WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 15, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Braziel, Ruben (Self; North Houston District of the AME Church)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Payne, Justyn (Self; Word of Life Christian Faith Center - Buda, TX)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Proctor, Timothy (Self; Epicenter Ministries)
Reyna, Jacob (Self; Epicenter Ministries)
Rivera, Pamela (Self; The 10th District of the AME Church)
Robinson, Larry (Self)
Waters, Michael (Self; Abundant Life A.M.E Church)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Clark, Tyler (Self; Epicenter Ministries)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Gumm, Jay Dan (Self; Forgiven Felons)
Hathaway, John (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Self; Doug Deason)
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E., Inc.)
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E., Inc.)
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Stitt, Tristan (Self)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Stitt, Tristan (Self)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fry, Pat (Self)
Gumm, Jay Dan (Self; Forgiven Felons)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E., Inc.)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Hayes, Richard (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Stitt, Tristan (Self)
Walker, Nate (The Bail Project)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
For:
Campbell, Aubree (Self; EFI TBTR)
Trainor, Lucy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Case, Liz (Self)
Gallagher, Lori (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Against:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Ibarra, Mary (ACLU of Texas)
On:
Reno, Josh (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Patterson, Alicia (Dallas County District Attorney’s Office - John Creuzot)
On:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Richards, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
For:
Hayes, Richard (Self; Gun Owners of America)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Carruth, Kyle (Self)
McCarty, Julie (Self; True Texas Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Tuccio, Nick (National Rifle Association)
Against:
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Emerick, David (JPMorganChase)
Hart, David (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice; and Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Keener, Justin (Self; Doug Deason)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E., Inc.)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Murphy, Kaitlyn (Greater Houston Partnership)
Norton, Kaden (Prison Fellowship Ministries)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Stitt, Tristan (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ghutzman, Michael (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Richards, James (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Garza, Cynthia (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal defense lawyers association)
On:
Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parker, James (Innocence Project)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kelly, Bill (Office of Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kuykendall, Rhonda (Self; Texas human trafficking survivor leader council)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Colby, Adam (FCIC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Morse, Jennifer (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Russo, Mark (JPCA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Botsford, David (Self)
Bullock, Michael (Self; Austin Police Association)
Carruth, Kyle (Self)
Hayes, Richard (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jackson, Ross (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Moffatt, Lisa (Self)
OConnell, Doug (Self)
Against:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Roady, Jack (Galveston County Criminal District Attorney)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Self; Doug Deason)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Ramsay, Will (8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office)
Thomas, Perry (Self; 33rd Judicial District Attorney)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Reno, Josh (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Office of Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Botsford, David (Self)
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Carruth, Kyle (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jackson, Ross (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Moffatt, Lisa (Self)
Against:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Ramsay, Will (8th Judicial District Attorney’s Office)
Roady, Jack (Galveston County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hayes, Richard (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Self; Doug Deason)
Marzullo, Amanda (Self; Austin Community Law Center)
OConnell, Doug (Self)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Thomas, Perry (Self; 33rd Judicial District Attorney)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Reno, Josh (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Bullock, Michael (Self; Austin Police Association)
OConnell, Doug (Self)
Against:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carruth, Kyle (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
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))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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