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                                                                 WITNESS LIST

              Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee

              August 26, 2024 - 9:30 AM

              Adjudication and disposition of juvenile cases.

                   On:

                                      Hadnot, Lynn (TJJD Advisory Council)

                                      Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)

                                      Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)

                                      Wheless, Cyndi (TJJD Board)

                   Registering, but not testifying:

                   On:

                                      Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

              Examination of the "Best Interest" definition.

                   On:

                                      Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                      Warne, Judy (Self)

                   Registering, but not testifying:

                   On:

                                      Bellow, David (Self; Equal Justice Task Force)

              Monitoring Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD)

                   On:

                                      Carter, Shandra (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                                      Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                   Registering, but not testifying:

                   On:

                                      Barnes, Edeska (Texas Juvenile Justice Department Board)

                                      Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                                      Kintzer, Ashley (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                                      Leija, Luis (Texas Juvenile Justice Department Board)

                                      Matthew, Scott (Texas Juvenile Justice Department Board)

                                      Norton, Phd., Dr. Evan (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

                                      Serrano, Lou (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)

              Office of Inspector General

                   On:

                                      Guajardo, Daniel (TJJD Office of Inspector General)

              Office of the Independent Ombudsman

                   On:

                                      McCleskey, Sean (TJJD Office of Independent Ombudsman)

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