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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

            March 22, 2021 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 239

                 For:

                                 Hoover, John (216th Judicial District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Balkcom, Quint (Game Warden Peace Officer's Association)

                                 Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 Against:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

            HB 246

                 For:

                                 Hoover, John (216th Judicial District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

            HB 376

                 For:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Balkcom, Quint (Game Warden Peace Officer's Association)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 On:

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

            HB 402

                 For:

                                 Franklin, Allison (Self)

                 On:

                                 Kellison, Bruce (UNiversity of Texas at Austin)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

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

            HB 489

                 For:

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Aclu of texas)

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Self)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

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

                 Against:

                                 Balkcom, Quint (Game Warden Peace Officer's Association)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

            HB 703

                 For:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Balkcom, Quint (Game Warden Peace Officer's Association)

                                 Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 816

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                 Against:

                                 Carranza, Susana (Self)

                                 Norris, Robert (Self)

            HB 836

                 For:

                                 Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                 Against:

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Self; CLEAT)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Aclu of texas)

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Self)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

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

                                                                                               3


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

            HB 842

                 For:

                                 Aubrey, DeVaughn (Self; Cannabis Reform Of Houston)

                 On:

                                 Attaway, Shane (The Office of the Attorney General of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Gosslee, Susybelle (League of Womem Voters Texas)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

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

            HB 1086

                 For:

                                 Bass, David (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Reyes, Sarah (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Thornton, Sable (Self; Cannabis reform of houston)

                                 Whittington, LaTonya (Self; Cannabis Reform of Houston)

                 Against:

                                 Bckworth, Elmer (Self; District attorney cherokee county texas)

                                 Perdue, Jimmy (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cox, Dustin (GRAV)

                                 Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Gosslee, Susybelle (League of Womem Voters Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Moseley, Sarah (Self; Texas Cannabis Collective)

                                 Ochoa, Phillip (Self)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                                                                               4


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 On:

                                 Gutierrez, David (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

            HB 1293

                 For:

                                 Haigler, Becky (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association...TIFA)

                                 Hughes, Nicolas (Self)

                                 Marzullo, Amanda (Self)

                 On:

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

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca (The Innocence Project of Texas)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Aclu of texas)

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Self)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

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

                 Against:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

            HB 1352

                 For:

                                 Barahona, Gabriela (Texas Jail Project)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Glenn, Don Wilson (Self; Apalachi Cola Creek Indians of East Texas)

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Against:

                                 Bckworth, Elmer (Self; District attorney cherokee county texas)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Aclu of texas)

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Self)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

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

                 Against:

                                 Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Self; CLEAT)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 On:

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

                                 Reichardt, Marc (Finis Prendergahst)

            HB 1394

                 For:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Collins, Genevieve (Americans for Prosperity, the LIBRE Initiative)

                                 Garner, Donald (Texas Faith & Freedom Coalition)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; Aclu of texas)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Self)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Quinzi, Paul (Self)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

            HB 1509

                 For:

                                 Cook, David (Self; Fort Worth Police Officers Assn)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Harris, Brian (Self; Harris county pct. 5 Constable)

                 Against:

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Clark, Jason (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Balkcom, Quint (Game Warden Peace Officer's Association)

                                 Craig, George (Houston Police Department)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas police assoc/State FOP)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers' Union)

                                 Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Self; CLEAT)

                                 Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

                 Against:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

            HB 1605

                 For:

                                 Hughes, Nicolas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Persich, Giustina (State Counsel for Offenders)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Gosslee, Susybelle (League of Womem Voters Texas)

                                 Haigler, Becky (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association...TIFA)

                                 Laumann, Theresa (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)

                                 Molnar, Mary (Self)

                                 Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

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

                 Against:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)

                                                                                               7


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1773

                 For:

                                 Crawford, Ryan (Self)

                                 Hunnicutt, George (Self)

                                 Waybourn, Alyssa (Self)

                                 Waybourn, Bill (Self; Tarrant County Sheriff)

                                 Waybourn, Laura (Self)

                                 Welch, Douglas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Ball, Maureen (Self)

                                 James, Ajshay (Self)

                                 Marrero, Melissa (Self)

                                 Mcintire, Krista (Self)

                                 Pardo, Ashley (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Trigg, Adrienne (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)

                                 Wolven, Barrry Michael (Self; Protect tx fragile kids)

                 On:

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bush, Linda Fash (Self)

                                 Gouyton, Loney (Self)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs' Association of Texas)

                                 McCormick, Mary (Self)

                                 OKeefe, Jo (Self)

                                 Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Self; CLEAT)

                 Against:

                                 Alkire, Anna (Self)

                                 Carriker, Terri (Self; Protect Texas Fragile Kids)

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self)

                                 Maynard, Beth (Self)

                                 York, Ruth (Self)

                 On:

                                 Schlegel, Jackie (Self)

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