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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 472

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

              April 20, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

                       For :

                                 Brummett, William Andrew (Institute for Justice)

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                       Against :

                                 Smith, James (San antonio police department)

                       On :

                                 Hon, William (Self; Polk County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Kurtz, Ross (Wharton county district attorney office)

                                 Kurtz, Ross (Wharton county DA office)

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of Attorney General)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Dickison, Lisa (Self)

                                 McDonald, Gabriella (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                       Against :

                                 Boyd, Roy (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 Carrillo, Joe (San antonio police officers association)

                                 Czajkoski, Nicole (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Earnest, Daniel (Self; Combined Law Enforcement of Texas)

                                 Garza, Henry (Self; Bell county district attorneys office)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Morris, Karen (Self; Harris county district attorney)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Sinclair, David (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Smith, R Glenn (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)

                       On :

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

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