WITNESS LIST
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
March 22, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Davis, Cydney “chaz” (TNOYS young adult leadership council)
Epner, Shannon (Big Thought)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Against:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balido, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Birkholz, Jennie (Self)
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Duru, Chinwendu (Self)
Egger, Dominique (Self)
Esperanza, Catherine (Self)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)
Hill, Rachel (Self)
Hunt, Jonathan (Self)
Hunt, Kyla (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Landry, Lauren (Equality Texas)
Lanier, Justin (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)
McBride, Megan (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Ocegueda, Sofia (Self)
Pauling, Sydney (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Pitts, Keiawnna (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Pritchett, William (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Simpson Gray, Jane (Self)
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For:
Henderson, Jill (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Taylor, Cathy (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Balido, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Hodge, Daniel (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Thibodeaux, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
On:
Huff, Kristen (Office of the attorney General)
For:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
Carter, William (Self)
Dury, Linette (Medina county juvenile probation)
Dury, Linette (Medina county juvenile probation)
Dury, Linette (Medina county juvenile probation)
Lincoln, Tina (Self; Hill County Juvenile Probation Officer)
On:
Choate, Jack (The Special Prosecution Unit)
Jones, Jana (Special Prosecution Unit)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
NODOLF, LAURA (Self; MIDLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE)
Against:
Bradley, Joanne (Kendall County Juvenile Probation)
Richardson, Stephanie (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
For:
NODOLF, LAURA (Self; MIDLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE)
On:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balido, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Nugent, Francis (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissionrs Association of Texas)
Against:
Carter, William (Self)
On:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Vaughn, Jimmy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Birkholz, Jennie (Self)
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Pitts, Keiawnna (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
For:
Graham, Cindi (Self; Texas Family Foundation)
Against:
Corser, Meagan (Family Freedom Project)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Family Freedom Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Against:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Reyes, Sarah (Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Against:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
Carter, William (Self)
Dury, Linette (Medina county juvenile probation)
Dury, Linette (Medina county juvenile probation department)
Lincoln, Tina (Self; Hill County Juvenile Probation Officer)
Richardson, Stephanie (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Against:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Franco, Charity (36th Judicial District Juvenile Probation Dept)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Moore, Norman (Self; Hockley County Juvenile Justice Agency)
NODOLF, LAURA (Self; MIDLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE)
Nugent, Francis (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissionrs Association of Texas)
On:
Webb, Reilly (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balido, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
Carter, William (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Chibueze, Uche (Self; Harris County Juvenile Probation)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Ikonomopoulos, Claudia (Nueces County Juvenile Department)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Okoro, Ikenna (Texas Psychological Association)
Person, Maria (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Surratt, Tressa (Self; Harris County Public Defender’s Office, Juvenile Division)
Von Stultz, Jeannie (Self; Bexar County Juvenile Probation)
On:
Britton, Amanda (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
McGonigle, Anne (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palacios, Susan (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Huerta, Steve (Self; All of Us or None Texas A Project of Legal Services for Prisoners with
Children)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Henderson, Jill (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Taylor, Cathy (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Thibodeaux, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
On:
Huff, Kristen (Office of the attorney General)
For:
Clark, Carole (Self)
Coston, Angela (Self; For the sake of one)
Coston, Angela (Self; For the sake of one)
Crouch Bartlett, Tiffany (Self; Texas Lawyers for Children)
Nigliazzo, Jennifer (Self)
Nigliazzo, Michele (Self)
Vaughn, Jimmy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balido, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability rights texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hill, Rachel (Self)
Hunt, Jonathan (Self)
Hunt, Kyla (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Landry, Lauren (Equality Texas)
Lanier, Justin (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Pitts, Keiawnna (Self)
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Pritchett, William (Self)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Saenz, Jenn (Self)
Silva, Diego (Buckner International)
Thibodeaux, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Richardson, Stephanie (Phil Sorrells, Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carter, William (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
On:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
On:
Huff, Kristen (Office of the attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Henderson, Jill (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Taylor, Cathy (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Thibodeaux, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
For:
Bittner, Marc (Self; Juvenile Probation Department, serving the counties of Blanco, Burnet,
Gillespie, Llano, and San Saba)
Carter, William (Self)
Chibueze, Uche (Self; Harris County Juvenile Probation)
Ikonomopoulos, Claudia (Nueces County Juvenile Department)
Surratt, Tressa (Self; Harris County Public Defender’s Office, Juvenile Division)
Von Stultz, Jeannie (Self; Bexar County Juvenile Probation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balido, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Okoro, Ikenna (Texas Psychological Association)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
On:
Britton, Amanda (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
McGonigle, Anne (Health and Human Services Commission)
Palacios, Susan (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Webb, Reilly (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Graham, Cindi (Self; Texas Family Foundation)
Hays, Karl (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Kepple, Robert (Texas District And County Attorneys Association)
Waldrip, Dib (Self; Presiding Judges (11) of Administrative Judicial Regions of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
Against:
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
On:
Kozikoujekian, Vicki (DFPS resource only)
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Vaughn, Jimmy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Birkholz, Jennie (Self)
Bishop, Delaina (Self)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Crouch Bartlett, Tiffany (Self)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Lanier, Justin (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Pitts, Keiawnna (Self)
Against:
Powell, Judy (Parent Guidance Center)
On:
Van Buskirk, Lindsey (DFPS resource only)
For:
Hays, Karl (Self)
Maples, Keith (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
On:
Kozikoujekian, Vicki (DDPS resource only)
Rogers, Joel (Office of the Attorney General - Child Support Division)
For:
Carter, William (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lincoln, Tina (Self; Hill County Juvenile Probation Officer)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bittner, Marc (Self; 33rd & 424th Judicial District Juvenile Probation Department (Blanco,
Burnet, Gillespie, Llano and San Saba Counties))
On:
Miller, Amy (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
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