This website will be unavailable from Friday, April 26, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, April 29, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Corrections Committee

            April 14, 2021 - 8:00 AM

            HB 358

                 For:

                                 Driver, Devin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Self; Latinojustice)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 Against:

                                 Westfall, Mollee (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beam, Amber (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Herring, Megan (Texas Association of business)

                                 Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Massingill, Joshua (Prison Fellowship Ministries)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Rayfield, Penny (Self; OnShore Assembly (a 2nd Chance Employer))

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                                 Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Tecas Young Republicans)

                 Against:

                                 Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)

                                 Heatly, Staley (Self)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Texas Probation Association)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Bode, Andrea (Kerr, Bandera & Gillespie County CSCD)

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Community Justice Assistance Division)

                                 Iles, Leighton (Self; Tarrant County Community Supervision and Corrections Department)

            HB 385

                 For:

                                 Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)

                                 Westfall, Mollee (Self)

                 On:

                                 Iles, Leighton (Self; Tarrant County Community Supervision and Corrections Department)

                                                                                               1


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Beam, Amber (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Heatly, Staley (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Herring, Megan (Texas Association of business)

                                 Hodge, Daniel (Alliance for Safety & Justice)

                                 Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason; Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Rayfield, Penny (Self; OnShore Assembly (a 2nd Chance Employer))

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Bode, Andrea (Kerr, Bandera & Gillespie County CSCD)

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Community Justice Assistance Division)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self; Texas Probation Association)

            HB 757

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason; Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Self; Latinojustice)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                 Against:

                                 Tillman, Calvin (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kaiser, Christina (Texas Dept of Licensing and Regulation)

            HB 870

                 For:

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason; Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Tecas Young Republicans)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

            HB 1894

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason; Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative)

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self; Texas probation Assoc)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Tecas Young Republicans)

                 On:

                                 Wells, Bettie (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

            HB 2384

                 For:

                                 Driver, Devin (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 On:

                                 Bode, Andrea (Kerr, Bandera & Gillespie County CSCD)

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Community Justice Assistance Division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Self; Latinojustice)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Tecas Young Republicans)

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Knustrom, Eric (Self; Texas Probation Association)

                 On:

                                 Iles, Leighton (Self; Tarrant County Community Supervision and Corrections Department)

            HB 2442

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas fair defense project)

                                 Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)

                                 Zibari, Harjeen (Texas fair defense project)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason; Americans for Prosperity; Libre Initiative)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Tecas Young Republicans)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 On:

                                 Bode, Andrea (Kerr, Bandera & Gillespie County CSCD)

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Community Justice Assistance Division)

                                 Iles, Leighton (Self; Tarrant County Community Supervision and Corrections Department)

            HB 2445

                 For:

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)

                                 Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Painter, Lillian (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Self; Latinojustice)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bode, Andrea (Kerr, Bandera & Gillespie County CSCD)

                                 Green, Carey (Texas Department of Criminal Justice--Community Justice Assistance Division)

                                 Iles, Leighton (Self; Tarrant County Community Supervision and Corrections Department)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Zamora, April (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 3547

                 For:

                                 Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Organizing Project)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Ricketts, Kirsten (Self; Restorer Of City Streets; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition; Clean Slate Initiative)

                                 Toon, Jennifer (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                                 Walton, Tracie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Workers Defense Action Fund)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self; Reentry Advocacy Project)

                                 Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Painter, Lillian (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Self)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

            HB 3598

                 For:

                                 Benthall, Tammy (Self)

                                 Benthall, Troy (Self)

                                 Davis, Susan (Self)

                 On:

                                 Renaud, Jorge (Self; Latino Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Farrington, Michael (Self)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Tecas Young Republicans)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 Against:

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                                                                               5