute) Casey, Stephen (Self) Castano, Hernan (Self) Finger, Jack m. (Self) Flowers, Charles (Self; The Gathering of Pastors and Leaders; San Antonio Assoc of Churches; San Antonio Human Rights Coalition) Forshee, Danny (Self; Great Hills Baptist Church) Henderson, Kyle (Self; First Baptist Athens, Texas Baptists) Hill, Kirk (Self) Hill, Kirk (Self) Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas) Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned women for america of texas) Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned women for america of texas) Huynh, Khanh (Self; Vietnamese Baptist Church) Ivanyo, Paul (Pastors everywhere) Ivanyo, Paul (Self; Pastors) Jones, Bob (Texas Black Clergy Network (TBCN)) Kimbley, Charles (Self; Southern Baptist of Texas, Ethics and Religious Liberty Committee) Ledbetter, Gary (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas) McCrutcheon, Ericka (Self; Joint Heirs Fellowship Church) Murphy, Thad (Self; Forestburg Baptist Church) Patterson, Dr. Jeff (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops) Payne, Bryan (Self; Harvest Bible Chapel of Austin) Pittman, Tony (Self; Oakmeadows Community Worship Center) Postel, John (Self; God and Country Church Fellowship) reyes, Agustin (Self; Christian Life Commission, Texas Baptists) Riggle, Steve (Self; Grace Community Church....Grace International Churches and Ministries) Segrest, Kris (Self; First Baptist Church, Wylie) Smith, Tyson (Self) Smoot, Adam (Self) Sutherland, Billy (Calvarv baptist church) Talley, Shannon (Self; First Baptist Church, McAllen) Taylor, Brent (Self; First Baptist Church Carrollton) Turner, David (Self; Little Cypress Baptist) Vaughn, Jason (Self) Washburn, Steve (Self) Welch, David (Self; Texas Pastor Council Action) Wooddell, Joseph (Self) Young, Gregory (Self; Chosen Generation Radio, Family Christian Center Bandera Texas) Against : Brim, Jay (Texas Impact) Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry) Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact) Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network) Rigby, Jim (Self) Ross, Heather (Self) Smith, Chuck (Self; Equality Texas) 1 WITNESS LIST HB 3567 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT State Affairs Committee Walker, Kyle (Self) Wilson, Jarell (Self; University United Methodist Church) On : Starr, Brantley (Attorney General) Registering, but not testifying: For : Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops) Ammons, Bruce (Self; Sugar Creek Baptist Church) Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas) Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas) Bates, Ronnie (Self; The Light Community Fellowship) Berg, Jack (Self; Sunvalley Baptist Church) Bowman, Kie (Self; Hyde Park Baptist Church) Burk, Johnny (Self; Father's House of Fannett, Inc.) Burton, Billy (Self; Grace International Ministries of Texas) Cardin, Edward (Self) Cardin, Merrie (Self) Carlson, Pat (Self; Texas Eagle Forum) Clayton, Kyle (Self; The Church at Quail Creek) Collier, Keith (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas) Corder, Stephen (Self) Crisco, Jerry (Self) Daughtry, Joe (Self) Dixon, Don (Self) Duke, Isaac (Self; Brazos Covenant Ministries) Duke, Judah (Self) Everett, Carol (Self) Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association) Feinstein, Maury (Self) Francis, Fr (Self; Anglican catholic church, st. philip's parish austin texas m vicar) Grassel, Deborah (Self) Hall, Terri (Self) Haynes, Cody (Self; Txap) Herrin, Kevin (Self; The Fellowship of Texas City) Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas) Hinkle, Ron (Self) Hodge, Glenna (Conservative Republicans of Texas) Holland, Glenn (Self; The Net Fellowship Church, corpus christi, tx) Jennings, Ed (Self; Lake area pastors counsel) Jones, Scott (Self; Grace Church of Humble and The Global Network of Christian Ministries) Keller, Nathan (Sugar Land Family Church) Kimbley, William (Self) King, James (Self; Assembly of Yahweh churches in Texas) King, Read (Self) Loudin, Nathan (Self) Mathis, Darrell (Self; Hilltop Family Church) McCrutcheon, John (Self; Joint Heirs Fellowship Church) Miller, Matthew (Self; Lone Star Cowboy Church Montgomery) Moore, Paula (Self; Cwa texas) Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition) Parker, Allan (The Justice foundation) Pojman, Joe (Self) Read, Lanora (Concerned Women for America) 2 WITNESS LIST HB 3567 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT State Affairs Committee Reid, Marty (Self; Trinity Family Church) Reid, Melia (Self) Richards, Joshua (Self) Russell, William (Self) Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values Action) Saucedo, Jorge (Self) Smith, Alton (Self; Global Network of Christian Ministries) Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party) Smith, Dorothy (Self) Stahl, Bubba (Self; First Baptist Church, Kingsland, TX) Story, Penny (Self) Strickland, Jeffrey (Self; Colleyville Assembly of God) Tarver, Larry (Self; Clearfork baptist church) Wall, Scot (Self; Magnolia Bible Church, Greater Houston Bible Church Association) Weaver, Michael (Self; Churches) Williams, Lynn (Self) Wills, Donald (Self; First Baptist Church Of Fort Worth) Wilson, Dawn (Self) Wood, Beverly (Self) Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas) Wooddell, Julie (Self) Woolsey, Marla (Self) Against : Ausley, Robbie (Self) Ausley, Tom (Self) Bennett, Amanda (Self) Bishop, Tiffani (Self) Bishop, Vicki (Self) Booker, Denee (Self) Busby, Heather (Self) Cain, Billy (Self) Cain, Jacque (Self) Cain, Matt (Self) Cain, Tuesday (Self) Carpenter, Schell (Self) Collier, Brenda (Self) Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas) Cruz, Nyssa (Self) Cushing, Blair (Self) Davis, Jeff (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Texas) DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health) Farraro, Alex (Self) Ferrigno, Andrea (Self) Gillis, Julie (Self) Goodrum, Shelby (Self) Hernandez, Amanda (Self) Higareda, Veronica (Self) Hudson, Nick (Self) Knoll, Jeffrey (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Austin) Langseth, Julie (Self) Laughlin, Kirsten (Self) Lavelle, Tanya (Self) Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self) Lopez, Jason (Self) McCleary, Allison (Self) 3 WITNESS LIST HB 3567 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT State Affairs Committee Morton, Peggy (Self; Texas UNitarian Universalist Justice Ministry) Mott, Michelle (Self) Neumann, Pamela (Self) Ozias, Jakob (Self) Pintchovski, Susan (Self; National Council of Jewish Women-Austin) Powers, Maureen (Self) Sanders, Jolene (Self) Slaughter, Matthew (Self; Secular Texas) Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party) Stanley, Drew (Naral pro choice texas) Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas) Vogel, Alicia (Self) Wallig, Zachary (Self) Williams, Amanda (Self; Lilith Fund) 4
WITNESS LIST
HB 3567
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
April 22, 2015 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For :
Branson, Dr. Steven (Self; Village Parkway Baptist Church)
Burchett, Charles (Self; Texas Advisory Committee to the United Commission On Civil
Rights, Sabine Neches Baptist Area, Somebody Cares America, First Baptist Church of
Kirbyville)
Butterfield, Justin (Self; Liberty Institute)
Casey, Stephen (Self)
Castano, Hernan (Self)
Finger, Jack m. (Self)
Flowers, Charles (Self; The Gathering of Pastors and Leaders; San Antonio Assoc of
Churches; San Antonio Human Rights Coalition)
Forshee, Danny (Self; Great Hills Baptist Church)
Henderson, Kyle (Self; First Baptist Athens, Texas Baptists)
Hill, Kirk (Self)
Hill, Kirk (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Huynh, Khanh (Self; Vietnamese Baptist Church)
Ivanyo, Paul (Pastors everywhere)
Ivanyo, Paul (Self; Pastors)
Jones, Bob (Texas Black Clergy Network (TBCN))
Kimbley, Charles (Self; Southern Baptist of Texas, Ethics and Religious Liberty
Committee)
Ledbetter, Gary (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas)
McCrutcheon, Ericka (Self; Joint Heirs Fellowship Church)
Murphy, Thad (Self; Forestburg Baptist Church)
Patterson, Dr. Jeff (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Payne, Bryan (Self; Harvest Bible Chapel of Austin)
Pittman, Tony (Self; Oakmeadows Community Worship Center)
Postel, John (Self; God and Country Church Fellowship)
reyes, Agustin (Self; Christian Life Commission, Texas Baptists)
Riggle, Steve (Self; Grace Community Church....Grace International Churches and
Ministries)
Segrest, Kris (Self; First Baptist Church, Wylie)
Smith, Tyson (Self)
Smoot, Adam (Self)
Sutherland, Billy (Calvarv baptist church)
Talley, Shannon (Self; First Baptist Church, McAllen)
Taylor, Brent (Self; First Baptist Church Carrollton)
Turner, David (Self; Little Cypress Baptist)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Washburn, Steve (Self)
Welch, David (Self; Texas Pastor Council Action)
Wooddell, Joseph (Self)
Young, Gregory (Self; Chosen Generation Radio, Family Christian Center Bandera Texas)
Against :
Brim, Jay (Texas Impact)
Freeman, Chuck (Self; Tx Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Miller, Katherine (Texas Freedom Network)
Rigby, Jim (Self)
Ross, Heather (Self)
Smith, Chuck (Self; Equality Texas)
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HB 3567
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
Walker, Kyle (Self)
Wilson, Jarell (Self; University United Methodist Church)
On :
Starr, Brantley (Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Ammons, Bruce (Self; Sugar Creek Baptist Church)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self; Concerned women for america of texas)
Bates, Ronnie (Self; The Light Community Fellowship)
Berg, Jack (Self; Sunvalley Baptist Church)
Bowman, Kie (Self; Hyde Park Baptist Church)
Burk, Johnny (Self; Father's House of Fannett, Inc.)
Burton, Billy (Self; Grace International Ministries of Texas)
Cardin, Edward (Self)
Cardin, Merrie (Self)
Carlson, Pat (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Clayton, Kyle (Self; The Church at Quail Creek)
Collier, Keith (Self; Southern Baptists of Texas)
Corder, Stephen (Self)
Crisco, Jerry (Self)
Daughtry, Joe (Self)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Duke, Isaac (Self; Brazos Covenant Ministries)
Duke, Judah (Self)
Everett, Carol (Self)
Favia del Core Borromeo, Marida (Self; Exotic Wildlife Association)
Feinstein, Maury (Self)
Francis, Fr (Self; Anglican catholic church, st. philip's parish austin texas m vicar)
Grassel, Deborah (Self)
Hall, Terri (Self)
Haynes, Cody (Self; Txap)
Herrin, Kevin (Self; The Fellowship of Texas City)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Hinkle, Ron (Self)
Hodge, Glenna (Conservative Republicans of Texas)
Holland, Glenn (Self; The Net Fellowship Church, corpus christi, tx)
Jennings, Ed (Self; Lake area pastors counsel)
Jones, Scott (Self; Grace Church of Humble and The Global Network of Christian
Ministries)
Keller, Nathan (Sugar Land Family Church)
Kimbley, William (Self)
King, James (Self; Assembly of Yahweh churches in Texas)
King, Read (Self)
Loudin, Nathan (Self)
Mathis, Darrell (Self; Hilltop Family Church)
McCrutcheon, John (Self; Joint Heirs Fellowship Church)
Miller, Matthew (Self; Lone Star Cowboy Church Montgomery)
Moore, Paula (Self; Cwa texas)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Parker, Allan (The Justice foundation)
Pojman, Joe (Self)
Read, Lanora (Concerned Women for America)
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Reid, Marty (Self; Trinity Family Church)
Reid, Melia (Self)
Richards, Joshua (Self)
Russell, William (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values Action)
Saucedo, Jorge (Self)
Smith, Alton (Self; Global Network of Christian Ministries)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Smith, Dorothy (Self)
Stahl, Bubba (Self; First Baptist Church, Kingsland, TX)
Story, Penny (Self)
Strickland, Jeffrey (Self; Colleyville Assembly of God)
Tarver, Larry (Self; Clearfork baptist church)
Wall, Scot (Self; Magnolia Bible Church, Greater Houston Bible Church Association)
Weaver, Michael (Self; Churches)
Williams, Lynn (Self)
Wills, Donald (Self; First Baptist Church Of Fort Worth)
Wilson, Dawn (Self)
Wood, Beverly (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)
Wooddell, Julie (Self)
Woolsey, Marla (Self)
Against :
Ausley, Robbie (Self)
Ausley, Tom (Self)
Bennett, Amanda (Self)
Bishop, Tiffani (Self)
Bishop, Vicki (Self)
Booker, Denee (Self)
Busby, Heather (Self)
Cain, Billy (Self)
Cain, Jacque (Self)
Cain, Matt (Self)
Cain, Tuesday (Self)
Carpenter, Schell (Self)
Collier, Brenda (Self)
Cornell, Victor (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Cruz, Nyssa (Self)
Cushing, Blair (Self)
Davis, Jeff (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Texas)
DeFrates, Ana (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health)
Farraro, Alex (Self)
Ferrigno, Andrea (Self)
Gillis, Julie (Self)
Goodrum, Shelby (Self)
Hernandez, Amanda (Self)
Higareda, Veronica (Self)
Hudson, Nick (Self)
Knoll, Jeffrey (Self; Log Cabin Republicans of Austin)
Langseth, Julie (Self)
Laughlin, Kirsten (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Self)
Lichtenheld, Zoey (Self)
Lopez, Jason (Self)
McCleary, Allison (Self)
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HB 3567
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
Morton, Peggy (Self; Texas UNitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Mott, Michelle (Self)
Neumann, Pamela (Self)
Ozias, Jakob (Self)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self; National Council of Jewish Women-Austin)
Powers, Maureen (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Slaughter, Matthew (Self; Secular Texas)
Soifer, Jan (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Stanley, Drew (Naral pro choice texas)
Stein, Lucy (Self; Progress Texas)
Vogel, Alicia (Self)
Wallig, Zachary (Self)
Williams, Amanda (Self; Lilith Fund)
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