WITNESS LIST

HB 5580

HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Intergovernmental Affairs Committee

April 14, 2025 - 10:00 AM

(SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - S/C on County & Regional Government)

For :

Blair, Ammon (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)

Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Government Affairs Representative on behalf of the

Tarrant County Sheriff's Department)

Against :

Arriaga-Salinas, Amber (Self; LUPE)

Barreto, Alejandra (Self)

Barreto, Fabiola (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)

Benavides, Samantha (Self)

Canizales, Carolina (Self; Immigrant Legal Resource Center)

Carson, Bethany (Self)

Chavez, Tania (Self; LUPE)

Cook Heffon, Laurie (Self)

Cortez, Maximo (Self)

Cruz, Sarah (ACLU of Texas)

Eaton, Meredith (Self)

Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan)

Gomez, Krystal (Self; Texas Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association)

Grant, Lily (Self)

Grimaldo, Osvaldo (Self; American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas)

Hafizi, Niloufar (Self; Emgage Action)

Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)

Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)

Hiraldo, Ariel (Self)

Hsiao, Robert (Self)

Leal, Gloria (Self; National League of United Citizens (LULAC))

Lopez, Roberto (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)

Machado, Nik (Self)

McJunkin, Jaclyn (Self; Amnest International)

Medina-Alvarado, Andrea (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice)

Molina, Denisse (Texas Civil Rights Project)

Montano, Kayla (Self; LUPE)

Munoz Trevino, Karen (Self; LatinoJustice)

Olivarez, Priscilla (Self; Immigrant Legal Resource Center)

Papari, Arshia (Self)

Perez-Hodge, Alicia (LULAC)

Pham, Kristina (Self)

Prado, Maximiliano (Self)

Rittmeyer, Lily (Self)

Rittmeyer, Maggie (Self)

Rodriguez, Angelica (Self)

Rodriguez, Isabella (Self)

Rubalcava Hernandez, Esmeralda (Self)

Rybnikow, Ewa (Self; Amnesty International)

Silva mccormick, Crystal (Self)

Story, Dale (Self)

Taylor Smith, Trudy (Self; Children’s Defense Fund-Texas)

Torres, Alicia (Self)

Trujano, Vanessa (Self)

Uriostegui, Victoria (Self)

Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)

WITNESS LIST

HB 5580

HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Intergovernmental Affairs Committee

Wells, Austin (Self)

Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

On :

Etter, Kristin (Self; Texas Immigration Law Council)

Lugo, Priscilla (Self; Texas Immigration Law Council)

Registering, but not testifying:

For :

Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)

Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)

Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)

McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)

Sierega, John (TMPA)

Against :

Adebiyi, Eliane (Self)

Alexander, Karen (Self)

Altfeld, Clara (Self)

Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

Barclay, Jessica (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Barks, Elizabeth (Self)

Beck, Sarah (Self)

Beck Aguilera, Natalie (Self)

Bryant, Danielle (Self)

Bullard, Rebecca (Self)

Caballero, Darcy (Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)

Caplis-Tuttle, Alex (Self)

Carpenter, Whitney (Self)

Carranza, Susana (Self)

Coello-Reyes, Gabriela (Self)

Crawford, Karen (Self)

Cumbie, Taylor (Self)

Darling, Will (Self)

Davis, Jaden (Self)

Delaney, Idris (Self)

Deline, Steven (Self)

Emory, Cathryn (Self)

Epstein, Gabriela (Self)

Fierro, Ana (Self)

Gale, Zenyth (Self)

Garcia, Amanda (Self)

Garcia, Myranda (Self)

Garrett, Jules (Self)

Graziani, Cate (VOCAL-TX)

Guevara, Emma (Self; South Texas Environmental Justice Network)

Haddix, Alexandra (Self)

Hamilton, Skyler (Self)

Horne, Jacklynne (Self)

Ibarra, Mary (Self)

Jackson, Aniya (Self)

Juraska, AJ (Self)

Kirschenbaum, Robin (Austin Justice Coalition)

Lamar, John (Self)

Lauener, Autumn (Self)

Leisey, Ty (Self)

WITNESS LIST

HB 5580

HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT

Intergovernmental Affairs Committee

Lilly, Robert (Self; Grassroots Leadership/Texas Advocates for Justice)

Lin, Jae (Self)

Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)

Marotta, Gwynn (Self)

Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)

Maseda, Joshua (Act4SA)

May, Sarah (Self)

Mckenzie, Jeannette (Self)

Miller, Cyral (Self)

Miller, Laura (Self)

Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Civic Fund)

Min, Alice (Self)

Mings, Mary (Self)

Mueller, Robert (Self)

Munoz, Claudia (Self)

Nguyen, June (Self)

Ornelas, Barbara (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Ortega, Mateo (Self)

Osorio-Lapham, Gloria (Self)

Ost, Lisl (Self)

Pena, Dominique (Self)

Price, Annette (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Pruett, Kay (Self)

Ramirez, Sara (Self)

Razian, Anoosh (Self)

Regalado, Ronan (Self)

Rejsek, Charley (Self)

REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas Center for Justice & Equity)

Reza, Maria (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Rhee, Alissa (Self)

Richie, Landon (Self)

Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)

Rodriguez, Micaela (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

Sandoval, Mark (Self)

Shannon, Rachael (Self)

Sherwood, Melanie (Self)

Sigler, Rocio (Self)

Smoot, Samantha (Self)

Stein, Charles (Self)

Svoboda, Daniel (Self)

Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)

Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)

Taylor, Andre (Grassroots leadership)

Thompson, Corrie (Self)

Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

Thompson, Stephanie (Self)

Thornton, Bis (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)

Thye, Asher (Self)

Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA)

Ulesoo, Zoja (Self)

Wagner, Savannah (Self)

Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)

Walter, John (Self)

Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)

Walters, Saber (Self)