WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee
April 25, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Raburn, Rodney (Self)
On:
Luna, Pablo (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Against:
Bird, Brandi (Texas State Inspection Association)
Hogan, Robert (Self; Hogan’s Jif-e Lube 2)
On:
Thompson, Clint (TxDMV)
For:
Dodson, Skee (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Gryder, Richard (Self; Texas Council of Clubs)
Ward, Chris (Self; Texas Council of Clubs & Independents)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cain, Deandre (Self)
Davis, Brian (Self)
Johnson, Robert (Self)
Landers, Paul (Self; TxCOC &I)
Moore, Timothy (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Renteria, Artemus (Self; Tcoc&i)
Saturno, Stephanie (Self)
Walton, Richard (Self)
Against:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Rainer, Steven (Self)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Rainer, Steven (Self)
Rowell, Melissa (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Hinojosa, Rene (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Martinez, Fernando (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Mergler, Mary (Fines & Fees Justice Center)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
For:
Medina, Donato (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Cienfuegos, Juan (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter Sierra Club)
Sciarillo, Anna (Texas Association of Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)
Against:
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Zientek, Dan (Self; Humble police department)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Rowell, Melissa (Self)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
For:
Wilkerson, John (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
For:
Harrison, Jeff (Self; Prymus Insurance)
Randle, Warren (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hale, Kevin (Self; Libertarian Party of Texas)
Rainer, Steven (Self)
Against:
Alexander, Lee Ann (American Property Casualty Insurance Assn)
Borchardt, Lindy (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney, Phil Sorrells)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Schnautz, Jon (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)
Against:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
On:
Blake, Bronwyn (Texas Advocacy Project)
For:
Suter, Maggie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Torrez Sanchez, Cecilia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Cienfuegos, Juan (Self)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Medina, Donato (Self)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Rostami, Sarah (Self)
Sauceda, Chief Felix (City of Brownsville Police Department)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Sellers, Jenni (Special Olympics Texas)
For:
Martinez, Albert (Dallas Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Irwin, Christopher (Self; Austin Police Association PAC)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
6
WITNESS LIST
For:
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Poche, Barton (Self)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
On:
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices for Reason and Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Ingersoll, Deborah (Self)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rice, Chuck (Self)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Dept. of Public Safety)
7
WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Quinney, Lexi (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Guerrini, Susanna (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Gonzalez, Ana (Texas AFL-CIO)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Against:
Brittain, Hilliard (Self)
Brittain, Janie (Self)
McPherson, Ian (Self)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Poche, Barton (Self)
Stroud, Cathy (Self)
Wilson, Johnny (Self)
Wilson, Rebecca (Self)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Dept. of Public Safety)
For:
Lewis, Chenique (Self)
8
WITNESS LIST
For:
Litzinger, Amy (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Fawell, Amy (Self)
Mares, Bryan (National Association of Social Workers-Texas)
Sciarillo, Anna (Texas Association of Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Quinney, Lexi (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Oakley, Keith (Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of Texas (ASSIST))
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
For:
Abbott, Robert (Lake Travis Fire Rescue)
Bazaldua, Adam (City of Dallas)
Blackmon, Paula (City of Dallas)
Campbell, Wendell (High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA))
Creuzot, John (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Lieck, Cheryl (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Ramsay, Will (Self; 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wiley, Erleigh (Self; Criminal District Attorney, Kaufman County)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
On:
Quinney, Lexi (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Hogan, Robert (Self; Hogan’s Jif-E Lube 2)
On:
Luna, Pablo (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bird, Brandi (Texas State Inspection Association)
Borskey, Mark (Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Spilman, Annie (NFIB)
Sullivan, Mike (Self; Group 1 Automotive)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
For:
Lewis, Chenique (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Casas, Isabel (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Litzinger, Amy (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Sciarillo, Anna (Texas Association of Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)
10
WITNESS LIST
For:
Young Montgomery, Rebecca (Center for Transforming Lives)
On:
Quinney, Lexi (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Gandy, Maitlyn (Self)
Varghese, Benson (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Lewis, Chenique (Self)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Sciarillo, Anna (Texas Association of Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
On:
Quinney, Lexi (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
On:
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Price, Steven (Self; The VOICES of Our Veterans)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
11
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
On:
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
For:
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) TX)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Price, Steven (Self; The VOICES of Our Veterans)
On:
Webb, Reilly (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Lieck, Cheryl (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Spence, Ashley (Self; DNA Justice Project)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Byerly, Sloan (ANDE)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Heatly, Staley (46th District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Ramsay, Will (Self; 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office)
12
WITNESS LIST
For:
Wiley, Erleigh (Self; Criminal District Attorney, Kaufman County)
Against:
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Lieck, Cheryl (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Byerly, Sloan (ANDE)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Heatly, Staley (46th District Attorney)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Ramsay, Will (Self; 8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Spence, Ashley (Self; DNA Justice Project)
Wiley, Erleigh (Self; Criminal District Attorney, Kaufman County)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
For:
Clark, Wade (Self; Granbury ISD)
Glenn, Jeremy (Self; Granbury ISD)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Turner, Nick (Self; Granbury ISD)
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ailshire, Tess (Self)
Padilla, Stephen (Self)
Price, Steven (Self; The VOICES of Our Veterans)
Wimberly, William (Self; Granbury ISD)
13
WITNESS LIST
Against:
Albert, David (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (Self; IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
For:
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Martinez, Fernando (Self)
Mergler, Mary (Fines & Fees Justice Center)
Meyer, Cole (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Norton, Kaden (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
Sanchez, Monica (Self)
Against:
Alcorta, Victor (Self; OmniBase Services of Texas)
Holman, Brian (Self; Texas Municipal Courts Association)
McCullough, Amy (Self; City of Tyler Municipal Court)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Dorsaneo, Ashley (The Texas Civil Rights Project)
Goforth, Patricia (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Litzler, John (Texas Baptists Christian Life Commission)
Martinez, Jorge (The LIBRE Initiative)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Morries, Raquel (Self)
Morris, Ren (Self)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Parker, Zoe (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Petrakis, Rory (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Segovia, Andrea (Self)
Sheetz, Samuel (Americans for Prosperity)
Spartz, Madison (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase Holdings, LLC)
Zuniga, Lourdes (Self; FHP)
Against:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kuykendall (Kir-ken-doll), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
On:
Boline, Linda (Tx DPS)
For:
Davis, Don (Second Baptist School)
Dixon, David (Self; Second Baptist School)
Karshner, John (Houston Christian University)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Against:
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
15
WITNESS LIST
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Against:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Kling, Kelsey (Self; Texas AFT)
Sciarillo, Anna (Texas Association of Behavior Analysis Public Policy Group)
For:
Balekai, Akanksha (Texas Appleseed)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Dorsaneo, Ashley (The Texas Civil Rights Project)
Nguyen, Quynh-Huong (Self; Woori Juntos)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Matheson, Tracy (Self)
Winton, Melissa (Self)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Del Gallo, Krista (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advovacy Centers of Texas)
Against:
Miller, Heather (Self)
On:
Boyce, Liz (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gonzales, Elizabeth (Self)
Harris, Chris (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
For:
Ailshire, Tess (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Padilla, Stephen (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Mica, Tara (Self; NRA)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Dept. of Public Safety)
For:
Bazaldua, Adam (City of Dallas)
Beatty, Rick (The Alessandra Foundation)
Langbein, Jan (Self; Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support)
Ramirez, Reuben (Dallas Police Deparrment)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston, Mayor's Office)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Carter, Jennifer (Goodwill Central Texas)
Galinsky, Rebecca (Self; Protect TX Fragile Kids)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Guy, Linda (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Against:
Porter, Gregory (Self; Texas For Liberty)
On:
Ashley, Phillip (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (Department of Public Safety Officers Association (DPSOA))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HOUSTON POLICE RETIRED OFFICERS ASSOC)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association (DPA))
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Villarreal, Thomas (Self; Austin Police Association)
On:
Harris, James (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts)
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
On:
Beauchamp, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chancellor, John (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Durnin, Liinda (Self)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Rubin, Scott (Self)
Scifres, Ray (Self; Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Stratmann, Ben (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Against:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
On:
McConnell, Andrew (Sunset Commission Staff)
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