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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Emerging Issues In Texas Law Enforcement, Select Committee

            April 9, 2015 Upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 474

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Harding, Vincent (Self)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Hickman, Ron (Self; Constable Precinct 4 Harris County)

                 On:

                                 Kreager, John (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Booker, Denee (Self)

                                 Brumley, Scott (Self)

                                 Calzada, Alicia (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Carden, Dick (Self)

                                 Cruz, Nyssa (Self)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Gravens, Josh (Texas Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE))

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Langseth, Julie (Self)

                                 Lopez, Jason (Self)

                                 Metayer, Rudolph (Self; President, Austin Black Lawyers Association)

                                 Panju, Arif (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Wallig, Zachary (Self)

                                 Williams, Doris (Self; Travis County Democrats & Black Austin Democrats)

                 Against:

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Harmon, Micah (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Mckelvy, Langley (Self)

                                 Robins, Ricky (Self)

                                 Smith, R Glenn (Self)

                                 Travis, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Diggs, William (Texas DPS)

                                 Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                                 McCraw, Steve (DPS)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 541

                 For:

                                 Session, Cory (Self; Innocence project of Texas)

                                 Smith, Billy (Self)

                                 Udashen, Gary (Self; Innocence Projectvof Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

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

                                 Panju, A. (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 On:

                                 Diggs, William (Texas DPS)

            HB 3212

                 Against:

                                 Robins, Ricky (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                 On:

                                 Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 3929

                 For:

                                 Hodnett, Todd (Self; Digital Recognition Network, Inc.)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Self)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Harless, Barbara (Self; North Texas Citizens Lobby)

                 On:

                                 Diggs, William (Texas DPS)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Howard, Curtis (Plano Police Department)

                                 Lesko, Mike (Texas DPS)

            HR 1349

                 For:

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 Spears, Juanita (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Booker, Denee (Self)

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

                                 Cruz, Nyssa (Self)

                                 Gravens, Josh (Texas Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE))

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Hickman, Ron (Self; Constable Precinct 4 Harris County)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self)

                                 Langseth, Julie (Self)

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Lopez, Jason (Self)

                                 Mckelvy, Langley (Self)

                                 Metayer, Rudolph (Self; President, Austin Black Lawyers Association)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Melinda (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Wallig, Zachary (Self)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 McCraw, Steve (DPS)

                                 Robins, Ricky (Self)

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