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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 561

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee

              April 12, 2021 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

                       For :

                                 Howsley, Stephen (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)

                                 McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)

                                 Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)

                                 Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self)

                                 MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                 Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)

                       Against :

                                 Bittner, Marc (Self; Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba Couties Juvenile

                                 Probation Departments)

                                 Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)

                                 Weber, Brianna (City of McAllen)

                       On :

                                 Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

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