WITNESS LIST
S/C on Juvenile Justice Committee
March 20, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban counties)
On:
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Tammy (Self)
Branick, Jeff (Self; County judge and commissioners association)
Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Ryder, Byron (CJAnd Commissioners Assoiation of Texas)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Against:
Chavez, Joseph (Self)
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Ramirez, Javier (Self)
Reese, Kayla (Self)
On:
Carter, Shandra (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
For:
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E.)
Sharp, Matt (Alliance Defending Freedom)
Against:
Fairbanks, Meghan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Ganz, Ethan (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Laake-stanfield, Bryce (Self)
Laeky, Miriam (Self; Equality Texas)
Lauener, Autumn (Self; Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Scholars)
Minnick, Jacie (Self)
Montijo, Angela (Self)
Perdue, Stephanie (Self; Central Texas Pride Community Center)
Pritchett, Brad (Self; Equality Texas)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Richie, Landon (Self; Transgender Education Network of Texas)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Segovia, Andrea (Self; Transgender Education Network of TX)
On:
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women's Alliance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Tammy (Self)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values Action)
Saenz, Jonathan (Self; Texas Values)
Against:
Accardo, Lauren (Self)
Ajaz, Fuaad (Self)
Albert, David (Self)
Allmon, Bailey (Self)
Amstead, Chelsea (Self)
Armendariz, Maggie (Self)
Askew, Elijah (Self)
Bandit, Brigitte (Self)
Banks, Elizabeth (Self)
Beere, Wyatt (Self)
Benitez, Gaby (Self)
Bond, Brad (Self)
Bragg, Everett (Self)
Brookins, Kaybee (Self)
Brown, Amie (Self)
Burks, Jeremy (Self)
Burns, Kaidan (Self)
Carpenter, Whitney (Self)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Cerda, Aly (Self)
Chavez, Joseph (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Christensen, Taylor (Self)
Coello-Reyes, Gabriela (Self)
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Coin, Kellin (Self)
Copley, Elizabeth (Self)
Cornett, Savvy (Self)
Cosme, Helena (Self)
Crumble, Taylor (Self)
Cruz, Christopher (Self)
Darling, Will (Self)
De La Garza, John (Self)
Diamond, Jade (Self)
Dickson, Marissa (Self)
DiSanza, Maggie (Self)
Dunham, Sarah (Self)
Erisman, Wendy (Self)
Foster, Maxim (Self)
Freeman, Noel (Self)
Gale, Zenyth (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Self)
Garcia, Surya (Self)
Garcia, Yesenia (Self)
Garner, Jeramy (Self)
Garry, August (Self)
Gillard, Savannah (Self)
Gonzalez, Maria (Self)
Gore, Andrea (Self)
Guajardo, Austin (Self)
Guajardo, David (Self)
Guajardo, Jordan (Self)
Guajardo, Nelda (Self)
Guajardo, Raelyn (Self)
Guerrero, Amelie (Self)
Henderson, Mikayla (Self)
Hendricks, Robert (Self)
Hendricks, Victoria (Self)
Hernandez, Sadie (Self)
Horne, Jacklynne (Self)
House, Skylar (Self)
Hushka, Callijo (Self)
Jones, Dominique (Self)
Kincaid, Jeannette (Self)
KNIGHT, ANITA (Self; Equality TX)
Koenig, Elsa (Self)
Koenig, Jacqueline (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Labyer, James (Self)
Lane, Madeline (Self)
LaQueene, Maxine (Self)
Lawrence, Ashleigh (Self)
Leisey, Ty (Self)
Liu, Allen (NAACP LDF)
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
Matherne, James (Self)
McCall, Tara (Self)
McFadden, Helena (Self)
Mcjunkins, Phillip (Self)
McKee, Micah (Self)
McWhirter, Gabrielle (Self)
Morales, Alan (Self)
Morales, Ezra (Self)
Morgan, Laura (Self)
Newell, Cassandra (Self)
Noble, Andrew (Self)
O'Connor, MeriJayd (Self)
Olvera, Marcelle (Self)
Ortega, Danielle (Self)
Palacios, Denisce (Self)
Palenik, Rachel (Self)
Payton, Alexa (Self)
Pena, Dominique (Self)
Pereira, Pietra (Self)
Perez, Nopal (Self)
Perez, Sadie (Self)
Perez, Toya (Self)
Perry, Elizabeth (Self)
Peters, Arthur (Self)
Phillips, Sydney (Self)
Pollock, Kristen (Self)
Prikryl-Martin, Stella (Self)
Ramirez, Javier (Self)
Reese, Kayla (Self)
Reyes, Meredith (Self)
REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Rhee, Alissa (Self)
Robinson, Kristine (Self)
Rojas, Lindsay (Self)
Rojas, Lindsay Alexis (Self)
Sanchez, Paola (Self)
Santa Maria, Michelle (Self)
Seal, Melissa (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Semien, Emerald (Self)
Shannon, Tatum (Self)
Sigler, Ro (Self)
Smith, Amy (Self)
Spellman, Becka (Self)
Stein, Charles (Self)
Steinfeld, Era (Self)
Strawn, Gavin (Self)
Strong, Pauline (Self)
Svoboda, Charlotte (Self)
Svoboda, Daniel (Self)
Sykora, Julia (Self)
Szegheo, Valerie (Self)
Tabor, Laura (Self)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Thomson, Susan (Self)
Thomson, Thomas (Self)
Thye, Asher (Self)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Torres, Cathryn (Self; Frontera fund)
Trevino, Izar (Self)
Ulesoo, Zoja (Self)
Unda, Maria (Self)
Velasquez, Ryan (Self)
Verette, Madeleine (Self)
Wagner, Abbey (Self)
Wagner, Savannah (Self)
Walsh, Forrest (Self)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Walters, John (Self)
Walters, Saber (Self)
Watkins, Allison (Self)
Webster, Sarah (Self)
Weido, Jeanne (Self)
Wheeler, David (Self)
Xiquin, Kathelyne (Self)
Yamagata, Valerie (Self)
Yanez, Rikki (Self)
Young, Korey (Self)
Zeidman, Noah (Self)
On:
Carter, Shandra (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Das, Dr. Tara (Department of State Health Services)
Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
For:
Moledina, Ayaan (Self; Students Engaged in Advancing Texas)
REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Zapata, Eli (Self)
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Against:
Lincoln, Tina (Self; Hill County Juvenile Probation Department)
Little, Todd (Ellis County & County Judges and Commissioners Association)
On:
Sumpter, Greg (Self; Grayson County Juvenile Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Tammy (Self)
Carroll, Angel (Self; Measure)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Minnick, Jacie (Self)
O’Quin, Ana (Girls Empowerment Network)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Against:
Chavez, Joseph (Self)
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Ramirez, Javier (Self)
Reese, Kayla (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
On:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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