WITNESS LIST

            Corrections Committee

            April 11, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 1115

                 On:

                                 Prewitt, Mason (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cooper, Margaret (Self)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Holberg, Ann (Self)

                                 Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)

                                 Palmer, Jacob (TexProtects)

                                 Reyna, Rachelle (Self)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Manning, Cliff (Texas DPS CID)

                                 Mitchell, Demetrie (Dept of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Parke, Laurel (Dept of Family and Protective Services)

                                 Prestridge, Derek (Texas department of public safety)

            HB 1271

                 For:

                                 Allen, Tamara (Self)

                                 Briseno, Diana (Self)

                                 Caldwell, Adrian (Self)

                                 Clark, Joe (Self)

                                 Clopton, Laura (Self)

                                 Daniel, Donna (Self)

                                 Davis, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Guevara, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Holberg, Ann (Self)

                                 Holder, Sara (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU OF TEXAS)

                                 Lackey, Glenn (Self)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self)

                                 Newman, Deborah (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self)

                                 Roberts, Charles (Self)

                                 Sarver, Barney (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sarver, Jenifer (Self)

                                 Singleton, Laura (Self)

                                 Smith, D'Aun (Self)

                                 Stanley, Patricia (Self)

                                 Suhre, Patricia (Self)

                                 Weaver, Krista (Self)

                                 Williams, Crystal (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Kahan, Andy (Crime Stoppers of Houston and Parents of Murdered Children)

                                 Kuykendall, Rhonda (Self)

                                 Nitzsche, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Paris, Beverly (Self)

                                 Prentice, Cara (Self)

                                 Schwartz, David (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (Self)

                                 Aylor, Candace (Self)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Blott, Mandy (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Cameron, Ann (Self)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Elizondo, Anthony (Self)

                                 Flores, Olga (Self)

                                 Gardner, Becky (Self)

                                 Gentry, Karen (Self)

                                 Gidseg, Joey (Self)

                                 Grayson, Melinda (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (TEXAS NAACP)

                                 Klempner, Cindy (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Texas & Austin affiliates)

                                 Linder, Lindsey (Texas criminal justice coalition)

                                 McKinney, Sharon (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices)

                                 Prophitt, Pat (Self; TIFA)

                                 Reyna, Rachelle (Self)

                                 Rogers, Jo (Self; TIFA)

                                 Smith, Dorothy (Self)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Smith, Kathryn (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Weaver, Vickie (Self)

                                 White, Cheri (Self)

                                 White, Mark (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Burrage, Rhonda (Self; The Bridge Over Troubled Waters)

                                 Gomez, Mike (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)

                                 Leihardt, Carl (Self)

                                 Prezas, John (Self)

                                 Schwartz, Debbie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gutierrez, David (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

                                 Wells, Bettie (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

            HB 1956

                 For:

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)

                 On:

                                 Thielke, Pamela (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bruning, Kathryn (City of Houston)

                                 Franco, Brie (City of Austin)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Kahan, Andy (Crime Stoppers of Houston and Parents of Murdered Children)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (TEXAS NAACP)

                                 Nitzsche, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Reyna, Rachelle (Self)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Stardig, Brenda (City of Houston)

            HB 2481

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Jessica (Comal County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Hamilton, Kathleen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elizondo, Anthony (Self)

                                 Guio, Alexandra (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorneys Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2772

                 For:

                                 Dick, Shawn (Self; Williamson County District Attorney)

                                 Ketterhagen, Tom (Self)

                                 Prezas, John (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Kahan, Andy (Crime Stoppers of Houston and Parents of Murdered Children)

                                 Leihardt, Carl (Self)

                 On:

                                 Gutierrez, David (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

                                 Wells, Bettie (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

            HB 3015

                 For:

                                 Flores, Jose (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Aylor, Candace (Self)

                                 Blott, Mandy (Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Gentry, Karen (Self)

                                 Gidseg, Joey (Self)

                                 Gilberg, Julie (Self)

                                 Grayson, Melinda (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Harris, Dwight (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Linder, Lindsey (Texas criminal justice coalition)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Monsisvais, Marina (Self)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Reyna, Rachelle (Self)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self)

                                 Shields, Sarah (Self)

                                 Waller, Lacy (Self)

                                 Webb, Dale (Self)

                 On:

                                 Carpenter, Clint (Windham School District)

                                 Deitch, Michele (Self)

                                 Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)

                                 O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3297

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Garrett, Kevin (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                 Against:

                                 Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU OF TEXAS)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (TEXAS NAACP)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gomez, Mike (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorneys Office)

                 On:

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 3303

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU OF TEXAS)

                                 Linder, Lindsey (Texas criminal justice coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Smothermon, Samantha (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Gomez, Mike (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self)

                 On:

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 3472

                 For:

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Lumpkin, Bobby (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elizondo, Anthony (Self)

                                 Smith, Kathryn (Self)

            HB 3512

                 For:

                                 Davis, Keith (Crime survivors for safety and justice)

                                 Forbes, Tricia (Crime survivors for safety and justice)

                                 Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice)

                 On:

                                 Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU OF TEXAS)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Texas Probation Association)

            HB 3529

                 For:

                                 Leal, Gloria (Mexican american bar assn of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Guio, Alexandra (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                                 Klempner, Cindy (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Texas & Austin affiliates)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 3620

                 For:

                                 DeMerchant, Ken (Fort bend county)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carriker, Sarah (Self; League of Women Voters of TX)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (TEXAS NAACP)

                                 Klempner, Cindy (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness, Texas & Austin affiliates)

                                 NA, NA (Self)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self)

                                 Short, Jim (Self; Ft bend county texas)

                 On:

                                 Ita, Trina (HHSC)

            HB 4009

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

            HB 4104

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Dickey, James (Republican Party of Texas)

                                 LeBlanc, Jeff (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)

                                 LeBlanc, Kay (Self)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Mitchell, Demetrie (Dept of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 4594

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee County District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Guio, Alexandra (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU OF TEXAS)

                                 LeBlanc, Jeff (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Smith, Kathryn (Self)

                 On:

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

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