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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Emerging Issues In Texas Law Enforcement, Select Committee

            March 26, 2015 Upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 1369

                 For:

                                 Baker, Janet (Self)

                                 Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Jones, Eric (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Landivar, Jorge (Self)

                                 Mata, Johnny (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Pinedo, Agustin (Self; Lulac)

                                 Self, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights commitee)

                                 Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union.   Dallas Police Association)

                                 Grant, Phil (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)

                                 Yenne, Jeri (Self; Brazoria county district attorney)

                 On:

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of Attorney General)

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Blackburn, Shelia (Greater houston coalition of justice)

                                 Cole, Cynthia (Self; AFSCME 1550  greater houston cor for justice)

                                 Flanagan, Collette (Self; Mothers against police brutality)

                                 Harrison, Roxana (Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Harrison, Roxana (Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Landa, Priscilla (Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Lara, Kristi (Self; Director)

                                 Nelson, Robert (Self)

                                 Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights committee)

                                 Santellana, Joseph (Self; Greater Houston coalition for justice)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Davis, Colleen (Self; Burnet county attorney)

                                 Earnest, Daniel (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Healey, John (Ft. Bend County District Atty.)

                                 Hon, William (Self)

                                 Mannix, Sean (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self; Burnet County Attorney's Office)

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Smith, Sheriff r glenn (Self)

                                 Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 1840

                 For:

                                 Baker, Janet (Self)

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Mata, Johnny (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Tolan, Marian (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Grant, Phil (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Healey, John (Ft. Bend County District Atty.)

                                 Hon, William (Self)

                                 Yenne, Jeri (Self; Brazoria county district attorney)

                 On:

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cole, Cynthia (Self; Afscme 1550 / creater houston cor for justice)

                                 Jones, Eric (Greater houston coalition of justice/victims rights committee)

                                 Jones, Shelia (Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights committee)

                                 Landa, Priscilla (Greater houston coalition for justice)

                                 Nelson, Robert (Self)

                                 Pate, Patsy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights committee)

                                 Ratliff, Thomas (Harris / Fort Bend County County Criminal Lawyers Assoc.)

                                 Santellana, Joseph (Self; Greater Houston coalition for justice)

                                 Self, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice/victims rights committe)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Swilley, Kathy (Self; Greater houston coalition for justice)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union.   Dallas Police Association)

                                 Davis, Colleen (Self; Burnet county attorney)

                                 Earnest, Daniel (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Mannix, Sean (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self; Burnet County Attorney's Office)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Smith, Sheriff r glenn (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorney)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 2279

                 For:

                                 Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texans Care For Children)

                 On:

                                 Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Lilly, Janna (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Sheriff r glenn (Self)

                                 Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

                 Against:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Mannix, Sean (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                 On:

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 2357

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                 Against:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Clark, Mark (Houston Police Officers' Union.   Dallas Police Association)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Earnest, Daniel (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Hon, William (Self)

                                 Mannix, Sean (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Smith, Sheriff r glenn (Self)

                 On:

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 2614

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 On:

                                 Mannix, Sean (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Sheriff r glenn (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                 On:

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

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