WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 23, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Bentley, Christin (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Simmons, Deborah (Self)
Against:
Black, Kelsey (Self)
Buckner, Jean Elizabeth (Self; Vintage Bookstore and Wine Bar)
Filer Ciranna, Dawn (Self; Next Chapter Book)
Lemieux, Katy (Self; Talking Animals Books; Deep Vellum Publishing)
Matthis, David (Self; BookPeople)
Mayes, Diane (Self; Patchouli Joe’s Books & Indulgences)
Mayes, Joseph (Self; EvenFellows Publishing LLC dba Patchouli Joe’s Books)
Rejsek, Charley (Self; BookPeople)
Smoot, Madeline (Self; BookPeople)
Stevenson, Sara (Self)
Young, Jessica (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown Rodriquez, Tami (Self; Jaco Booyens Ministries)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rodriquez, Daniel (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Schulte, Tara (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Against:
Achar, Caro (ACLU of Texas)
Caballero, Darcy (Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Cofield, Melanie (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gonzalez-Page, Angelique (Self)
Miller, Scott (City of Buda)
Morgan, Elizabeth (Self)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
For:
Lundy, Jennifer (Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Mckenzie, Brooks (Self)
Saldana, George (Self)
Yan, Conghua “Arnold” (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Mayfield, Mitzi (Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates)
On:
Busby, Brett (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dickens, Kennen (Self; Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Hooper, Samuel (Self; Institute for Justice)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Against:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
On:
Blake, Bronwyn (Self; Texas Advocacy Project)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Warms, Veronikah (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Against:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
For:
Adams, Will (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Dickens, Kennen (Self; Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Yarbrough, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Miller, Nicholas (Self; Texas Land and Mineral Owner Association)
Palacios, Virginia (Self; Commission Shift Action)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Hutchinson, Scott (Entergy Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Hamilton, Melissa (Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Leyden, Colin (Environmental Defense Fund)
Palacios, Denisce (Climate Cabinet)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
For:
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Tucker, Ryan (Self; Alliance Defending Freedom)
Wood, Cecilia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (Texas conference of catholic bishops)
Benton, Megan (Self; Texas Values Action)
Borgelt, Roger (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Achar, Caro (ACLU of Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Flanders, Caitlin (Human Rights Campaign)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Laeky, Miriam (Equality Texas)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Saldana, George (Self)
Simpson, Paul (Self)
Vecera, Andrew (Ryan, LLC)
Against:
Allen, Stacy (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Barnes, Kelli (Self; Polk County Publishing)
Beauford, Jennifer (Self)
Bloomingkemper, Ron (Wrestling Lions)
Chabot, Paul (Self; Texas Integrity PAC)
Lindstrom, Debbie (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
McDonald, Tony (Self)
Mckenzie, Brooks (Self)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Montiel, Carmen (Self)
Morris, JT (Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)
Prather, Laura (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Protect Free Speech
Coalition, Texas Press Association)
Schober, Jonathan (Self)
Sherwin, Robert (Self; Protect Free Speech Coalition)
Trice, Melissa (Self)
Villarreal, Amy (Sinclair)
Wiltse, Colby (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Yan, Conghua “Arnold” (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Bentley, Christin (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Gray, Brady (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Martinez, Jorge (Self; The LIBRE Initiative)
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Russo, Christopher (Self)
Schulte, Tara (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for Prosperity)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Against:
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Ginn, Charlie (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Betts, Albert (Insurance Council of Texas)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA))
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Assoc)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
For:
Goldberg, Phil (American Tort Reform Association)
Isaac, Jason (Self; American Energy Institute)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Griffin, B.D. (Self; Montgomery County Attorney office)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Robinson, Cawlyn (Harris County Attorney’s Office)
Walker, Jack (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Cole, William (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Blake, Frances (Texas Association of Builders)
Bonham, Jeff (CenterPoint Energy)
Borgelt, Roger (Self; Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Central Texas)
Borskey, Mark (Texas recreational Vehicle Association)
Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Gammage, Sam (Dow)
Gonzales, Walter (American Propert Casualty Insurance Association)
Harrell, Logan (Texas Chemistry Council)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Joyce, Shana (Koch)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Marlow, John (Chubb)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson)
Rusing, Shannon (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Vogt, Molly (Self; American energy works)
Woodard, Shayne (Valero Companies)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Ligon, Brett (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)
Lopez, Javier (Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Schweninger, Edward (University Health)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Teal, James (County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas and McMullen County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Associaton of Texas)
Wassdorf, Petrus (City of Denton)
Yoder, Katherine (Parkland Health)
For:
Donker, Annette (Self)
Renteria, Martin (Self; Texas Notary Training Forum)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Against:
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Associaton of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Against:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Teal, James (County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas and McMullen County)
On:
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
For:
Mckenzie, Brooks (Self)
Saldana, George (Self)
Yan, Conghua “Arnold” (Self)
Against:
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Associaton of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dickens, Kennen (Self; Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Draksharam, Sujeeth (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Pate, Gardner (Texas Apartment Association)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Teal, James (County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas and McMullen County)
On:
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
For:
Kutyba, Heather (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP Lodge 39)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Musselman, KT (Self; Justice of the Peacse Pct 1 Williamson County)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
On:
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
For:
Garemko, Kelly (Self; Ardalan Law Firm)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hupp, Jacob (American Kennel Club)
Janacek, Monica (Self; Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Against:
Chillino, Francesca (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Posey, Jake (Pet Advocacy Network)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
For:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Ginn, Charlie (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Miller, Chris (Uber Technologies, Inc.)
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Assoc)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Baker, Marianne (Texas Department of Insurance)
For:
Gregory, Christopher (Justices Of the Peace and Constables Association, Tarrant County
Justice of the Peace Precinct 4)
Noack, Craig (Texas Creditors Bar Association)
Staley, Brian (Midland Credit Management)
Against:
Baddour, Ann (Texas Appleseed)
Tomlinson, Richard (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Kuykendall, Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Williamson, Jay (The County and District Clerks’ Association of Texas)
For:
Wainwright, Dale (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance, Ltd. (DHR Health) and Renaissance
Medical Foundation (RMF).)
Against:
Walker, Jack (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hernandez, Elisa (University Medical Center of El Paso)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Kerker, Juliana (HCA Healthcare)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Rose, Denise (Community Health Systems)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
Turner, McCann (Texas Health Resources (THR))
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
For:
David, Lisa (Self; County and District Clerk Association)
On:
Habersham, Jacqueline (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Thomas, Zindia (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Ward, Kathy (SCJC)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kuykendall, Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Warren, John (County and District Clerks Association)
Williamson, Jay (The County and District Clerks’ Association of Texas)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Kocurek, Julie (Self)
Soifer, Jan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kuykendall, Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Tomasetti, Louis (Office of Court Administration)
On:
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Walker, Jack (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Andrews, Kai (Self; Childrens Court)
Beauford, Jennifer (Self)
Champagne, Taran (Self)
Dickens, Kennen (Self; Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Lisle, Bill (Self)
Lundy, Jennifer (Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Mckenzie, Brooks (Self)
Saldana, George (Self)
Santana, Noe (Self)
Yan, Conghua “Arnold” (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Barnes, Kelli (Self; Polk County Publishing)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Tinley, James (Texas Ethics Commission)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
On:
Tegeler, Brad (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Miller, Cortni (Self; Texas track owners)
Shebelbon, Emil (Self; Texas track owners)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Poinsett, Royce (Texas Motorcycle Dealers Association)
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