WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee
March 26, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Ellis, Christopher (Self; Bell county sheriffs office / tmpa)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Blackburn, David (Bell County)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Gundu, Krish (Texas Jail Project)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Against:
Crosby, Jim (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
For:
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (Houston Forensic Science Center)
Cross, Clarice (Asian Family Support Services of Austin)
Grimmer, Barbra (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Crosby, Jim (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Vanzandt, Goldie (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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Against:
Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Molina, Denisse (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County Precinct #2)
On:
Melson, Mark (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Crosby, Jim (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
French, Emily (Common Cause Texas)
Gundu, Krish (Texas Jail Project)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
Vanzandt, Goldie (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
For:
Maley, Charles (Self; South Texans’ Property Rights Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Gordon, Jeff (Texas General Land Office)
Repp, David (Texas General Land Office)
For:
Turner, Stefanie (Self; Texas Against Fentanyl)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
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For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Bell, Seth (Self; Mission Heritage Partners)
Moreno-Reyes, Diana (Self; San Antonio Mission Indian Descendants)
Simmons, Rebecca (Self; Las Misiones)
Vela, Raymond (Self; National Parks Conservation Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Camino, Marie (The Nature Conservancy in Texas)
Ferrier, Katie (Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Mast, Brian (Self; San Antonio River Authority)
Obledo, Jr., Mario (SAFB)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Taylor, Clay (DPS Officers Association)
On:
Melson, Mark (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Bert, Jeffrey (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Dorn, Clifford (Operation Safe Shield)
Ramirez, Edward (Brazos county Sheriffs office)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carr, Snapper (City of Sugar Land)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Choate, Jack (Self)
Ferguson, Sarah (Operation Safe Shield)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Re, Brittany (Brazos County Sheriffs Office)
Romo, Joel (Self)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (City of Corpus Christi)
Songer, James (Dallas Police Department)
Spence, Logan (City of Denton)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
For:
Nehme, John (Allies Against Slavery)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
O'Banion, Stephanie (United Ways of Texas)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
On:
Meredith, Amy (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Kennedy, Brandon (Self; Elm Ridge Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Massingill, Mike (Self; Elm Ridge Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
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For:
Bert, Jeffrey (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)
Kilgore, Thomas (City of Lakeway, Texas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Bussey, Faith (Self)
Crosby, Jim (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Hargis, Bradley (Capital Area Private Defender Service)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
On:
Beauchamp, John (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brannan, Ryan (Austin Police Association)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Against:
Costello, Alicia (Self)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County Precinct #2)
Stout, David (Self; Local Progress Texas)
Vanzandt, Goldie (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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