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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            March 18, 2019 - 1:30 PM

            HB 85

                 For:

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

                                 Neavel, MD, Celia (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, People's Community Clinic, Texas Medical

                                 Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Andrews, Irene (Self)

                                 Biundo, Jennifer (Texas Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy)

                                 Briones, Michael (Self)

                                 Carlson, Frank (Self)

                                 Duble, Caroline (Self)

                                 Elliff, D. Scott (Self)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self)

                                 Hill, Rachel (Equality Texas)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Kopp, Emilie (Self)

                                 Lackey, Holt (Self)

                                 Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Newcomb, Cheryl (Self)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Richie, Landon (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Lauren (Self)

                                 Saxon, Lucinda (Legacy Community Health)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Smith, Ashley (Self)

                                 Stelter, Anna (Self)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Strandberg, Katherine (Self; TEXAS ASSOCIATION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT)

                                 Weaver, Lou (Self)

                                 Yoon, Alex (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Castle, Mary (Texas Values)

                                 Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)

            HB 352

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                 On:

                                 Taylot, Jimmy (Houston Police Dept)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Harris, Chris (Self)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOU)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                                 Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)

                 On:

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT  Please change our position to "on")

                                 Preston, Terry (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            HB 353

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                 On:

                                 Taylot, Jimmy (Houston Police Dept)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Harris, Chris (Self)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOU)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                                 Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)

                 On:

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT  Please change our position to "on")

                                 Preston, Terry (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            HB 442

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

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                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc. State Fop Legislative chairman)

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 549

                 For:

                                 Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

            HB 601

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)

                 On:

                                 Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

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

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

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

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee

                                 Chair)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)

                 On:

                                 LaVoie, Megan (Office of court administration)

                                 SCHONEMANN, RAOUL (Self)

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            HB 940

                 For:

                                 Greig, Andrea Greig (Self)

                                 Johnston, Alexandra (Denton County Sheriff's Office)

                                 Kemper, Chris (Self)

                                 Sims, Shannon (Self; San Antonio Animal Care Services)

                                 Turner, Randy (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

                                 Armstrong, George (Responsible Pet Owners Alliance)

                                 Jackson, Aaron (Self; RPOA)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adaky, Kathy (Self)

                                 Aguilar, Eloyd (Self)

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Ashlock, Emily (Self)

                                 Baranowski, Carolyn (Self)

                                 Barrios, Delilah (Self)

                                 Bellanti, Dorothy (Self)

                                 Bellows, Nancy (Self; Society for Rescue and Adoption)

                                 Biggs, Denise (Self)

                                 Blanchard, Georgia (Self)

                                 Blastic, Diane (Self)

                                 Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Bosman, Virginia (Self)

                                 Braendlin, Andrea (Self)

                                 Brooks, Laura (Self)

                                 Burgan, Kimberly (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Buyens, Margot (Self)

                                 Carrasco, Liz (Self)

                                 Casarez, Ruth (Self)

                                 Clark, Erick (Self)

                                 Colbert, Amanda (Self)

                                 Correa, Dayne (Self)

                                 Crowe, Carri (Self)

                                 Currens, Leslie (Self)

                                 Davis, Bill (Self)

                                 Davis, Kathleen (Self)

                                 Deel, Dustin (Self; City of weatherford)

                                 DeStaffany, Gina (Self)

                                 Diaz-rodriguez, Deborah (Self)

                                 DiChiara-Schilling, Heather (Self)

                                 Donahue, Laura (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Dorsey, Angela (Self)

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Drumond, Brunheld (Self)

                                 Dsouza, Rodney (Self)

                                 Ellison, Shana (Self)

                                 Fette, Bernie (Self)

                                 Fikac Anderson, Peggy (Self)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self)

                                 Flowers, Stacie (Self)

                                 Foster, Stacy (Self)

                                 Franks, Melinda (Self)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Fuentes, Regina (Self)

                                 Garriott, Linda (Self)

                                 Geisler, Greg (Self)

                                 Haack, Myrthala (Self)

                                 Hamilton, Kathleen (Self)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Hoffman, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Hubbard, John (Self; Animal Legal Defense Fund)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Hutson, Roland (Self)

                                 Johnson, Ashley (Self)

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                                 Kaufman, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Korensky, Nicole (Self)

                                 Kovar, Ruby (Self)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                                 Langridge, Scott (Self)

                                 Lehe, Denise (Self)

                                 Leigh, Courtney (Self; Puppy Mill Awareness Day TX)

                                 Loomis, Andrew (Self)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Lundquisr, Dimitri (Self)

                                 Lynch, Natalie (Self)

                                 Marshall, Kimber (Self)

                                 Martinez, Madelynn (Self)

                                 Mccollam, Kristin (Self)

                                 McKinney, Will (Self)

                                 Meek, Grant (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Georgianne (Self)

                                 Montiel, Kara (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)

                                 Morris, Liz (Self)

                                 Mount, Shirley (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Muller, Sandra (Self)

                                 Murray, Kayla (Self)

                                 Mustelier, MIriam (Self)

                                 Myers, Jeanna (Self)

                                 Norris, Charlotte (Self)

                                 Orr, Amber (Self)

                                 Padilla, Leslie (Self)

                                 Patrick, Kelli (Self)

                                 Patterson, Susan (Self)

                                 Perry, Christine (Self)

                                 Peters-Fineske, Susan (Self; Puppy mill  awareness day)

                                 Prather, Nikki (The Humane Society of the United States)

                                 Raworth, David John (Self)

                                 Ritchie, Jenni (Self)

                                 Rizzo, Jinee (Self)

                                 Roberts, Karen (Self)

                                 Rodgers, Brian (Self)

                                 Rutledge, Elisabeth (Self)

                                 Samudio, Ernest (Self)

                                 Sanchez, Patricia (Self)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Sitko, Doray (Self)

                                 Smagula, Lotta (Self)

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

                                 Snyder, Gwen (Self)

                                 Speaks, Kellye (Self)

                                 Spigarelli, Rick (Self)

                                 Spigarelli, Sussan (Self)

                                 Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self)

                                 Tamez, Audrey (Self)

                                 Taylor, Jane (Self)

                                 Thaxton, Ashley (Self)

                                 Thaxton, Mona (Self)

                                 Toon, Kendall (Self)

                                 Valls-Trelles, Pat (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Ann (Self)

                                 Whitley, Tracey (Self)

                                 Whitty, Marsha (Self)

                                 Wilson, Charlotte (Self)

                                 Wolf, Sarah (Self)

                                 Zaboroski, Jessica (Self)

            HB 1030

                 For:

                                 Alcala, Elsa (Self; TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 KEITH, EDWARD (Self; REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CAPITAL CASES)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 Mims, Bobby (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Harris, Chris (Self)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee

                                 Chair)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Russell, Zoe (Self)

                                 Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

            HB 1139

                 For:

                                 Alcala, Elsa (Self; TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE)

                                 Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Kazen, Philip (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 KEITH, EDWARD (Self; REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CAPITAL CASES)

                                 Mccann, Patrick (Self; Harris County Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Association)

                                 Middleton, Brian (Self; Fort Bend County District Attorney)

                                 Mims, Bobby (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Patton, James (Self)

                                 Seay, Ollie (Self; American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities - Texas

                                 Chapter)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

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

                 On:

                                 SCHONEMANN, RAOUL (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Flores, Lisa (Self; Easter Seals Central Texas)

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

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Harris, Chris (Self)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee

                                 Chair)

                                 Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 NAACP, Texas (Texas NAACP)

                                 Russell, Zoe (Self)

                                 Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

            HB 1223

                 For:

                                 Amoroso, Anthony (Self)

                                 Delk, John (Self)

                                 Eastepp, Clinton (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

            HB 1279

                 For:

                                 Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

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

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Harris, Chris (Self)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 NAACP, Texas (Texas NAACP)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                                                                               8


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1357

                 On:

                                 Mitchell, Demetrie (DFPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Doyel, Elizabeth (Self)

                                 Phan, Linda (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

            HB 1499

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 On:

                                 Clayton, Bryant (Comptroller of public accounts)

            HB 1936

                 For:

                                 Alcala, Elsa (Self; TEXAS DEFENDER SERVICE)

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

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

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

                                 KEITH, EDWARD (Self; REGIONAL PUBLIC DEFENDER FOR CAPITAL CASES)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)

                                 McCann, Patrick (Self)

                                 Middleton, Brian (Fort bend county district attorneys office)

                                 Mims, Bobby (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

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

                 On:

                                 Schonemann, Raoul (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Harris, Chris (Self)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Kazen, Philip (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Committee

                                 Chair)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 NAACP, Texas (Texas NAACP)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Russell, Zoe (Self)

                                 Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self)

                                 Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, Inc.)

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police assoc and state FOP)

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOU)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

            HB 1996

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

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