WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
April 12, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For :
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Boyd, Roy (Self; Goliad county sheriff)
Glass, Tom (Self; Texas Constitutional Enforcement)
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Smith, Brent (Self; Kinney county attorney)
Whitten, Sandra (Self)
Against :
Andrade, Alondra (Self; Tahirih Justice Center)
Avant-Mier, Sofia (Texas Rising)
Barraza, Liz (Self)
Barreto, Fabiola (Self; Youth Rise Texas)
Bay, Alexis (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Canales-Pelaez, Jennefer (Self; Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
Carranco, Alexa (Texas Rising)
Carson, Bethany (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Castillo, Lissette (Self; Detention Watch Network)
DeLoretto-Chudy, Sophia (Self)
Diaz, Ivonne (Self; Texas Rising)
Dilling, Yvonne (Self)
Eby French, Emily (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Flores, Rebecca (Self)
Garcia, Fernando (Self; The Border Network for Human Rights)
Goldman, Libby (Self; Never Again Action)
Guzman, Manuel (Texas Rising)
Hardebeck, Mae (Self)
Hernandez, Aaron (Self; Texas Rising)
Herrera, Isabel (Self; Texas Rising)
Holguin, Marlo (Self)
Jacquez, Kyle (Texas Rising)
Kim, John (Self; Woori Juntos)
Kim, Myung (Self; Woori Juntos)
Lawrence, Wesley (Self)
Lee, Yun Hwa (Self; Woori Juntos)
Libal, Bob (Human Rights Watch)
Lopez, Roberto (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Ma, Nicole (Self; Woori Juntos)
Mejía, Roberto (Self)
Merkt, Stacey (Self)
Miranda, Luis (Self)
Murphey, Dona (Self; Woori Juntos, Project Lifeline)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Obregon, Alex (Self)
Olivarez, Priscilla (Self; Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
Pankl, Grace (Self)
Perez, Adri (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Ponce, Debra (Self)
Ramey, Sara (Self; Migrant Center for Human Rights)
Rogers, Corisha (Self)
Ruffier, Johnny (Self)
Ryoo, Myoung Soon (Self; Woori Juntos)
Serna Uribe, Samantha (MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational
Fund))
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WITNESS LIST
HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
Shannon, Rachael (Self)
Singleton, Samantha (Self; The Border Network for Human Rights)
Squires, Luke (Self)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Thorn, Erin (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Torres, Alicia (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Torres, Cathryn (Self; Frontera fund)
Trevino, Sergio (La union del pueblo entero)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Vasquez, Ashley (Self; ARISE)
Vega, Abel (Self; Rio Texas Conference, UMC)
Wu, Steven (Self; Woori Juntos)
Yun, Terry (Self; Woori Juntos)
Zahavi, Noaam (Self)
On :
Barnes, Nelson (452nd District Attorneys Office)
Martinez, Carine (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For :
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; TX Eagle Forum)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Ibe, Natalie (Self; True Texas Project)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Marquardt, Rhonda (Self)
Ramirez, J.R. (Self; Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Rodriguez, Sheena (Self; Alliance for a Safe Texas)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Trainor, Lucy (Self)
Weirich, Teresa (Self)
Against :
Abrams, Aerin (Self)
Albert Donovan, Carolyn (Self)
Alexander, Hannah (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Alvarez, Karina (Self; Laredo Immigrant Alliance)
Avendano, Nataly (Self; Mano Amiga)
Balderas, Geovanna (Self; MISMA)
Barron, Alexandra (Self)
Beard, Billie (Self)
Black, Andrea (Self)
Brannon, Samuel (Self; Southwestern Texas Synod ELCA)
Briones, Nadia (LUPE (La Union del Pueblo Entero))
Bronsnick, Hannah (Self)
Bueno, Evon (Self; Lupe)
Camacho, Carolina (Self)
Carbajal, Inmer (Self)
Cardenas, Nancy (National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Chincanchan, David (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Coco, Andy (Self)
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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
Cook Heffron, Laurie (Self)
Cordero, Maria (Self)
Corpus, Kasey (Self; Young Invincibles)
Crosby, Justine (Self)
Davies, Will (Self; Breakthrough Central Texas)
De Los Santos, Drew (Self)
Dechert, Anna Katharina (Self; Tahirih Justice Center)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Diaz, Aiden (Self)
Dorantes, Miriam (Self)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Dyer, Kathryn (Self)
English, Tevin (Self; Workers Defense)
Erickson, Ellie (Self)
Ertel, Richard (Self)
Ertel, Stephanie (Self)
Espino, Emma (Self; Southwestern Texas Synod ELCA, border network for human rights)
Fierro-Perez, Rocio (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Flores, Yaneth (Self; Avow)
Foster, Linzy (Self)
Franco, Sulma (Self; Mujeres Luchadoras)
Freeman, Francesca (Self)
Gaglio, Sydney (Self)
Garcia, Dulce (Self; MISMA)
Garcia, Joaquin (La Union del Pueblo Entero)
Garza, Aileen (Self)
Gaventa, Matt (Self)
Gi, Si Hwa (Self; Woori Juntos)
Glenn, Ann (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Gold, Valarie (Self)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Gonzalez, Maria (Self; Border Workers United)
Gonzalez, Nora (Self)
Grant, Milo (Self; University Baptist Church, Austin TX)
Greer, Haley (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Gwendolyn, Sweet (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Hansen, Natalie (Self)
Henderson, Carey (Self)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Hernandez, Sadie (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Russell (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Hurewitz, Michael (Self)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Johnson, LyAnna (Self; Texas Impact)
Joy, Louise (Self)
Juraska, AJ (Self)
Kim, Kyou (Self; Woori Juntos)
Kinney, Maura (Self)
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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
Kolodny, Zachary (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Manning-Scott, Michelle (Self)
Maples, Veronica (Self)
Martinez, Calletana (Self; Arise Adelante)
Martinez, Irma (Self; Border Workers United)
Mata, Gabriela (Self)
Mata, Nora (Border workers united)
Mata, Veronica (Self; Border Workers United)
Mateik, Jess (Self)
McArdle, Kathryn (Self)
McDaniel, Samantha (Self)
McLean, Gentry (Self)
Meitzen, Nicole (Self)
Meraz, Adela (Self)
Miles-Wallace, Katy (Self; Southwestern Texas Synod, ELCA)
Miller, Babs (Self)
Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Action Fund)
Mills, Jason (Self)
Mitterhoff, Tessa (Self)
Monroy Ortiz, Helen (Self; Mujeres Luchadoras)
Moreno, Daniel (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Munoz, Blanca (LUPE)
Munoz, Karen (Self)
Myung J. Kim, ? ?? (Self; Woori Juntos)
Na, Joshua (Self; Woori Juntos)
Naranjo, Katie (Travis County Democratic Party)
Netscher, Frank (Self)
Nguyen, Hung (Self)
Nicholls, Andrea (Self)
Norman, Hyunja (Self; Woori Juntos)
Nunez, Marissa (Self)
Nuñez, Dina (Self; Border Workers United)
Olsen, Destiny (Self)
Olvera Benitez, Fabiola (Self)
Owens, Tatum (Self)
Perales, Jesus (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Perez, Aylin (Self)
Perkison, Caroline (Self)
Pham, Gin (Self)
Pillifant, Reid (Self)
Ponce Dominguez, Estefania (Self)
Prado, Gilberto (Self)
Price, Annette (Self)
Puente, Jaime (Every Texan)
Pumroy, Marta (Self)
Reeves, Stephen (Self; Fellowship Southwest)
Resendiz, Janice (Self; Texas rising action)
Reyes, Esther (Childrens Defense Fund-Texas)
Reyes, Maria (Self; Arise Adelante)
Rhee, Hyang Sook (Self; Woori Juntos)
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HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT
State Affairs Committee
Roberts, Marina (Self)
Rodriguez, Amanda (Self)
Rodriguez, Jordee (Self)
Rosales, Nerio (Self)
Santana, Osmara (Self)
Schemmel, Franz (Self; Texas Impact)
Serna, Valeria (Self)
Shell, Zachary (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Slattery, James (Self)
Smith, Kendall (Self)
Smith, Lindsay (Self)
Spinner, Meredith (Self)
Sprague, Lynne (Self)
Stern, Maggie (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Story, Dale (Self)
Surya, Raymond (Self)
Sybille, Sybil (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Taylor, Anna (Self)
Taylor, Stephanie (Self)
Tellez, Jasmine (Self; Texas Rising)
Tellez, Lucia (Self)
Tendler, Stuart (Self)
Thompson, Allison (Self)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Thomson, Susan (Self)
Thomson, Thomas (Self)
Thornton, Bis (Self)
Tiguila, Ruth (Self; Arise)
Timm, Emily (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Trevino, Victor (La Union del Pueblo Entero)
Urena, Cecil (Self)
Uriostegui, Victoria (Self; Breakthrough Central Texas)
Ussery, Dee (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Vasquez, Julio (Self; Southwestern Texas Synod, border network for human rights)
Vaughn, Joanna (Self; Friends Meeting of Austin (Quaker))
Vazquez, Candelario (Self)
Vazquez, Erika (Self; Border Workers United)
Vedros, Meira (Self)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self)
Vormelker, Eric (Self)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Webb, Natalie (Self; University Baptist Church, Austin, TX)
Welch, Margaret (Self)
White, Scott (Self)
Williams, Ellen (Self)
Witt, Emily (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
On :
Hall Lecuona, Shawn (The Voice of Justice and of Consanguinity)
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