WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee
August 22, 2025 - 10:00 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Hearn, Skylor (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Songer, James (Dallas Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas CLEAT)
West, Justin (Self; Galveston County Precinct 4)
Against:
Budwine, Kirsten (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Crosby, Jim (Self)
Elizabeth, Mary M. (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Fox, Lakshmi (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Harris, Chris (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Hunt, Peter (Self)
Kirschenbaum, Robin (Self)
Miller, Elizabeth (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Tippitt, Wendy (Self)
On:
Foster, Robin (Harris County Deputies’ Organization)
McGiverin, Brian (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barnett, Jeff (Self; Texas Police Chiefs Association (TPCA))
Crownover, Buffy (The Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Hopkins, Perla (Self)
Kading, Rachel (Self; Texas Attornet Generals Peace Officer Association)
Lozano, Ricardo (Self; Hays County Law Enforcment Ass)
Martinez, Adrian (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Mitchell, Erin (Self)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio police officers association)
Perez, Johnny (Self; San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smirl, Cody (Self)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Beck, Sarah (Self)
Carmona, Gordy (Self)
Chen, Sarah (Self)
Crosby, Tara (Self)
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Against:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
Hall, Leslie (Self)
Holley-Hurt, Carrie (Self)
Hurewitz, Michael (Self)
Koai, Mallory (Self)
Leahy, Francesca Fraga (Self)
Lin, Jae (Self)
Margulies, Jennifer (Self)
McLaughlin, Amanda (Self)
Morgan, Elizabeth (Self)
Nguyen, June (Self)
Oakley, James (Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Preston, Brayden (Self)
Reyburn, Beth (Self)
Rose, Shannon (Self)
Sanchez, David (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Sharpe, Rove (Self)
Starks, Ada (Self)
Thye, Asher (Self)
Vazquez, Ry (Self)
Venegas-Matula, Michelle (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Wimberley, Kimberly (Self)
On:
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Grigsby, Gretchen (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
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