WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 26, 2023 - 8:00 AM
Against:
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)
Against:
Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Knaupe, Gregg (Texas Hospital Association)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)
Romero, Michelle (Texas Medical Association)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Against:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
On:
Robinson, Steve (Office of the Texas Attorney General)
For:
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
Green, Kathy (AARP Texas)
1
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Hill, Rachel (Self; Equality Texas)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access)
For:
Garza, Ray (Self; Aransas County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
O'Steen, Jennifer (Self; Aransas County)
Parker, James (Self; Aransas County)
For:
Bresnen, Steve (El Paso County)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
On:
Woodley, John (Self; Advocates for Disability Access & Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)
Heatly, Staley (46th District Attorney)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
On:
Bellino, Heather (Texas Advocacy Project)
2
WITNESS LIST
For:
Halepota, Shahmeer (Self)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Mathis, Randal (Self)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Vecera, Andrew (Ryan, LLC)
Against:
Adkisson, Jay (Self)
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Baranetsky, D. Victoria (The Center for Investigative Reporting (d/b/a Reveal))
Coward, Tyler (Foundation for individual rights and expression)
Daire, James (Self; Yelp Inc.)
Fuller, Marc (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Hemphill, Jim (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Hurt, Carrie (Better Business Bureau)
Ibe, Natalie (Self; True Texas Project)
Lassberg, Eric (Nexstar Media Group)
McDonald, Tony (Self)
Moore, Robert (El Paso Matters)
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Pillifant, Reid (Self)
Prather, Laura (Self; Protect Free Speech Coalition)
Seago, John (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Springer, Robert (KHOU-TV Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Against:
Barg, Irl (Self; EFF - Austin)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Welch, Kevin (Self; EFF-Austin)
For:
Brown, Joan (Self)
Cates, Deborah (Self)
Combest, Stacey (Self)
Japko, Rebecca (Self; Parents & Allies for Remarkable Texans)
3
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
On:
Goode, Jennifer (Self; Betty Hardwick Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism society of texas)
On:
Cazabon-Braly, Laura (Health and Human Services Commission)
McGonigle, Anne (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Befeld, Amy (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
4