WITNESS LIST
Corrections Committee
April 11, 2019 - 8:00 AM
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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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
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)
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)
For:
Malouff, Charlie (Self)
On:
Lumpkin, Bobby (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Elizondo, Anthony (Self)
Smith, Kathryn (Self)
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)
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
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)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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)
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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