WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee
April 10, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Elbrecht, Mark (Self)
Gerrick, Emily (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association)
Mcclune, Caitlin (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Gomez, Frances (DPS)
For:
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Jankovsky III, Richard (Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Martinez, Diane (Texas Department of Public Safety Officer's Association)
Taylor, Clay (Self; DPS Officers Association)
On:
Merchant, Kenny (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Schulze, Paul (Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Highway Patrol)
For:
Lake, Madeline (March For Our Lives Houston and Mayor's Commision Against Gun
Violence)
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Scruggs, Ed (Texas Gun Sense)
Wichers, Louis (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Against:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self; Central Texas Gun Works)
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Against:
Healy, Sean (Self)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Earl, Diana (Self; Everytown for gun safety, Moms Demand Action for Gunsense in America)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gentry, Karen (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Holmes, Melissa (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McMichael, Diane (Self; Mom's Demand Action)
Person, Maria (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Smith, Karen (Self)
Against:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Beale, Randy (Self)
Brownlee, Karyn (Self)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Longhurst, Joseph (Self)
Maedgen, MA (Self; Biofact Crop Care Inc.)
Main, Crystal (Self)
Mares, Samantha (Self)
Mason, David (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
McDaniel, Gary (Self)
Mcdaniel, Norma (Self)
Morgan, Tom (Self)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tp)
York, Ruth (Self)
On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept of Public Safety)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Scruggs, Ed (Texas Gun Sense)
Against:
Cargill, Michael (Self; Central Texas Gun Works)
Healy, Sean (Self)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Bachman, Valerie (Self)
Earl, Diana (Self; Everytown for gun safety, Moms Demand Action for Gunsense in America)
Einhorn, Nancy (Self)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gentry, Karen (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Office of Travis County Constable,Pct.5)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Holmes, Melissa (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Kralj, Nicole (Self)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Council On Family Violence)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McMichael, Diane (Self; Mom's Demand Action)
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Meredith, Amy (Travis County District Attormey)
Nelson, Piper (Self; The SAFE Alliance)
Person, Maria (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Smith, Karen (Self)
Wichers, Louis (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Against:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Beale, Randy (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Brownlee, Karyn (Self)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Longhurst, Joseph (Self)
Main, Crystal (Self)
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Against:
Mares, Samantha (Self)
Mason, David (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
McDaniel, Gary (Self)
Mcdaniel, Norma (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tp)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
York, Ruth (Self)
For:
Rosson, Tommy (Houston Responds)
On:
Phinney, Chuck (Texas Division of Emergency Management)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Chhin, Rachana (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
On:
Adams, Chris (Health and Human Services Commission)
Cook, Russell (HHSC)
Lopez, Christa (Texas General Land Office)
Wilburn, Cory (Texas General Land Office)
For:
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Against:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)
On:
Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers' Compensation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Jankovsky III, Richard (Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Martinez, Diane (Texas Department of Public Safety Officer's Association)
Martinez, Mario (Texas State Troopers Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Taylor, Clay (Self; DPS Officers Association)
Against:
Beachley, Pamela (Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Pool)
For:
Esparza, Jaime (District Attorney, 34th District)
Heatly, Staley (Self)
Wayborn, Bill (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)
Williamson, Matthew (Dallas Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
For:
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cargill, Michael (Self; Central Texas Gun Works)
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Martinez, Mario (Texas State Troopers Association)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
On:
Merchant, Kenny (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chatham, Jimmie (Self)
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
On:
Hotz, Kaye (OAG)
Stout, Peter (Self; Houston forensic science center and texas association of crime lab directors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Lenau, Kristen (Survivor Justice Project)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Meredith, Amy (Travis County District Attorney)
Person, Maria (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sabo, Jason T. (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Wright, Katherine (Wright Family Foundation)
On:
Merchant, Kenny (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
For:
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Tinsley, Joe (Self; Palestine Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Carter, Jenni (Self)
Cole, Greg (Self; Texas State Inspestion Association)
Ray, Charles (DEKRA)
Villari, Peter (DEKRA North America)
Wayborn, Bill (Self)
On:
Doran, Laird (The Friedkin Group, on behalf of Gulf States Toyota, Inc.)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Martinez, Mario (Texas State Troopers Association)
Against:
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Tucker, Tom (Auto Care Association)
On:
Luna, Pablo (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Thompson, Tim (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
For:
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Skinner, Jim (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Waybourn, Bill (Sheriff association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Mares, Samantha (Self)
Williamson, Matthew (Dallas Police Department)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mcclune, Caitlin (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Bell, Stephen (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Floerke Gouak, Sarah (Lower Colorado River Authority)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Dozier, Monty (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Chatham, Jimmie (Self)
Matheson, Tracy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Person, Maria (Self)
For:
Bridges, Chad (Self)
Esparza, Jaime (District Attorney 34th District)
Goertzen, Geneece (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Heatly, Staley (Self)
Holmes, Melissa (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Lyons Egger, Shelli (Self)
Nelson, Piper (Self; The SAFE Alliance)
Phan, Linda (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Proctor, Mary (Lakeway Police Department)
Scruggs, Ed (Texas Gun Sense)
White, Laura (Self)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self; Central Texas Gun Works)
Healy, Sean (Self)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Warne, Judy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Bachman, Valerie (Self)
Earl, Diana (Self; Everytown for gun safety, Moms Demand Action for Gunsense in America)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; Texas League Of Women Voters)
Garaña, Kristine (Self)
Gentry, Karen (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Grace Jr., James (Houston Area Women's Center)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Office of Travis County Constable,Pct.5)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Kralj, Nicole (Self)
McMichael, Diane (Self; Mom's Demand Action)
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Meredith, Amy (Travis County Disrict Attorney)
Person, Maria (Self)
Peters, Joellen (Self)
Pitts, John R. (Giffords Law Center)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Ved, Nikhita (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Wichers, Louis (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Williamson, Matthew (Dallas Police Department)
Against:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Beale, Randy (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Brownlee, Karyn (Self)
Chasteen, Kara (Self)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Longhurst, Joseph (Self)
Maedgen, MA (Self; Biofact Crop Care Inc.)
Main, Crystal (Self)
Mason, David (Self; NE Tarrant Tea Party)
McDaniel, Gary (Self)
Mcdaniel, Norma (Self)
Morgan, Tom (Self)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; Ne tarrant tp)
Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Assoc.)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
York, Ruth (Self)
For:
Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)
Davis, Yolanda (TMPA)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Wilson, Dennis D. (Self; Sheriff’s association of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Lisa (Easter Seals Texas)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Litzinger, Linda (Texas Parent to Parent)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Mcclune, Caitlin (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Martin, Paul (Self; National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Moorhead, Bee (Texas Impact)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Floyd, Beaman (Self; Texas Impact)
Person, Maria (Self)
For:
Chubbs, Derrick (Central Texas Food Bank)
Cole, Celia (Feeding Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Martin, Paul (Self)
Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mcclune, Caitlin (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
On:
Bell, Stephen (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Mellott, Shelly (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept of Public Safety)
For:
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
On:
Bachman, Valerie (Self)
Merchant, Kenny (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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