WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee
April 9, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
For:
Sawa, Mark (Self)
Staton, Jerry (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Harris, Chris (Texas civil rights project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Moonesinghe, Mark (Self)
Smith, Yasmine (Urban Leagues of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Brannan, Ryan (Austin Police Association)
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis County Constble Pct 3)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
MARTINEZ, ADRIAN (SAN ANTONIO POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION)
Perez, Johnny (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Martin, Danny (Self)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Llano County and Texas County Judges and Commissioners
Association)
Gray, Matt (Self; Montgomery county)
Johnson, Lisa (Hemphill county)
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
Ohrt, Jason (Self)
Roach, Blake (Texas Farm Bureau)
Sexton, Kenneth (Self)
Shawn, Colby (Self)
Siegel, Kenny (Self)
Watson, Wanda J (Self)
Whitson, Bobby (Self; Bell County)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Stout, Trent (Self; Texas DPS Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (DPS Officers Association (DPSOA))
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Martin, Beverly (Self)
Martin, Gary (Self)
Mcarthur, David (Self; DPS Foundation)
Taylor, Clay (Texas DPS Officers Association)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Perez, Noe (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Perez, Shannon (Self)
Against:
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
On:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
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For:
Bevers, Bart (City of Dallas)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
For:
Banghart, John (Better Identity Coalition)
White, Rob (Samsung Electronics America)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Roufa, Timothy (American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators)
Vasan, Gayatri (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
On:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Whitson, Bobby (Self; Bell County)
Against:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Bakko, Sally (City of Galveston)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Llano County and Texas County Judges and Commissioners
Association)
Ensey, Adam (Self; Armstrong County)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Johnson, Lisa (Hemphill county)
Johnson, Randy (Self)
Skrobarczyk, Ryan (The City of Corpus Christi)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
For:
Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Garcia, Geraldine (Andrade Van De Putte)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Against:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
On:
Grissom, Cullen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP#39)
Rocha, JJ (Texas Municipal League)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx dept of public safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Spratt, Molly (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Day, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Johnny (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
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