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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

              HB 1819

              HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

              Youth Health & Safety, Select Committee

              March 27, 2023 - 2:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

                       For :

                                 Martinez, Martin (Self; Texas Appleseed)

                                 Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Simmons, Kara (Texas Home School Coalition)

                                 Smith, Ronald (Self; Texas Network of Youth Services)

                       Registering, but not testifying:

                       For :

                                 Aerni, Meg (Self)

                                 Aslam, Muneeb “Meebs” (Self)

                                 Bay, Alexis (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                                 Beard, Joshua (Self)

                                 Bermea, Terry (Self)

                                 Breed, Robin (Self)

                                 Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)

                                 Corser, Meagan (Self)

                                 Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)

                                 Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))

                                 Evans, Michelle (Self)

                                 Griffith, Idona (Self)

                                 Guy, Linda (Self)

                                 Hall, Leslie (Self)

                                 Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)

                                 Henry, Wyatt (Self)

                                 Howsley, Stephen (Self)

                                 Johnson, Elle (Self)

                                 Jones-Walton, Zoë (Texans Care for Children)

                                 Kitcher, Fuerza (Self)

                                 Leahy, Francesca (Self)

                                 Loomis-Norris, Jeremy (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Preddy, Jordan (Self)

                                 Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))

                                 Saval, Maureen (Self)

                                 Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)

                                 Wildman, Tal (Self)

                                 Zech, Roxanne (Self)

                       Against :

                                 Blaine, Carly (Self)

                                 Cuellar, Lupe (City of El Paso)

                                 Gwillim, Christine (Self)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)

                                 Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

                                 Shilson, David (Frisco Police Department)

                                 Sikes, Lindsey (Self)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

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