WITNESS LIST

            Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee

            April 10, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 372

                 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)

            HB 1011

                 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)

            HB 1207

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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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            HB 1208

                 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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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 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)

            HB 1296

                 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)

            HB 1492

                 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)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    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)

            HB 1528

                 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)

            HB 1546

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HB 1552

                 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

            HB 1590

                 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)

            HB 1681

                 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)

            HB 1750

                 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)

            HB 1789

                 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)

            HB 1908

                 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)

            HB 2560

                 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

            HB 2953

                 For:

                                 Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                                 Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)

            HB 3106

                 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)

            HB 3191

                 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.)

                                                                                               9


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

            HB 3540

                 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)

            HB 3616

                 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)

            HB 3668

                 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)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Martin, Paul (Self)

                                 Sauceda, Nataly (United Ways of Texas)

            HB 3755

                 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)

            HB 4195

                 On:

                                 Moninger, Steve (Dept of Public Safety)

            HB 4236

                 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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