WITNESS LIST

            S/C on County & Regional Government Committee

            April 28, 2025 - 10:00 AM

HB 2668

                 For:

                                 Bailey-Rijsenburg, Dianne (Self)

                                 Green, Ethel (Self)

                                 Griffin, Jacilet (Self; Justice 4EvanLee custody2casket)

                                 Hale, Kevin (Self; The Libertarian Party of TEXAS)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Equity Action)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stitt, Tristan (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                 Against:

                                 Flatt, Bryan (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)

HB 2814

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)

                                 Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Equity Action)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stitt, Tristan (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                 On:

                                 Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Das, Tara (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

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WITNESS LIST

HB 3841

                 For:

                                 Hale, Kevin (Self; The Libertarian Party of TEXAS)

                                 Miller, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Terry, Nan (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bussey, Faith (Self)

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Chen, Kevin (Self)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Green, Shelton (Fellowship Southwest)

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self)

                                 Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)

                                 Luellen, Nikki (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Equity Action)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stitt, Tristan (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

HB 4114

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

HB 4477

                 For:

                                 DeLuca, Natalie (Harris County Attorney’s Office)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)

HB 5084

                 For:

                                 Brinkley, Shannon (Self; Pyro Source LLC)

                                 Claiborne, Phil (Self; TNT Fireworks)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Davis, Glenn (Self; American Fireworks and Texas Pyrotechnic Association)

                                 Fallin, Richard (Self; Texas Pyrotecnic Association)

                                 Gian, Kevin (Self; Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Davis, Chester (Texas Pyrotechnic Association)

                                 Trout, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

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

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

HB 5108

                 For:

                                 Bussey, Faith (Self)

                                 Delaune, Becky (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Miller, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Terry, Nan (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                 On:

                                 Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Chen, Kevin (Self)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Green, Shelton (Fellowship Southwest)

                                 Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Luellen, Nikki (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Equity Action)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Stitt, Tristan (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

HB 5127

                 For:

                                 Galo, John (Webb County)

                                 Medford, Leroy (Webb County)

                                                                                               3

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

HB 5383

                 For:

                                 Pustilnik MD, Stephen (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

HB 5611

                 For:

                                 Avery, Clay (SAFE-D, the Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

                                 Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Districts)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cowles, Lynn (Every Texan)

                                 Perkins, Nick (Self; Travis county esd no. 2)

                                 Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

HB 5663

Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

HB 5664

Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

SB 1563

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Deline, Steven (Self)

                                 Fuller, Mitch (Self; VFW Dept of Texas)

                                                                                               4

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)

                                 Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Equity Action)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Stitt, Tristan (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                 On:

                                 Brennan, Jim (Self; Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)

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