WITNESS LIST

            Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee

            April 25, 2017 - 8:00 AM

            HB 854

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Mann, Fatima (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Self; NASW-TX)

                 On:

                                 Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                                 Richardson, Kent (Office of the Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brown, Kristina (Self; Counter Balance: ATX)

                                 Elizabeth, Mary (Austin justiice coalition)

                                 Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)

                                 McMahon, Sukyi (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Meitzen, Nicole (Self; Counterbalance ATX)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Moore, Chas (Austin justice coalition)

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)

                                 Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn)

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

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)

                                 rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

            HB 968

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Assoc)

                                 Walker, Thomas (Self; Walker & Byington / Texas Law Shield)

                 Against:

                                 Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demaand Action for Gun Semse in America)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Agnell, Bill (Self)

                                 Arnold, Ellen (Texas PTA)

                                 Massengill, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Mccorkle, Judith (Self)

                                 Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Self; NASW-TX)

                 Against:

                                 Adams, Cristina (Self)

                                 Garaņa, Kristine (Self; Moms demand action for gun sense in america)

                                 Greene, Melanie (Self)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Lance, Jan (Self)

                                 Legere, Barbara (Self)

                                 Morosky, Katherine (Self)

                                 Schmidt, Marisa (Self)

            HB 981

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Hinton, Stephen (Self; Security consultant)

                                 Hodges, Dana (Self; Concerned Women for America of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Titus, William (Self)

                                 Visser, Steve (Self; Hedge Protection Ministries)

                                 Walker, Thomas (Self; Walker & Byington / Texas Law Shield)

                 Against:

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)

                                 Schmidt, Marisa (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hettinger, Ann (Self; Center for the preservation of American Ideals)

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

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)

                                 rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Assoc)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 Greene, Melanie (Self)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Morosky, Katherine (Self)

                                 Price, Jennifer (Self)

                 On:

                                 Moninger, Steve (DPS)

            HB 1229

                 For:

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Assoc)

                                 Walker, Thomas (Self; Walker & Byington / Texas Law Shield)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)

                                 Morosky, Katherine (Self)

                                 Price, Jennifer (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Agnell, Bill (Self)

                                 Massengill, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Mccorkle, Judith (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                                 Titus, William (Self)

            HB 1430

                 For:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Haugen, Michael (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Mccorkle, Judith (Self; Self)

                                 Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

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                 On:

                                 Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)

            HB 2003

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Johnson, Ed (Harris county clerks office)

                                 Nolen, Robert (Harris county district clerk)

                                 Walker, Thomas (Self; Walker & Byington / Texas Law Shield)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)

                                 Mccorkle, Judith (Self; Self)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Assoc)

                 Against:

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)

                                 Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Greene, Melanie (Self)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Titus, William (Self)

            HB 2034

                 For:

                                 Adhikary, Amrita (Self; Moms Demand Action)

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Massengill, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Assoc)

                                 Walker, Thomas (Self; Walker & Byington / Texas Law Shield)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Cristina (Self)

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Garaņa, Kristine (Self; Moms demand action for gun sense in america)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self; Moms Demand Action)

                                 Greene, Melanie (Self)

                                 Hayes, Holly (Self)

                                 Lance, Jan (Self)

                                 Legere, Barbara (Self)

                                 McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

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                 For:

                                 Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demaand Action for Gun Semse in America)

                                 Schmidt, Marisa (Self)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Wilcox, Cecilia (Self)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Self; NASW-TX)

                 Against:

                                 Agnell, Bill (Self)

                                 Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)

                                 Titus, William (Self)

            HB 2044

                 For:

                                 Henson, Scott (Just Liberty)

                                 McMahon, Sukyi (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Moore, Chas (Austin justice coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)

                                 Bedecarre, Kathryn (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Cook, Margaret "Peggy" (Self)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)

                                 Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn)

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

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 2820

                 For:

                                 Hardy, Ashlee (Self; COPS Concerns of Police Survivors)

                                 Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston police officers union)

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

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 On:

                                 Helenberg, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 3115

                 For:

                                 Bright, Jeffrey (Texas Burglar and Fire Alarm Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Nezda, Elizabeth (AT&T)

                 On:

                                 Moninger, Steve (DPS)

            HB 3132

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA Texas Municipal Police Association)

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hamill, Joe (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

                                 Ingersoll, Deborah (Texas State Troopers Assn)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

            HB 3171

                 For:

                                 Shotts, Samuel (Self; Vista Ridge Driving School)

                 On:

                                 Saint, Nina (The Foundation for Safe Driving and SafeWay Driving)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Shields, Chris (American Safety Council)

                 On:

                                 Francis, Brian (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

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            HB 3340

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Brauer, Andrea (Texas gun sense)

                                 Bresette, Patrick (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)

                                 Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Legere, Barbara (Self)

                                 Lindsey, M.D., Al (Self; PSR & MFSA central Texas)

                                 Mobley Turney, Aimee (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Texas Suicide Prevention Council)

                                 Winfield, Nakia (Self; NASW-TX)

                 Against:

                                 Agnell, Bill (Self)

                                 Titus, William (Self)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Assoc)

                                 Walker, Thomas (Self; Walker & Byington / Texas Law Shield)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garaņa, Kristine (Self; Moms demand action for gun sense in america)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (Self; NATIONAL ALLIANCE on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin (National Alliance on Mental Illness))

                                 Hutto, Kathy (Americans for Responsible Solutions)

                                 Lance, Jan (Self)

                                 McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)

                                 Price, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

            HB 4003

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Coffey, Debra (Coalition of Ignition Interlock Manufacturers)

                                 Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Iles, Leighton (Self; Tarrant county community supervision and corrections dept)

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

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))

                                 McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mills, William (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)

            HB 4121

                 For:

                                 Whitcomb, Chris (ANDE)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)

                                 Harmon, Micah (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 James, Nick (Self; ANDE)

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

                                 Jones, James (San Antonio Police Department)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 McLaughlin, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Pryor, William (Self; Ande)

                                 rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Hearn, Skylor (Texas DPS)

                                 Mills, Brady (Texas department of public safety)

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