WITNESS LIST
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
April 10, 2019 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Hogue, Patricia (Self; Texas Lawyers For Children)
Reed, Mary Christine (Texas RioGrande Legal Aid)
Sims, Doreen (Self; Stop Abuse Campaign)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights tx)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
For:
Franklin, Allison (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Franklin, Allison (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coaliton)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights tx)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Murphy, Kate (Texans cae for children)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects - Champions for Safe Children)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mcclune, Caitlin (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Duhon, Trey (Self; Waller County)
Fauth, Joe (Self; Commissiones Court Grimes County Texas)
Nicholes, Laura (Texas Probation Association)
Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Laird, Claudia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McMullen, Stuart (Self; Americans For Parental Equality)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Pikl, Jim (Self)
Sharpe, Shelby (Self)
Against:
Bresnen, Steve (TWXAS FAMILY LAW FOUNDATION)
Hays, Karl (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Murphy, Kate (Texans cae for children)
On:
Ellis, John (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Champagne, Taran (Self; Americans for Parental Equality)
Corser, Meagan (Self)
Fleck, Jennifer (Self)
Flowers, Jeff (Self)
Holcomb, Terry (Republican Party of Texas)
Howsley, Stephen (Self)
McDaniel, Gary (Self)
Mcdaniel, Norma (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Newman, Anne (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Prewitt, Mason (Self)
York, Ruth (Self)
Against:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Doerge, Kaitlyn (Texas Pediatric Society)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garaņa, Kristine (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Smith, Karen (Self)
On:
Pena, Gus (Self; Veterans for Progress)
For:
Hays, Karl (Self; TexasFamily Law Foundation)
Montes, Evelyn (Self)
Sims, Doreen (Self; Stop Abuse Campaign)
Williams, Ellen (Self; Stop Abuse Campaign)
Against:
McMullen, Stuart (Self; Americans For Parental Equality)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brass, Chelsea (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (TWXAS FAMILY LAW FOUNDATION)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Garaņa, Kristine (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guerrero, Julieta (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Jones, Kelly (Self)
Montes, Jose (Self)
Pena, Gus (Self; Veterans for Progress)
Sandoval, Rosa (Self)
Smith, Karen (Self)
Against:
Castle, Mary (Texas Values)
Champagne, Taran (Self; Americans for Parental Equality)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Flowers, Jeff (Self)
On:
Roper, Tiffany (DFPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Mitchell, Forrest (Office of the Inspector General - Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Isett, Carl (Self)
Reed, Mary Christine (Texas RioGrande Legal Aid)
Walding, David (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (TWXAS FAMILY LAW FOUNDATION)
Rosamond, Tania (Self)
On:
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ball, Robert (Self; Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD)
Lanton, Christine (Self)
Teeter, Donna (Self)
Against:
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mcclune, Caitlin (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Miller, Amy (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Rynders, Dustin (Self; Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
DePrang, Jo (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Flores, Jose (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights tx)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kuykendall (pronounced: KUR-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association
(TMCA))
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Ward, Kyle (Texas PTA)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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