WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
March 31, 2021 - 8:00 AM
For:
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Bentsen, Kendall (Self; National Advocates for Pregnant Women)
Mariappuram, Rosann (Self; Jane's Due Process)
Ray, Isabel (Self)
Rocap, Blake (Avow)
On:
Jackson, Alisha (OAG (available as a resource witness))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Spraggins, Don (Self)
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gomez, Diana (Self; Progress Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Martinez, Amber (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Against:
Kim, Yoon (Texas Probation Association, Collin County CSCD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
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For:
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bailey, Rick (Johnson county)
Goodrich, Kate (City of Denton)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Gonzales, Larry (Texas Credit Union Association)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Spraggins, Don (Self)
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Against:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Blevins, Terry (Self)
Dodson, Skee (Self; Texas Abate Confederation)
Kost, Tom (TX COCI)
Landers, Paul (Self; Texas Council of Clubs and Independents)
Ward, Christopher (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Deeds, Dana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gryder, Richard (Self)
Johnson, Robert (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
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For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Rene (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State FOP)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (CLEAT)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Glasheen, Kevin (Self)
Powell, Nancy (Self)
Tamez, Laura (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Against:
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
For:
Snively, Judith (Harris County District Clerk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Hollingsworth, Thomas (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jahadi, Mo (Self; Texas Chiropractic Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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For:
Carroll, Brian (Self; American subcontractor assoc.)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Westcott, Ben (Self; AGC-TBB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Hilbrandt, Nathaniel (Reliable revolutionaries)
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney's Office)
Henning, Lori (TX Association of Goodwills)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mariappuram, Rosann (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks’ Association of Texas)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Leeton, Scott (Self; Corpus christi police officers association)
Shipley, Greg (Self; Corpus Christi Police Officers Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Texas State FOP)
Hollingsworth, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas municipal police association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (CLEAT)
Against:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rubley, Stephen (Thomson Reuters)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Farhadi, Meitra (SOAH)
Linkous, Shane (State Office of Administrative Hearings)
Monson, Kristofer (State Office of Administrative Hearings)
For:
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
On:
Piechowiak, Kimberly (Office of court administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Thornton, Ruth (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
For:
McGiffert, Lisa (Patient safety action network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
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For:
Carroll, Brian (Self; American subcontractor assoc)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Westcott, Ben (Self; AGC-TBB)
Against:
Eiland, Craig (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Thompson, Max (Self; Banquete ISD, TACS, TREA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bennett, Joey (Armko Industries, Inc.)
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Risk, Raymond (Texas Construction Association)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)
Walker, Becky (Texas Society of Architects)
Against:
Campbell, Grover (TASB)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of School Administrators; Fast Growth School Coalition)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Westcott, Ben (Self; AGC-TBB)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bennett, Joey (Armko Industries, Inc.)
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Risk, Raymond (Texas Construction Association)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Walker, Becky (Texas Society of Architects)
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Against:
Eiland, Craig (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Davis, Tricia (Self; Texas Royalty Council (TRC) and Panhandle Producers & Royalty Assn
(PPROA))
Hanna, Mark (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Troxclair, Caleb (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, EOG Resources)
Against:
Lord, Steven (Self; National Association of Royalty Owners-Texas)
Mcfarland, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Jay (Concho Resources)
Carlile, Jimmy (Fasken Oil and Ranch Ltd)
Carter, Teddy (Devon Energy)
Chick, Craig (Murphy Oil Corporation)
Cubriel, Beth (PLAINS All American Pipeline)
Gibson, Kari (ConocoPhillips)
Lozano, Michael (Permian Basin Petroleum Association)
Modglin, Jason (Texas Alliance of Energy Producers)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Strama, Keith (ExxonMobil)
Against:
Bremer, Jennifer (Texas Land & Mineral Owners Association)
For:
Madison, Joe (Demand Disruption)
Roberts, Caroline (Children at Risk)
Smith-Lawson, Bridgette (Fort Bend County Attorney’s Office)
On:
Jackson, Jennifer (Attorney General of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Jackson, Jennifer (Office of the Attorney General)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Klein, Felix (Self)
Walker, Tim (Self)
On:
Marsh, Jessica (Texas Civil Commitment Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Risk, Raymond (Texas Construction Association)
Tredway, CJ (IEC of Texas)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Laird, Claudia (Self)
Rice, Colleen (Self; County Court at Law Number Two, Montgomery Co.)
For:
Adame-Clark, Lucy (Bexar County Clerk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Adame, Lucy (Bexar County Clerk)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
For:
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
McCarthy, Gregory (Self; Texas Values Action)
Russell, Elizabeth (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Against:
Hall, Ash (Self)
Lackey, Holt (Self; Equality Texas)
Mariappuram, Rosann (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Castle, Mary (Texas Values Action)
Dixon, Don (Self)
Fry, Pat (Self)
Garner, Donald (Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition)
Hall, McKenna (Self)
Hall, Terri (Self)
Massingill, Joshua (Self)
McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition (TCC))
Olson, Ken (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Spraggins, Don (Self)
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Evans, Richard (Emgage Action)
Gilbert, Earl (Self; Equality Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Martinez, Amber (Self)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; Equality Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Rocap, Blake (Avow)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Johnson, Bradley (State Bar of Texas)
Willing, Seana ("Shawna") (State Bar of Texas)
On:
Harris, Russ (HHSC)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Parrilla, Priscilla (HHSC)
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