WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee
April 4, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
Fortune, Brad (Plano Police Department)
On:
Bowie, RenEarl (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Long, Matt (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Against:
Frei, Elisabeth (Self)
Hathorne, Donald (Self)
On:
Lesko, Michael (Texas DPS)
For:
Anderson, Cheasty (Self; Children's Defense Fund -Texas)
Borel, Dennis (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Legere, Barbara (Self)
Legere, Barbara (Self)
Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Against:
Cargill, Michael (Self)
Carter, Harold (Self; Texas State Rifle Association)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Gerlich, Angela (Self; TSRA Foundation)
Hathorne, Donald (Self)
Mica, Tara (Self; National Rifle Association)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety-Texas Highway Patrol)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradley, Susan (Self; Moms Demand Action for gun sense)
Earl, Diana (Self)
Estes, Lola (Self)
Frei, Elisabeth (Self)
Garana, Kristine (Self)
Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Association of Substance Abuse Programs)
Irvin Loughlin, Kathleen (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gunsense)
Kent Davis, Helen (Texas Medical Assn)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Morosky, Katherine (Self; Moms demand action for gunsense in america)
Pintchovski, Susan (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Thrasher, Jill (Self)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Catalano, Robb (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 3)
Haugen, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Iles, Leighton (Self; Texas probation Association, Tarrant County Community Supervision and
Corrcections Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
Schmider, Joseph (DSHS)
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For:
Schneider, Rodney (Dublin ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Against:
Borinstein, Hetty (Self)
Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)
Gerlich, Angela (Self; TSRA Foundation)
Kathleen, Bokros (Self)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
On:
Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
For:
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Against:
Barg, Irl (Self; EFF-Austin)
Cohn, Joshua (EFF-Austin)
McGeary, Judith (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance)
Turner, Josh (TechNet)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; SAT)
Nezda, Elizabeth (AT&T)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Spraggins, Doris (Self)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Woodard, Shayne (Texas Association of Dairymen)
Against:
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
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For:
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Against:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety-Texas Highway Patrol)
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)
Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA))
Cowles, Charles (Self)
Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)
Long, Matt (Self)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; SAT)
Rash, Jeanette (Self; Texas Towing &Storage Association)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Smith, Angela (Self)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Against:
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Gonzalez, Ernest (Cities of Freer and San Diego, TX)
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; SAT)
Park, Joey (South Texans Property Rights Association)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
For:
VanSteenberg, Chip (Montgomery County Emergency Communication District)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goerke, James (Texas 911 Alliance)
Payne, Mark (Denco Area 9-1-1 District)
Woodard, Shayne (Texas 911 Alliance)
For:
Henry, McKenzie (Self)
Sanchez, Melissa (Alzheimer's Association)
Sommers, Terrence (Self; Law enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; SAT)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
On:
Kidd, Nim (Texas DPS-Texas Division of Emergency Management)
For:
Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Pintchovski, Susan (Texas Chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)
Against:
Cargill, Michael (Self)
On:
Mica, Tara (Self; National Rifle Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradley, Susan (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)
Earl, Diana (Self)
Estes, Lola (Self)
Garana, Kristine (Self)
Irvin Loughlin, Kathleen (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gunsense)
Legere, Barbara (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
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For:
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Morosky, Katherine (Self; Moms demand action for gunsense in america)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Thrasher, Jill (Self)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Carter, Harold (Self; Texas State Rifle Association)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Gerlich, Angela (Self; TSRA Foundation)
Hathorne, Donald (Self)
Hathorne, Donald (Self)
Long, Matt (Self)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fuchs, Jeremy (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Mills, William (Self; SAT)
Scaman, Ricky (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)
Trochesset, Henry (Self; Sheriff Ass. Of Texas)
Against:
Kathleen, Bokros (Self)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Beauchamp, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bradley, Susan (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)
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For:
Kathleen, Bokros (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)
For:
Taylor, Jon (DFW Airport)
Tomme, Paul (DFW Airport)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
On:
Mica, Tara (Self; National Rifle Association)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)
Earl, Diana (Self)
Estes, Lola (Self)
Garana, Kristine (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Smith, Arianna (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Smith, Reginald (Self; Communities for Recovery)
Teel, David (Texas Commercial Airports Association)
Against:
Cargill, Michael (Self)
Carter, Harold (Self; Texas State Rifle Association)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Gerlich, Angela (Self; TSRA Foundation)
Hathorne, Donald (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Francis, Brian (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)
For:
Knapp, Kevin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc)
Hathorne, Donald (Self)
Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)
Against:
Carter, Harold (Self; Texas State Rifle Association)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Gerlich, Angela (Self; TSRA Foundation)
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