WITNESS LIST

            Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee

            March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted

            HB 33

                 For:

                                 Escott, Mark (City of Austin)

                 On:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Kidd, Nim (TDEM)

                                 Martin, Freeman (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                                 Stevens, Greg (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)

                                 Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)

                                 Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land)

                                 Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)

                                 McMahan, Stacy (Self; East Texans for Liberty)

                                 Moledina, Ayaan (Self)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Romo, Joel (Texas Ambulance Association)

                 On:

                                 Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)

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

                                 Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)

            HB 298

                 For:

                                 Blair, Ammon (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                 Against:

                                 Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                 On:

                                 Villarreal, Omar (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)

                                 Glass, Tom (Self)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

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

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

                                 Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)

                                 Kalythoff, Wendy (Self)

            HB 1024

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

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

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

                 Against:

                                 Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)

            HB 1234

                 For:

                                 Taylor, Emily (Self; Gun Owners of America)

                                 Zimmerman, Gary (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Hayes, Richard (Self)

                                 Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)

                                 McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 On:

                                 Klein, Jorie (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Robertson, Natalie (Texas Department of Public Safety)

            HB 1261

                 For:

                                 Soza, Justin (Self; Alamo Area Police Chiefs)

                                 Wilson, Sarah (Self; Texas Assoc Property and Evidence Technicians)

                 Against:

                                 Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)

                                 Day, Jason (City of Royse City)

                                 Dye, Steve (Self; Allen Police Department)

                                 Engler, Tracy (Self; TAPEIT)

                                 Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)

                                 Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Green, Eddie (Self; Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Hill, Lana (Self; Texas Association of Property and Evidence Inventory Technicians)

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

                                 Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)

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

                                 Lodge, Grace (Self; TAPEIT)

                                 Mata, Katy (Self; Tapeit)

                                 Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Quiroz, Jasmine (Self; TAPEIT)

                                 Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)

                                 Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 Against:

                                 Cates, Emily (Self; Daily commercial record)

                                 Morin, Tom (Daily Court Review)

                                 Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle)

                                 Pillifant, Reid (Self; Texas Press Association)

            HB 1696

                 For:

                                 Zimmerman, Gary (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)

                                 Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

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

                                 Kalthoff, Wendy (Self)

                                 Moledina, Ayaan (Self)

                                 Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)

                 Against:

                                 McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)

                 On:

                                 Daughtry, Lisa (TXDPS)

                                 Robertson, Natalie (Texas Department of Public Safety)

                                 Taylor, Emily (Gun Owners of America)

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