WITNESS LIST
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
April 12, 2021 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Wilcoxson, Carrie (Self)
Against:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
On:
Self, Carol (Department of Familt and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Leo, Myra (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
For:
Howsley, Stephen (Self; Texas Home School Coalition)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Latham Sikes, Chloe (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba Couties Juvenile Probation
Departments)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Weber, Brianna (City of McAllen)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Halpert, Steven (Harris County Public Defender's Office, Juvenile Division)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Against:
Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Grayson County)
On:
Bittner, Mark (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Short, Jim (Fort bend county, texas)
Against:
Bachhofer, Heather (Self)
Malott, Cristy (Self)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Mata, Jill (Self; Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Stanley, Morgan (Bexar County Juvenile Probation)
On:
Morgan, Jefffery (Self; TedTalk Today)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA))
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Fowler, Deborah (Texas Appleseed)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Wilson, Tisha (Houston reVision)
On:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, San Saba Juvenile Probation
Departments)
Gonzales, Henry (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Collins, Daniel (El Paso County)
Fickel, Ann (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Gates, Travis (Self)
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Morris, William (Texas Family Law Foundation)
On:
Talbert, Marta (Department of Family and Protective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Gates, Cynthia (Self)
Gates, Melissa (Self)
Gates, Raquel (Self)
Grinestaff, Cassie (Self)
Grinestaff, Ruth (Self)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
For:
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
For:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, San Saba Juvenile Probation
Departments)
On:
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Fowler, Deborah (Self; Texas Appleseed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hadley, Elizabeth (Texas Charter Schools Association)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Johnson, Noel (Self; JPCA)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Lopez, Carlos (Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Lovitt, Matthew (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Mata, Jill (Self; Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Grayson County and Texas Probation Association)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Williams, M Paige (Jogn Creuzot! dallas County Criminal District Attorney)
On:
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
McMahon, Jane (Texas Assn. of Domestic Relations Offices, and Harris County DRO)
Morris, William (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba Couties Juvenile Probation
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Departments)
Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Grayson County and Texas Probation Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
Against:
Bachhofer, Heather (Self)
Malott, Cristy (Self)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Hatcher, Julia (Self; Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys)
Huntzinger, Charissa (Texas public policy foundation)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide leadership council)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
On:
Talbert, Marta (Department of Family and Proyective Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Corser, Meagan (Texas Home School Coalition)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
For:
Stone, Ellen (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Blanco, Burnet, Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba Couties Juvenile Probation
Departments)
Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Grayson County and Texas Probation Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Grayson County and Texas Probation Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Richards, Julie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Kutscher, Kyle (Guadalupe County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tomlinson, Lisa (Self; Grayson County and Texas Probation Association)
For:
Berry, Derek (Self; Texas Team 25.03)
Carrillo, Ericka (Self; Texas Team 25.03)
Champagne, Taran (Self)
Johnston, SarahJae (The Fathers' Rights Movement)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McMullen, Stuart (Self)
Morris, William (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Reed, Kimi-Lyn (Self; Team 25.03)
Saldana, George (Self; Texas Team 25.03)
Spencer, Cassandra (Self)
Urwin, Lindsey (Self; Texas Team 25.03)
Against:
Bussey, Faith (Self; Just Liberty)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
On:
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Mata, Jill (Self; Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
On:
Hibbs, Rebekah (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Homer, Andrew (Texas CASA)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mata, Jill (Self; Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department)
McDonald, Gabriella (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Mohr Boleware, Alison (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Weiner, Molly (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Streufert, Prestonn (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
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