WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 19, 2021 - 1:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
LeBlanc, Jeff (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Rene (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Williams, Jesse (Self)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Sharen Wilson - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Harrison, Kimberly (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Richardson Rowe, Brenda (Concord Church/ HarmonyCDC)
Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Against:
Gatewood, Chris (Self; Smith County District Attorney’s Office)
On:
Wolff, Ben (Office of capital and forensic writs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Elizondo, Andrea (Self)
Gray, Alice (Self)
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For:
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
LeBlanc, Jeff (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)
Leo, Myra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Rene (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Williams, Jesse (Self)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Sharen Wilson - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Harris, Susan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Gatewood, Chris (Self; Smith County District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
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Against:
Bull, Felisha (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Turner, Andi (Texas State Rifle Association)
Walker, Edwin (Self; Walker & Taylor, PLLC, Attorneys at Law)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Puentes, Christina (Texas Gun Sense)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self; Llano Animal Rescue)
Hodges, Brad (Self)
McDowell, Brian (Self)
McDowell, Brian (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Associatiom)
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self; Llano Animal Rescue)
Chiesa, Robin (Self; Llano Animal Rescue)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Against:
Turan, Christopher (Self)
Walker, Edwin (Self; Walker & Taylor, PLLC, Attorneys at Law)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
DeBill, Valerie (Self)
Elizondo, Andrea (Self)
Gray, Alice (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Puentes, Christina (Texas Gun Sense)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self; Llano Animal Rescue)
Hodges, Brad (Self)
McDowell, Brian (Self)
For:
Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self)
Williams, Jesse (Self)
Against:
Gatewood, Chris (Self; Smith County District Attorney)
On:
Schonemann, Raoul (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Elizondo, Andrea (Self)
Gray, Alice (Self)
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For:
Harrison, Kimberly (Self; Texas Psychological Association)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Korgel, Skyler (Self)
LeBlanc, Jeff (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Toon, Jennifer (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Against:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Gladden, Douglas (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Vohra, Rehana (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Sharen Wilson - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Gladden, Douglas (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Vohra, Rehana (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Sharen Wilson - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gray, Alice (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Korgel, Skyler (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Puentes, Christina (Texas Gun Sense)
Schacter, Jacob (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
Against:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Gatewood, Chris (Self; Smith County District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Smiley, Cindy (Self; Canine Companions for Independence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
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On:
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
For:
Findley, Allisa (Self; Botham Jean Foundation)
Gladden, Douglas (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Walker, Edwin (Self; Walker & Taylor, PLLC, Attorneys at Law)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Gray, Alice (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Korgel, Skyler (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Puentes, Christina (Texas Gun Sense)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Schacter, Jacob (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
Against:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)
Grow, Elizabeth (Self)
Harris, Katharine (Self; Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pope, Patrick (Self; Self)
Against:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Vasquez, Manuel (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Rene (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Borchardt, Lindy (Sharen Wilson - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
Dang, T. Trisha (City of Sugar Land)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Gatewood, Chris (Self; Smith County District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kulandaisamy, Seetha (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
For:
Vasquez, Manuel (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Against:
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Perez, Rene (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Against:
Turan, Christopher (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Craig, George (Houston Police Department)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hodson, Paul (Self)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Hodges, Brad (Self)
McDowell, Brian (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Bull, Felisha (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Turan, Christopher (Self)
Turner, Andi (Texas State Rifle Association)
Walker, Edwin (Self; Walker & Taylor, PLLC, Attorneys at Law)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Puentes, Christina (Texas Gun Sense)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Borchardt, Lindy (Sharen Wilson - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
LeBlanc, Jeff (Self)
McDowell, Brian (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Associatiom)
On:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hodson, Paul (Self)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Stewart, Kevin (American Association of University Women, Texas Chapter)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Pierce, Cara (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Grow, Elizabeth (Self)
Harris, Katharine (Self; Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy)
LeBlanc, Jeff (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)
Williams, Jesse (Self; Texas Cannabis Collective)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Armendariz, Karla (Self)
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Fazio, Heather (Self; Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy)
Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)
Garza, Yazmmin (Self)
Hays, Susan (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason, Americans for Prosperity)
LeBlanc, Kay (Self; Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pope, Patrick (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Rose, Denise (Revolution Texas LLC)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Amilhat, Alice (Texas Department of Public Safety (Resource Witness))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hubbard, John (Self; Animal Legsl Defense Fund)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Jones, Neal t. (Texas Pets Alive)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor Sylvester Turner)
Sutton Kerby, Stacy (Texas Huamne Legislation Network)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)
On:
Richardson, Tina (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Davenport, Jed (Self; Texas Probation Assoc)
Linn, Emily (Self; Counsel for Concho Valley CSCs)
May, Teresa (Self; Texas Probation Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hunt, Ray (HPOU)
Korgel, Skyler (Self)
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Perry, Courtney (Self)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Marshall, Edward (Attorney General of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hill, Rick (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Liston, Pamela (Self; Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burkley, Warren (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Mitchell, Kathy (Just Liberty)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Rose, Denise (City of Denton)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
For:
Hill, Rick (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Liston, Paul (Self; Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Noaker, Kirk (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Casas, Amelia (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Cogan, Alex (The Arc of Texas)
Elizondo, Andrea (Self)
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc/FOP716 State FOP Director)
Gray, Alice (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Narvaez, Tammy (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Rene (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas criminal justice coalition)
Rose, Denise (City of Denton)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
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