WITNESS LIST

            Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee

            March 8, 2021 - 10:00 AM

            HB 39

                 For:

                                 Boyce, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Delgallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Flink, Paige (The Family Place)

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Robinson, Marvina (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Collins, Daniel (County of El Paso)

                                 Lund, Stephen (Self; Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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

                 Against:

                                 Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

                 On:

                                 Garza, Robert (Self)

            HB 80

                 For:

                                 Fowler, Deborah (Self; Texas Appleseed)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Findley, Charmet (Self; Harris County Youth Collective)

                                 Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

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

                 On:

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 451

                 On:

                                 Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)

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

            HB 454

                 For:

                                 Laird, Claudia (Self)

                                 Yeager, Jessica (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)

                                 Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

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

                 On:

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

            HB 567

                 For:

                                 Brown, Andrew (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

                                 Freeman, Tina (Self)

                                 Grant, Lyndsey (Self)

                                 Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)

                                 Luna, Maggie (Self)

                                 Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                                 Yeager, Jessica (Self)

                 On:

                                 Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

                                                                                               2


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Corser, Meagan (Self)

                                 Finkel, Jaclyn (Self; Texas NORML)

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

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

                 Against:

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Schneider, Michael (Self)

            HB 675

                 For:

                                 Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Lopez, Rogelio (Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Bexar County)

                 On:

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 On:

                                 Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Ulis, Monie (Texas Military Department)

            HB 686

                 For:

                                 Bond, Jasmine (Self; Epicenter Initiative)

                                 Chhin, Rachana (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Henneke, Elizabeth (Self; Lone Star Justice Alliance)

                                 Martinez, Justin (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Metzler, Leah (Self; The Epicenter Initiative)

                                 Munn, Michelle (Self; Epicenter Initiative)

                                 Pressley, Nikki (Self; Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Robinson, Larry (Self)

                                 Self, Chris (Epicenter Initiative)

                                 Toon, Jennifer (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Casas, Amelia (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Hudson, Nick (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)

                                 Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)

                                 Luprete, Deanna (Self; The Epicenter Initiative)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Reyes, Shauna (Self; Epicenter Initiative - Board of Directors)

                                 Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Hunt, Ray (Hpou)

                 On:

                                 Gutierrez, David (Board of Pardons and Paroles)

            HB 756

                 For:

                                 Acord-Ramirez, Wilma (Self)

                                 Coleman, Robert (Self)

                                 Daniels, Mark (Self)

                                 Daniels, Mary (Self)

                                 Gann, Darron (Self)

                                 Gann, Karen (Self)

                                 James, Babs (Self; Texas Grandparents Organization)

                                 Janak, Tracy (Self)

                                 Keltner, Brenda (Self)

                                 Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

                                 Clay, Chris (Self)

                                 McMullen, Stuart (Self)

                                 Wood, Cecilia (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 James, Michael (Self)

                                 Kazen, David (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Ramirez, Patrick (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

                                 Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)

                 On:

                                 Roper, Tiffany (Department of Family and Protective Services -Resource Witness)

            HB 851

                 For:

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Kazen, David (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

            HB 853

                 For:

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Kazen, David (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

            HB 865

                 For:

                                 Kazen, David (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

                                                                                               5


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 OConnor, David (Self)

            HB 867

                 For:

                                 Bradshaw, Charla (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Alfaro, Art (Texas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems)

                                 Rogers, Joel (Office of the Attorney General - Child Support Division)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Morris, Bill (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Champagne, Taran (Self)

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