WITNESS LIST
Community Safety, Select Committee
April 4, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners Of America)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
Against:
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Capers, Greg (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Medeiros, Joshua (Self; Young Conservative Federation)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
For:
Childs, Tilden (Self; Texas Medical Association, Texas Pediatric Society)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Ross, Leesa (Self; Lock Arms for Life)
Smith, Andrew (University Health)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Crawford, Tamara (Self)
Escamilla, Kristin (Self)
Gautham, Madhu (Self)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Omeire, Leslie (Self)
Ott, Mason (Sargent at Arms)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Poe, Lynnlee (Self)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Shepherd, John (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Suhood, Sarah (Self)
Trust, Ashley (Self; Texas moms making decisions)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
Yang, Charles (Texas Medical Association)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners Of America)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
On:
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
On:
Tomasetti, Louis (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; Giffords)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners Of America)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Vachris, George Brian (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
On:
Walker, Edwin (Self)
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
Against:
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners Of America)
Hicks, Britt (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Medeiros, Joshua (Self; Young Conservative Federation)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Vachris, George Brian (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Against:
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walker, Juliet (Self)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hays, Richard (Self)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Wesley Wayne, Virdell (Gun Owners of America)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners Of America)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Capers, Greg (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Ottinger, Tim (St. Luke’s Health)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walker, Juliet (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Capers, Greg (Self; Sheriffs association of Texas)
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners Of America)
Medeiros, Joshua (Self; Young Conservative Federation)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Vachris, George Brian (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Against:
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casparian, Hannah (Self)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cuevas, Avital (Self)
Curry, David (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Margulies, Jennifer (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Ovitt, Jenee (Self)
Spellman, Becka (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Woche, Jesse (Self)
On:
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Garza, Travis (Self; Harris county sheriffs office)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Howard, Jabari (Self; Texas Gang Investigators Association)
Mejia, Arturo (Self; Houston Police Department)
Palk, Devon (Dallas Police Department)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Against:
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Bates, Georgia (Self; Giffords)
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Capers, Greg (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Casparian, Hannah (Self)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Cuevas, Avital (Self)
Curry, David (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kelly, Bill (Self; Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)
Margulies, Jennifer (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Ovitt, Jenee (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Spellman, Becka (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
For:
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Segovia, Estella (Self)
Against:
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
On:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Hubert, John (Kleberg & Kenedy County District Attorneys Office)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Atlas Kravitz, Laura (TXWF (Texas Women's Foundation))
Bates, Georgia (Self; Giffords)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Destefano, Christina (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Woche, Jesse (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Vachris, George Brian (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
For:
Biggins, Krystal (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
McDonald, Gary (Self; Dallas Criminal District Attorneys Office)
Palk, Devon (Dallas Police Department)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Kress, Ian (Self)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
On:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
On:
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
Against:
Hayes, Richard (Self)
On:
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
10
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
For:
Kress, Ian (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Hicks, Britt (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriff’s’ Association of Texas)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Zimmerman, Gary (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Kress, Ian (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Hicks, Britt (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriff’s’ Association of Texas)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Goldstein, Mia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg Tea Party)
Thornburg, Clinton (Self)
Van Compernolle, John (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
On:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bolgiano, John (Self)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
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