Witness List Display

WITNESS LIST

Criminal Jurisprudence Committee

March 21, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

(SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - Criminal Procedure)

HB 311

On:

Wolff, Benjamin (Office of Capital and Forensic Writs)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Malouff, Charlie (Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Schuerman, Emily (Lone Star Justice Alliance)

White, David (Innocence Project of Texas)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)

Putman, Jacob (Self)

HB 352

For:

Dunn, Brittany (Dallas County District Attorney’s Office)

Malouff, Charlie (Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

On:

Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)

Wolff, Benjamin (Office of Capital and Forensic Writs)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Abrams, Aerin (Texas Fair Defense Project)

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Schuerman, Emily (Lone Star Justice Alliance)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

HB 399

For:

Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)

Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Henderson, Howard (Center for Justice Research)

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Malouff, Charlie (Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

Meyer, Cole (Self; Texas Appleseed)

Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Schuerman, Emily (Lone Star Justice Alliance)

Tucker, Terra (Alliance For Safety and Justice)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Luna, Maggie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)

HB 412

For:

Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Malouff, Charlie (Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP #39)

Hunt, Ray (Self; Hpou)

Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

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

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

HB 414

For:

Fennell, Nathan (Texas Fair Defense Project)

Riley, Stuart (Self)

On:

Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Malouff, Charlie (Texas C.U.R.E., Inc)

Schuerman, Emily (Lone Star Justice Alliance)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)

HB 467

For:

Kachel, Jennifer (Dallas County District Attorney)

Nodolf, Laura (Self; Midland County District Attorney's Office)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

Putman, Jacob (Self)

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

HB 504

For:

Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

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

Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)

Guy, Linda (Self)

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Leahy, Francesca (Self)

List, Amanda (Schulman, Lopez, Hoffer & Adelstein, LLP)

Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)

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

HB 519

For:

Abdullah, Haseeb (Self)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Cauthron, Jo Ann (Self)

Eickstaedt, Wendy (Self)

WITNESS LIST

For:

Franklin, Shelia (Self)

Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)

Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Meyer, Cole (Self; Texas Appleseed)

Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Hunt, Ray (Self; Hpou)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

HB 779

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Hunt, Ray (Self; Hpou)

Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

HB 908

For:

Brand, Steven (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Against:

Evans, Julie (Alliance For Children)

Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)

On:

Ochoa, Michelle (Self; Texas RioGrande Legal Aid)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

Against:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)

Hunt, Ray (Self; Hpou)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

Putman, Jacob (Self)

WITNESS LIST

Against:

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

HB 946

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Against:

Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)

Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP #39)

Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)

Putman, Jacob (Self)

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

HB 964

For:

Johnson, Jourdan (Self)

Kuykendall, Rhonda (Self; Fort Bend County DA)

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)

Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)

Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney)

Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)

Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association)

Against:

Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)

HB 1104

For:

Wilson, Sarah (Self; TAPEIT)

Zientek, Dan (Self; Humble police department)

Against:

Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.)

Walker, Edwin (Self)

On:

Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)

WITNESS LIST

Registering, but not testifying:

For:

Bohnert, Richard (Self)

Murphy, Jamie (Self)

Against:

Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)

Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

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