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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Veteran Affairs & Border Security

            April 7, 2021 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 456

                  FOR:

                                 Castillo, Salvador  President to Veterans County Service Officers Asso  (Self; Veterans

                                 County Service Officers Association of Texas), Brownsville, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Collins, Daniel  Governmental Affairs Manager (El Paso County), El Paso, TX

                                 Fuller, Mitch  Director of Government and Public Affairs  (Self; Department of Texas,

                                 Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) aka Texas VFW), Austin, TX

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

                                 Shannon, Melissa  Director of Governmental Affairs (Bexar County Commissioners Court),

                                 San Antonio, TX

                                 Tipps, Mary  ED (Texans for Lawsuit Reform), Austin, TX

            SB 932

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Cates, Ken  County Commissioner Kaufman County  (Self; Kaufman County), Kemp, TX

                                 Frazier, Frederick  1st Vice President Dallas Police Assoc FOP 716 (Texas State Fraternal

                                 Order of Police (FOP) & Dallas Police Association), Dallas, TX

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

                                 Hunt, Ray  Executive Director (HPOU), Houston, TX

                                 Long, Matt   (Self), Fredericksburg, TX

                                 Parnell, James  Secretary/ Treasurer (Dallas Police Association), Dallas, TX

                                 Reed, Dallas  (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)), Austin, TX

                                 Sinclair, David  Legislative Consultant (Game Warden Peace Officers Association),

                                 Pflugerville, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Menendez, Fatima  (MALDEF), San Antonio, TX

                                 Murphy, Sarah   (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Simpson, Matt  (ACLU of Texas), Austin, TX

            SB 1254

                  FOR:

                                 DeVore, Chuck  Vice president, TPPF  (also providing written testimony) (Texas Public

                                 Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

                  AGAINST:

                                 Carranza, Susana   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Chang, Samantha   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Griffith, Idona   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Guy, Linda  RN,PNP  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Houston, Joshua  Advocacy Director (Texas Impact), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Veteran Affairs & Border Security

            April 7, 2021 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

                                 Keysor, Georgia   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 McLean, Gentry   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Melendez, Jennifer  Mrs.  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Menendez, Fatima  (MALDEF), San Antonio, TX

                                 Murphy, Sarah   (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Simpson, Matt  (ACLU of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Vunderink, Gregg   (Self), TX, TX