WITNESS LIST

            Corrections Committee

            April 23, 2015 - 8:00 AM

HB 309

                 On:

                                 Buchholtz (buck-holtz), Chelsea (Texas Juvenile Justice Dept)

                                 Carreon, Jennifer (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

HB 714

                 On:

                                 McGinty, Jerry (TDCJ)

HB 1084

                 For:

                                 Austin, Laura (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                 On:

                                 Stephens, William (TDCJ)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Walters, Mark (Self; Verus Consulting)

                 On:

                                 Penn, Joseph (UTMB CMC)

HB 1204

                 For:

                                 Walters, Mark (Self; Verus Consulting)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Elfant, Bruce (Self; Travis county tax assessor)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

HB 1908

                 For:

                                 Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of community centers)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                                                                               1

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Zamora, April (TDCJ)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Isett, Carl (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)

                 On:

                                 Heard, Courtney (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Penn, Joseph (UTMB CMC)

HB 1930

                 For:

                                 Thompson, Rodney (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Wolfe, Michael (Texas Probation Advisory Committee)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Welebob, Carey (Texas dept of Criminal Justice)

HB 2448

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Pahl, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (AFSCME Texas Corrections)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                                                                               2

WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Thompson, Rodney (Texas Probation Association)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

HB 3731

                 For:

                                 Drain, Ed (Plano police dept)

                                 Holway, Terence (Plano police dept)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                                                                               3