WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 20, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Camp, Torie (Self; Joyful Heart Foundation)
Davis, Wendy (Self)
Gair, Aja (SAFE)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Wood, Justin (Travis County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Charles, Laurie (Texas A&M Health science center)
Stout, Peter (Self; Houston forensic science center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Borinstein, Hetty (Self)
Dallas, James (Self)
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Granfortuna, Laura (Self)
Harrington, Andi (Self)
Headley, Marilyn (Self)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
Johnson, Shane (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin affiliate)
Limon-Mercado, Dyana (Self)
McKim, Mark (Self)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Peek, Alexandra (Austin Justice Coalition (AJC))
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justic Coalition (AJC))
Sims, Jaynna (Self)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Weigel, Alicia (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Winfield, Nakia (Self; Nasw-TX)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPs)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Hearn, Skylor (DPS)
For:
Gamaldi, Joe (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Halbert, Kyle (Self; Bryan Police Department)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Thompson, Rodney (Self; Texas Probation Association)
Against:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
May, Matt (Houston Police Department)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department - Office of the Chief of Police)
Against:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Granfortuna, Laura (Self)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
Johnson, Shane (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Keilen, Andrea (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin affiliate)
McKim, Mark (Self)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Taylor, Latosha (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
Lesko, Mike (Texas DPS)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Davis, Bill (Self)
Jarl, Katie (The Humane Society of the United States)
Against:
Cargill, Michael (Self; Texans For Accountable Government)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Carrasco, Liz (Self)
Clark, Erick (Self)
Corbett, Lynmarie (Self)
Dallas, James (Self)
Dodge, Megan (City of San Antonio)
Dooley, Vernell (City of Denton)
Ellisor, Lindley (Self)
Fette, Bernie (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Henson, Gwen (Self)
Hubbard, John (Self)
Hudspeth, Ann (Self)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
Kaim, Joan (Self)
Loignon, David (Self)
Look jameson, Marion (Self)
Lynch, Natalie (Self; Texas humane legislative network (thln))
Marquette, Christine (Self)
Marsh, Deborah (Self)
McKinney, Will (Self)
Murray, Kayla (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patrick, Kelli (Self)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Stuyvesant, Eric (Self)
Stuyvesant, Michelle (Self; Kidsandcars.org)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Medley, Thornton (Self; United Steelworkers District Council 13-1)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Holman, Melissa (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aylor, Candace (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Granfortuna, Laura (Self)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
Johnson, Shane (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
King, Danielle (Self)
Kohler, Rob (Christian Life Commission of Baptist General Convention of Texas)
McKim, Mark (Self)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justic Coalition (AJC))
Sims, Jaynna (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
King, Danielle (Self)
Kohler, Rob (Christian Life Commission of Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
For:
Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Kennedy, Adrienne (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Austin)
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Rice-Lively, Mary Lynn (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Richard, Robin (Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self; Texans For Accountable Government)
Cotton, Charles (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Taylor, Emily (Self)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
King, Danielle (Self)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin affiliate)
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self)
Slaymaker, Mitch (Texas municipal police association)
Stephens, Stephanie (Self; Nacogdoches County Attorney's Office)
Strauss, Allison (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Thomson, Emma (Self)
Against:
Farrell, William (Self)
Maruca, Matthew (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Putman, Jacob (Self)
Against:
Keilen, Andrea (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
For:
Caffey, Terry (Self; Texas coalition)
Casarez, Jay (Self; Tifa)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cullom, June (Self)
Gallegos, Elaine (Self)
Gallegos, Elaine (Self)
Gallegos, Longina (Self)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Self)
Linder, Lindsey (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Mayhew, Dondraius (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Metzler, Leah (Spirit of Life Transformation Fellowship)
Robinson, Larry (Self)
Sittler, Wolf (Self)
VARGAS, MARANGELI (Self)
Wilson, Douglas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernhardt, Rebecca (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Caffey, Karen (Texas coalotion)
Elzner, Robert L (Self; Member of Texas Inmate Families Association)
Franco, Valerie (Self)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Haverlah, Sandie (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
King, Danielle (Self)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Sims, Jaynna (Self)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
Wilson, Bonnie (Self)
Wilson, Tim (Self)
Winfield, Nakia (Self; Nasw-TX)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Darden, Latisha (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; Austin Travis County Reentry Roundtable)
King, Danielle (Self)
Kohler, Rob (Christian Life Commission of Baptist General Convention of Texas)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Renaud, Jorge (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
For:
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
May, Matt (Houston Police Department)
Thompson, Rodney (Self; Texas Probation Association)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Greytok, John (Self; Houston Texans (NFL team))
Howard, Jay (Houston Astros)
Howard, Jay (Texas Rangers Baseball Club)
Hubert, Martin (Rice University)
Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Jones, Neal t. Buddy (Dallas cowboys and texas motor speedway)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Ozuna, Jesse (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Parrish, Colin (Harris County-Houston Sports Authority)
Schar, Amanda (Harris County-Houston Sports Authority)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tittle, Gary (Dallas Police Department - Office of the Chief of Police)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wichmann, Jennifer (City of Arlington)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Chisholm, Mechisholm@gmail.com (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Sullivan, Ray (ASsociation for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International)
On:
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Sullivan, Ray (Amazon)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
On:
Holman, Melissa (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dixon, Frank (Austin Police Department)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
King, Danielle (Self)
McKim, Mark (Self)
On:
Holman, Melissa (Texas Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Chambers Co. Sheriff's Office)
Peal, Scott (County Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assocation)
Stephens, Stephanie (Self; Nacogdoches County Attorney's Office)
Against:
Jacobson, Sacha (Self)
King, Danielle (Self)
For:
Briscoe, Rick (Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self; Texans For Accountable Government)
Matheny, David (Silencer Shop)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cotton, Charles (Self)
Farrell, William (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
King, Danielle (Self)
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