WITNESS LIST
S/C on County & Regional Government Committee
April 14, 2025 - 10:00 AM
For:
Anderson-Glover, Diane (Self; Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards)
Ford, George (Texas Council of Child Welfare Boards)
Keseling, Shirley (Guadalupe County Child Welfare Board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Gray, Matt (Self; Montgomery County, Precinct 4)
Slack, James (Self; Montgomery County Constable, Pct.4)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chillino, Francesca (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Rodriguez, James (TexHealth)
Wickersham, Margo (Self; Texhealth)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burdett, Jeff (NFIB)
For:
Edrich, Cameron (Self)
Espinoza, Michelle (Self; Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
Fox, Januari (Prism Health North Texas)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
Ours, Nicholas (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Torres, Alicia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Canizales, Carolina (Self)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Flanders, Caitlin (Self)
Graziani, Cate (VOCAL-TX)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kirschenbaum, Robin (Austin Justice Coalition)
Morris, Tory (Self)
Ortega, Mateo (Self)
Reynolds, David (Texas Chapter American College of Physicians)
Reza, Maria (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Rhee, Alissa (Self)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Wolleben, Rachel (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
For:
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Lueders, Kathryn (Spacex)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Perdichizzi, Gabriela (Texas Association of Business)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Young, Larry (Self; Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Basaldu, Christopher (Self; South Texas Environmental Justice Network)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Emory, Cathryn (Self)
Fierro, Ana (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Guevara, Emma (Self; South Texas Environmental Justice Network)
Hinojosa, Rebekah (Self; South Texas Environmental Justice Network)
Lopez, Roberto (Self)
Mckenzie, Jeannette (Self)
Nixon, Robert (Surfrider Foundation)
Palacios, Denisce (Self)
Rendon, Cheyenne (Society of Native Nations)
Rodriguez, Angelica (Self)
On:
Sunley, Angela (Texas General Land Office)
For:
Dockery, Joe Don (Burnet County)
Litterer, Karen (Self; Ascension Seton Highland Lakes)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beierle, Damon (Self; Burnet County)
Haley, Anthony (Self; Baylor scott & white health)
Hawkins, John (Texas Hospital Association)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Wilson, Stacy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Woolley, Larry (Self; Johnson County and County Judges & Commissioners Association of
Texas)
Zeller, Ben (Self; Victoria County)
For:
Blair, Ammon (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Russo, Christopher (Self; Texans for Strong Borders)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Government Affairs Representative on behalf of the Tarrant
County Sheriff's Department)
Against:
Arriaga-Salinas, Amber (Self; LUPE)
Barreto, Alejandra (Self)
Barreto, Fabiola (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Benavides, Samantha (Self)
Canizales, Carolina (Self; Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
Carson, Bethany (Self)
Chavez, Tania (Self; LUPE)
Cook Heffon, Laurie (Self)
Cortez, Maximo (Self)
Cruz, Sarah (ACLU of Texas)
Eaton, Meredith (Self)
Figueroa, Luis (Every Texan)
Gomez, Krystal (Self; Texas Chapter of American Immigration Lawyers Association)
Grant, Lily (Self)
Grimaldo, Osvaldo (Self; American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas)
Hafizi, Niloufar (Self; Emgage Action)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hernandez, Daniela (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Hiraldo, Ariel (Self)
Hsiao, Robert (Self)
Leal, Gloria (Self; National League of United Citizens (LULAC))
Lopez, Roberto (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Machado, Nik (Self)
McJunkin, Jaclyn (Self; Amnest International)
Medina-Alvarado, Andrea (Self; National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice)
Molina, Denisse (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Montano, Kayla (Self; LUPE)
Munoz Trevino, Karen (Self; LatinoJustice)
Olivarez, Priscilla (Self; Immigrant Legal Resource Center)
Papari, Arshia (Self)
Perez-Hodge, Alicia (LULAC)
Pham, Kristina (Self)
Prado, Maximiliano (Self)
Rittmeyer, Lily (Self)
Rittmeyer, Maggie (Self)
Rodriguez, Angelica (Self)
Rodriguez, Isabella (Self)
Rubalcava Hernandez, Esmeralda (Self)
Rybnikow, Ewa (Self; Amnesty International)
Silva mccormick, Crystal (Self)
Story, Dale (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Taylor Smith, Trudy (Self; Children’s Defense Fund-Texas)
Torres, Alicia (Self)
Trujano, Vanessa (Self)
Uriostegui, Victoria (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Wells, Austin (Self)
Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)
On:
Etter, Kristin (Self; Texas Immigration Law Council)
Lugo, Priscilla (Self; Texas Immigration Law Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
McVeigh, Andrew (Self; Texans for Fiscal Responsibility)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Against:
Adebiyi, Eliane (Self)
Alexander, Karen (Self)
Altfeld, Clara (Self)
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Barclay, Jessica (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Barks, Elizabeth (Self)
Beck, Sarah (Self)
Beck Aguilera, Natalie (Self)
Bryant, Danielle (Self)
Bullard, Rebecca (Self)
Caballero, Darcy (Planned Parenthood Texas Votes)
Caplis-Tuttle, Alex (Self)
Carpenter, Whitney (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Coello-Reyes, Gabriela (Self)
Crawford, Karen (Self)
Cumbie, Taylor (Self)
Darling, Will (Self)
Davis, Jaden (Self)
Delaney, Idris (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Emory, Cathryn (Self)
Epstein, Gabriela (Self)
Fierro, Ana (Self)
Gale, Zenyth (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Garcia, Amanda (Self)
Garcia, Myranda (Self)
Garrett, Jules (Self)
Graziani, Cate (VOCAL-TX)
Guevara, Emma (Self; South Texas Environmental Justice Network)
Haddix, Alexandra (Self)
Hamilton, Skyler (Self)
Horne, Jacklynne (Self)
Ibarra, Mary (Self)
Jackson, Aniya (Self)
Juraska, AJ (Self)
Kirschenbaum, Robin (Austin Justice Coalition)
Lamar, John (Self)
Lauener, Autumn (Self)
Leisey, Ty (Self)
Lilly, Robert (Self; Grassroots Leadership/Texas Advocates for Justice)
Lin, Jae (Self)
Luna, Maggie (Self; Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
Marotta, Gwynn (Self)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
Maseda, Joshua (Act4SA)
May, Sarah (Self)
Mckenzie, Jeannette (Self)
Miller, Cyral (Self)
Miller, Laura (Self)
Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Civic Fund)
Min, Alice (Self)
Mings, Mary (Self)
Mings, Mary (Self)
Mueller, Robert (Self)
Munoz, Claudia (Self)
Nguyen, June (Self)
Ornelas, Barbara (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Ortega, Mateo (Self)
Osorio-Lapham, Gloria (Self)
Ost, Lisl (Self)
Pena, Dominique (Self)
Price, Annette (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Pruett, Kay (Self)
Ramirez, Sara (Self)
Razian, Anoosh (Self)
Regalado, Ronan (Self)
Rejsek, Charley (Self)
REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Reza, Maria (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Rhee, Alissa (Self)
Richie, Landon (Self)
Rizvi, Sameeha (Self)
Rodriguez, Micaela (Self; Grassroots Leadership)
Sandoval, Mark (Self)
Shannon, Rachael (Self)
Sherwood, Melanie (Self)
Sigler, Rocio (Self)
Smoot, Samantha (Self)
Stein, Charles (Self)
Svoboda, Daniel (Self)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Taylor, Andre (Grassroots leadership)
Thompson, Corrie (Self)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Thornton, Bis (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Thye, Asher (Self)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA)
Ulesoo, Zoja (Self)
Wagner, Savannah (Self)
Walter, Erin (Self; Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry)
Walter, John (Self)
Walter-Mahoney, Melanie (Self)
Walters, Saber (Self)
Ward, Kathy (Self)
Watkins, Allison (Self)
Williams, Dianna (Grassroots Leadership)
On:
Gallahan, Russell (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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