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                                                                 WITNESS LIST

                HB 1229

                HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

                Community Safety, Select Committee

                March 21, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

                          For :

                                      Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                      Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)

                                      Walker, Edwin (Self)

                          Against :

                                      Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)

                          Registering, but not testifying:

                          For :

                                      Belsick, Michael (Self)

                                      Bohnert, Henry (Self)

                                      Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)

                                      Cser, Jeremy (Self)

                                      Elmore, Jason (Self)

                                      Glass, Tom (Self)

                                      Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                      Jordan, Steven (Self)

                                      McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)

                                      Mostert, Michelle (Self)

                                      Rinehart, Rick (Self)

                                      Rising, Greg (Self)

                                      Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)

                          Against :

                                      Bohnert, Richard (Self)

                                      Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                      Chennell, Libby (Self; Texas Moms Making Decisions)

                                      Guy, Linda (Self)

                                      Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                      Kostka, Dash (Self)

                                      Leahy, Francesca (Self)

                                      MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)

                                      Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)

                                      Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                      Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)

                                      Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)

                          On :

                                      Ashworth- Mazerolle, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)

                                      Van Buskirk, Lindsey (DFPS resource only)

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