WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee
April 11, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Bates, Daniel (Self)
Landers, Paul (Self; Texas Council of Clubs and Independents)
Ward, Chris (Self)
Yager, Larry (Self)
On:
Avant, Dale (Texas DPS)
Farris, Michelle (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Melson, Mark (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Gryder, Richard (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
McIlhaney, Frank (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
Morris, Joe (Self)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Piracha, Owais (Students Advocating For Speech)
Saturno, Stephanie (Self)
Walton, Richard (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Ryals, Marvin (Cleat and EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
Walch, Elena (Self)
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Dickey, James (Self)
Erickson Collins, Christel (Self)
Harris, Chris (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Howe, Chris (Self)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
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For:
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Just Liberty)
Norton, Kaden (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Schirmbeck, Byron (Self; Texas campaign for liberty)
Ward, Chris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Jordan, Steven (Self)
Litzler, John (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)
Moseley, Matthew (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Saturno, Stephanie (Self)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Torres Yanez, Claudia (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County; Texas Family Defense Committee)
Against:
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Hale, Angela (City of McKinney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
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Against:
Ryals, Marvin (Cleat and EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
Walch, Elena (Self)
For:
Turnbull, Julie (Dallas DA Office and Texas Assoc Specialty Courts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Walch, Elena (Self)
On:
Farris, Michelle (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
Sais, Journey (Self)
On:
Dupre, Brent (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sunley, Bobby (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer’s Assoc)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Walch, Elena (Self)
On:
Beauchamp, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Hale, Angela (City of McKinnet)
Walch, Elena (Self)
For:
Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Sweeney, Michael (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellino, Heather (Self; Texas Advocacy Project)
Clay, Reed (Texas Health Resources)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Torres Yanez, Claudia (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health (Hidalgo County))
Against:
Erdownohwell, Offis (Self)
For:
Sweeney, Michael (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)
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On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellino, Heather (Self; Texas Advocacy Project)
Clay, Reed (Texas Health Resources)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Torres Yanez, Claudia (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
Vasek, Heather (DHR Health (Hidalgo County))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Ojomo, Omodele (Autism Society of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
For:
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellino, Heather (Self; Texas Advocacy Project)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Flanders, Caitlin (Texas Medical Association)
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For:
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Academy of Family Physicians)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Womens Healthcare Coalition)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Norris, Robert (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Torres Yanez, Claudia (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
On:
McCleskey, Gene (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Luna, Rose (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Lanier, Justin (Texas Network of Youth Services)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)
On:
Ortiz, Hector (DFPS resource only)
For:
Barnes, Charissa (Self; Official Inspection Station)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crossley, Jay (Farm And City)
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Flippin, Kenneth (Self; US Green Building Council Texas chapter)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Sierra Club)
Smith, Tom Smitty (Self; TxETRA)
Steakley, Karen (Tesla)
White, Scott (Self)
Wilkerson, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Campbell, Drew (AAIA)
Franklin, Shelia (Self)
Ibe, Natalie (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
For:
Dickey, James (Self)
Lara, Liza (Self; McAllen ISD)
Mowell, Aaron (Self; Texas School for the Deaf)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Dept of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Slattery, James (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TDEM)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Kidd, Nim (TDEM)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Martin, Freeman (Texas DPS)
Against:
Barnes, Charissa (Self; Official Inspection Station)
Cole, Greg (Self; Texas State Inspection Association)
Heselmeyer, JoJo (Texas State Inspection Association)
Ray, Charles (Self; DEKRA VP operations vehicle inspections and claims)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Clay, Reed (Continental Automotive Group)
Franklin, Shelia (Self)
Ibe, Natalie (Self; True Texas Project)
Jordan, Steven (Self)
Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Tax Assessor collector)
Quintero, James (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Rutledge, Gray (Texas Conservative Coalition Research Institute)
Steakley, Karen (Tesla)
Sullivan, Ray (Mecum Auction)
Wilkerson, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Campbell, Byron (Alliance for Automotive Innovation)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Doran, Laird (Gulf States Toyota)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Shields, Chris (Toyota)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Group 1 Automotive)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
On:
Blair, J.Pete (ALERRT - Texas State University)
Vineyard, TJ (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Calvert, Raif (Texas Association of School Boards)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Dickson, Rick (Ector county sheriffs office)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Schneider, Joseph (Self; Holmes Road Recycling Co., Inc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Carlile, Jimmy (Fasken Oil and Ranch)
Gutierrez, Hugo (Marathon Oil Company)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Ludwick, Chandler (ConocoPhillips)
Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)
Macksood, Greg (Devon Energy)
Macksood, Greg (Chesapeake Energy)
McCormick, Travis (Panhandle Producers & Royalty Owners Association)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
On:
Cubriel, Randy (Nucor)
Miller, Doug (Commercial Metals Company)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Bellino, Heather (Self; Texas Advocacy Project)
Bragiel, Justin (Texas Hotel and Lodging Association)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Johnson, Noel (Self; Williamson County Deputies Association)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Sullivan, Ray (BCFS Health and Human Services)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Hicks, Britt (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Farris, Michelle (Texas Dept of Public Safety)
Melson, Mark (Texas DPS)
Meredith, Amy (OAG)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
On:
Daughtry, Lisa (Texas Department of Publiv Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borders Mittnacht, Tracey (The Associated General Contractors of Texas - Highway, Heavy,
Utilities and Industrial Branch)
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For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Daughtry, Lisa (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Gaehring, Jessika (Self; The Family of Brandon Truman)
Hart, Rhonda (Self)
McLeod, Gail (Self)
Petroff, Kevin (Galveston County Criminal District Attorney)
Steele, Alison (Self)
Stone, Rosie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Golden, Nicole (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fairbanks, Lauren (Donate Life Texas)
On:
Daughtry, Lisa (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Rowe, Keisha (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
On:
Farris, Michelle (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kiser, Mary Beth (Texas Psychological Association)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
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For:
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Shields, Bradford (BookNook Inc.)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
On:
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
White, James (TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Smith, Mandy (Versaterm)
Against:
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County)
On:
Farris, Michelle (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Maddox, Tom (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Against:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Moseley, Matthew (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Assn)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Compton, Dorothy ann (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
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For:
Norris, Robert (Self)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Torres Yanez, Claudia (Self)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Ryals, Marvin (Cleat and EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
On:
Farris, Michelle (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erskine, Jack (Sheriffs association of texas)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Martin, Freeman (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
For:
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Against:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Lawrence, Kevin (Texas Municipal Police Assn)
On:
Vineyard, TJ (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Norton, Kaden (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San antonio police officers association)
Ryals, Marvin (Cleat and EL PASO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Williamson, Roxy D Hall (Self)
For:
Barnes, Charissa (Self; Official Inspection Station)
Cole, Greg (Self; Texas State Inspection Association)
Ray, Charles (Self; DEKRA VP operations vehicle inspections and claims)
Against:
Schirmbeck, Byron (Self; Texas campaign for liberty)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Batton, David (Harris County Deputies Organization FOP 39)
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