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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            March 8, 2021 - 2:00 PM

            HB 187

                 For:

                                 Ware, Mike (Self; Innocence project of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 On:

                                 Marshall, Edward (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 225

                 For:

                                 Garza, Cynthia (John Creuzot Dallas County District Attorney)

                                 Ware, Mike (Self; Innocence project of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

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

                 On:

                                 Marshall, Edward (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 252

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Hunt, Ray (HPOU)

            HB 275

                 On:

                                 Wolff, Ben (Office of capital and forensic writs)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project of Texas)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

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

            HB 295

                 For:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                 On:

                                 Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project of Texas)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

            HB 372

                 For:

                                 Garza, Cynthia (John Creuzot Dallas County District Attorney)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Ware, Mike (Self; Innocence project of texas)

                 On:

                                 Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)

                                 Wolff, Benjamin (Office of capital and forensic writs)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

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

            HB 569

                 For:

                                 Babcock, Daron (Self; Bonton Farms)

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

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

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

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

            HB 679

                 On:

                                 Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)

                                 Wolff, Ben (Office of capital and foremsic writs)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 689

                 For:

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Hill, Rick (President - Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

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

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

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

            HB 873

                 For:

                                 Cantrell, Jamey (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Katz, Robyn (Self)

                                 Munoz, Art (Self)

                                 Sims, Shannon (Self; City of San Antonio, Animal Care Services)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bobosky, Shelby (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Carrasco, Liz (Self)

                                 Cassidy, Julie (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))

                                 Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso)

                                 Correa, Dayne (Self)

                                 Crawford, Shermayne (Self)

                                 Crowe, Carri (Self)

                                 Destaffany, Gina (Self)

                                 Dodds, Bruce (Self)

                                 Dodds, Lara (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Dwyer, Kelley (Self)

                                 Ellison, Shana (Self)

                                 Fendrich-Turner, Katy (Self; The Hailey Foundation)

                                 Fette, Bernie (Self)

                                 Foster, Marilee Bliss (Self)

                                 Harris, Jonathan (Self)

                                 Johnson, Ashley (Self)

                                 Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                                 LeBlanc, Tara (Self)

                                 Lee, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Loignon, David (Self)

                                 Luc, Benson (Self)

                                 Muller, Sandra (Self)

                                 O'Banion, Margaret (Self)

                                 O'Banion, Peter (Self)

                                 Patrick, Kelli (Self)

                                 Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)

                                 Pharr, Melinda (Self)

                                 Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)

                                 Rankin (Self; THLN)

                                 Ritchie, Jenni (Self)

                                 Rivera, Trish (Self)

                                 Ross, Robyn (Self)

                                 Samudio, Ernest (Self)

                                 Sanders, Christine (Self)

                                 Smagula, Lotta (Self)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Smith, Stacy (Self; Humane Tomorrow)

                                 Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Texas Humane Legislation Network)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (CLEAT)

                                 Van Landingham, Erin (Self)

                                 Van Landingham, Steven (Self)

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

                                 Wolff, Michelle (Self)

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