WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
March 25, 2021 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Against:
Engbrock, Chad (C&S Media Publications; The Farmersville Times, Murphy Monitor, The
Princeton Herald, The Sachse News, The Wylie News)
Lewis, Wesley (Texas Press Association)
Morin, Tom (Daily Court Review)
Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Campbell, Julie (Self)
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hill, Rick (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Klement, Leon (Cooke county)
Knapp, Sammy (Self; Jpca)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Woolsey, Chris (Self)
For:
Gleason, Cathy (Self; Farmers to Felons TX divison)
Jarl, Katie (Texas Pets Alive)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shurtleff, Hilary (Self)
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For:
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Gilbert, Kristi (Town of Cross Roads)
Perry, Jeffrey (Self)
Sterling, Shelby (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Against:
Bland, Jennifer (Mustang Special Utility District & Texas Rural Water Assoc)
Macmanus, Brian (Texas Rural Water Association)
On:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Vaughn, Jason (Self)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Klement, Leon (Cooke county)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Hoelscher, Jennie (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Against:
McAdams, Will (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Campbell, Julie (Self)
Against:
Hale, Darrell (Self; Collin County Commissioner Precinct 3)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hill, Rick (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Knapp, Sammy (Self; Jpca)
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Court Reporters Association)
Klement, Leon (Cooke county)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hamill, Joe (AFSCME Harris County Local 1550, Austin/Travis County Local 1624, El Paso
Local 59)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
For:
Akin, Lane (Wise County Sheriff's Office)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
On:
Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Woolsey, Chris (Self)
On:
Gandy, Rachel (Sunset Advisory Commission)
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Holloway, Adrienne (Harris County Community Services Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Klement, Leon (Cooke county)
Muņoz, Ned (Texas Association ofBuilders)
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Texas Affiliation of Affordable Housing Providers)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Christensen, Laurie (Harris County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Narvaez, Thamara (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shields, Bradford (Harris County Commisioners Court)
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