WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 16, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Woodward, Daniel (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Woolley, Larry (Johnson County and County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas)
Zeller, Ben (County Judges and commissioners Association of Texas)
On:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
For:
Leatherbury, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Walton, Ashleigh (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Ayres, Tom (Starlab Space)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Kim, Jason (Firefly Aerospace)
For:
Renteria, Martin (Self; Texas Notary Training Forum)
Against:
Tabbara, Kal (American Association of Notaries)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Challa, Zeenia (Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Robertson, Daryl (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)
Wofford, Travis (Texas Business Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boyd, Ava (Northwest Registered Agent LLC)
Mains, Chuck (Texas Business Law Foundation)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
On:
Eskew, David (Texas Secretary of State)
For:
Poinsett, Royce (Texas Motorcycle Dealers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Field, Scott (Self; 15th Court of Appeals)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Jay (Valero Energy)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Kuhl, John (Texas Business Law Foundation)
McDougald, Kolton (Texas Chemistry Council)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Sadler, Kelly (AEP Texas)
Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (TCJL)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Tabbara, Kal (American Association of Notaries)
On:
Bitter, Adam (Texas Sectetary of State)
For:
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Cohen, Derek (Right on Crime)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
For:
Blakley, Jesse (Harris County Attorney’s Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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