WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee
April 7, 2015 - 8:00 AM
For:
Howe, Chris (Self; Tarrant County Republican Party)
On:
McCraw, Steven (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnes, Jim (Self; McAllen Tea Party)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Officers Asso ciation)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx dept of public safety)
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
Peters, Joe (Department of public safety)
For:
Barnes, Jim (Self; McAllen Tea Party)
Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Montalbano, Brooke (Self)
Spaulding, Nathan (Self)
Voorhis, Colton (Self)
Against:
Chimene, Grace (Self; Leagu of Women Voters Of Texas)
Schenkkan, Frances (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Hussey, Bill (Self)
Lainez, Alexandria (Texas Carry)
Long, Matt (Self)
Mica, Tara (NRA)
Montalbano, Wendy (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)
Against:
Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))
On:
Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety - Regulatory Services)
For:
Reed, Shirley (South texas college)
Reyna, Mario (South Texas College)
Valdez, Jr., Victor (Self; South Texas College)
Villescas, Ruben (City of Pharr Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Contreras, Sergio (Self; City of pharr)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Deshields, Holly (City of McAllen)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
On:
Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
For:
Glod, Greg (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Trimble, Robert (Self; Texas humane legislation network)
On:
Bowie, RenEarl (Texas department of public safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brummett, William Andrew (Institute for Justice)
On:
Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety - Regulatory Services)
For:
Russell, Chris (Self; Texas burglar and fire alarm association)
Against:
Groves, David (Self)
Reaman, Darreno (CEDIA)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beller, Kyle (Self; North Texas Alarm Association)
Bird, Chip (Self; Texas Burglar and Fire Alarm Association)
Blevins, Brandon (Self)
Bright, Jeff (Texas Burglar and Fire Alarm Association)
Reed, Malcolm (Texas burglar and fire alarm association)
Rusch, Paul (Texas Burglar and Fire Alarm Association)
Against:
Sheer, Jim (Texas Retailers Association)
On:
Bowie, RenEarl (Texas department of public safety)
Moninger, Steve (Texas department of public safety)
Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety - Regulatory Services)
Against:
Graham, Russell (Self; Texas Society for Respiratory Care)
Lee, Gaylene (Self; Texas society for respiratory care)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hosek, Chris (Self)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Lancaster, David (Texas Society of Architects)
Against:
Mays, Dan (MorphoTrust)
For:
Carter, Patty (Self; Madd)
Griffin, JT (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Hodges, David (Self)
McGinty, David (City of Arlington Police Department)
Robinson, Tamberly (Self; MADD)
Sheehey-Church, Colleen (MADD)
Waldrip, Dib (Self; Texas Association of Drug Court Professionals)
Against:
Allen, Ray (Texas Probation Association)
Thompson, Rodney (Texas Probation Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Calderon, Lorrie (Self; MADD)
Caudle, Carlton (Self; MADD)
Coffey, Debra (Coalition of Ignition Interlock)
Derscheid, Jason (Self; Madd)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Fultz, Mandy (Self; Mothers against drunk driving)
Gutierrez, Jaime (Self; MADD)
Harris, Frank (MADD)
Haverkamp, Elizabeth (MADD)
Huerta, Arturo (Self; Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
Iannotta, Becky (MADD)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Marquez, Vanessa (Self; Mother Against Drunk Driving)
McDonald, Dottie (Coalition for Ignition Interlock Manufactuers/Smart Start, Inc Resource
Only)
Ocamb, Dorene (Self; Mothers Against Drunk Driving)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
Ricketts, Karah (Self; Mothers against drunk driving)
Sheets, Tracy (Self; Mothers against drunk driving)
Smith, Anna (Self; MADD)
Smith, Ben (Self; Mothers against drunk driving)
Smith, Gary (Self; MADD)
Smith, Gary (Self; MADD)
Talamantes, Graciela (Self; MADD)
Vasquez, Gloria (Self; MADD)
For:
Digneo, Bob (AT&T Texas)
Fainter Jr, John W (The Association of Electric Companies of Texas, Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Todd (Time Warner Cable)
Cruz, Velma (Sprint)
Fagan, Jennifer (Windstream Communications)
Flores, Henry (CenturyLink, Inc.)
Meyers, Lucas (Texas Cable Association)
Munoz, Leo (Comcast)
Ogle, Skip (Cable)
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For:
Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)
Stinnett, Riley (Texas Gas Service)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
On:
Roberts, Walter (ASSOCIATED SECURITY SERVICES AND INVESTIGATORS OF
TEXAS. ASSIST)
Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety - Regulatory Services)
For:
Chimene, Grace (Self; Leagu of Women Voters Of Texas)
Kehde, Anna (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Leder, Norri (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Nance, Catherine (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Salter, Jeffrey (Self)
Schenkkan, Frances (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Against:
Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Lainez, Alexandria (Texas Carry)
Patterson, Jerry (Self)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Association)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Ford, Jamie (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Medrano, Margarita (Self; Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in Texas/america, Austin
Chapter)
Oliveri, Rosalie (Self; Moms demand action for gun sense in america)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)
Against:
Cargill, Michael (Self)
Mica, Tara (NRA)
Oliveri, Rosalie (Self; Moms demand action for gun sense in America)
On:
Bowie, RenEarl (Texas department of public safety)
Zgabay, Sherrie (Texas Department of Public Safety - Regulatory Services)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chiefs Assn.)
Holland, Brad (Self)
On:
Merriweather, Kelli (Commission on State Emergency Communictions)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Glod, Greg (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Henson, Scott (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Cannon, Charles (OmniBase Services of Texas LP)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association ofnGoodwills)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
DeBower, Courtney (Texas EMS, Trauma & Acute Care Foundation (TETAF))
On:
Garren, Cheryl (TxDPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
On:
Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mancia, Fran (MuniServices,)
Against:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Officers Asso ciation)
Luna, John (Grapevine Police Department)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Diggs, William (Texas DPS)
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
For:
Hubert, John (Self; Kleberg and Kenedy District Attorneys Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Howard, Robert (South Texans' Property Rights Association)
Against:
Gallardo, Maxie (Workers Defense Project)
Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnes, Jim (Self; McAllen Tea Party)
Holcomb, Gina (Self)
Lainez, Alexandria (Texas Carry)
Long, Matt (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Stringer, Matthew (Self)
On:
Howe, Chris (Self)
For:
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
McCraw, Steven (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Officers Asso ciation)
Against:
Arman, Justin (Self; Texans For Accountable Government)
Beckmeyer, Teresa (Self)
Donahue, Steven (Self; Texans for Accountable Government)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx dept of public safety)
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
Peters, Joe (Department of public safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deshields, Holly (Corporation for Texas Regionalism)
Against:
Kirkendall, Chris (Self; South East Texas Regional Planning Commission)
On:
De La Cruz, Pete (Self; South East Texas Regional Planning Commission)
Merriweather, Kelli (Commission on State Emergency Communictions)
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