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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Corrections Committee

            March 21, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 918

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Kaycie (Texas public policy foundation)

                                 Franklin, Allison (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Zamora, April (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Heckler, Jeff (Self; Faith Presbyterian Church of Austin)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 McCord, John (NFIB)

                                 Meroney, Mike (Texas Association of Manufacturers)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Norton, Kaden (Prison Fellowship Ministries)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Rayfield, Penny (Self; Criminal Justice Reform Committee Chair, Texas Association of

                                 Business)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

                                 Skrobarczyk, Ryan (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Keith, Karen (Self)

            HB 936

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Flores, Jose (Self; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Price, Steven (Self; The VOICES of Our Veterans)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees Union)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Hall, Ash (Texas Civil Rights Project)

                                 Keith, Karen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Garrett, Kevin (Self; Texas Jail Project)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (AFSCME Texas Corrections Council)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices for Reason and Justice)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Silcox, Dannie (Self)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Harding, Meagan (Texas civil rights project)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1452

                 For:

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

            HB 1753

                 For:

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

            HB 1979

                 For:

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (Texas NAACP)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 On:

                                 McGinty, Jerry (Texas Dept of Criminal Justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

            HB 2158

                 For:

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Howell, Jason (Self)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Smith, Sandra (Self; Mental Health Resource of Texas bda Via Hope)

                 On:

                                 Horton, Colleen (Self; Hogg Foundation for Mental Health)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brown Knox, Koretta (Self; Texas Coalition of Black Democrats)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Humphrey, Cynthia (Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

                                 Dole, Robert (HHSC)

                                 Keith, Karen (Self)

            HB 2233

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Holik, Haley (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 McCord, Mia (Texas Conservative Coalition)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Simmons, Carrie (Opportunity Solutions Project)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bowman, Brad (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

                                 Francis, Brian (Self)

                                 Kaiser, Christina (Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation)

            HB 2448

                 For:

                                 Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Coalition of Black Democrats)

                                 Brown Knox, Koretta (Self; Texas Coalition of Black Democrats)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 McNeely, Roderick (Self; Anthony Graves Smart Justice Speakers Bureau/ Biblical Based

                                 Assurance Ministry)

                                 Sybill, Sybil (Self; Anthony Graves Smart Justice Speakers Bureau)

                 On:

                                 Joseph, Zenobia (Self)

                                 Keith, Karen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (Texas NAACP)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Zamora, April (Texas department of criminal justice)

            HB 2502

                 For:

                                 Roady, Jack (Self; Galveston county district attorney)

                                 Wood, David (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Meredith, Amy (Travis County District Attorney)

                 On:

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                                                                               6


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2559

                 For:

                                 Speasmaker, Alycia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                 On:

                                 Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hernandez, Sally (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Johnson, Windy (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)

                                 Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Thielke, Pamela (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 2623

                 For:

                                 Pierce, Phillip (Operation ID, Main Street Ministries)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

                 On:

                                 Howell, Sharon (Texas dept of criminal justice)

            HB 2724

                 For:

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                 On:

                                 Howell, Sharon (Texas dept of criminal justice)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Kerr, Lonzo (Texas NAACP)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

            HB 2744

                 On:

                                 Keith, Karen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Coalition of Black Democrats)

                                 Brown, Koretta (Self; Self)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Hall, Ash (Self)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Carpenter, Clint (Windham School District)

                                 Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)

                                 O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)

            HB 2758

                 On:

                                 Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Schmider, Joseph (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 3120

                 For:

                                 Roady, Jack (Self; Galveston county district attorney)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Wells, Bettie (Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles)

            HB 3227

                 For:

                                 Brown knox, Koretta (Self; Texas coalition of Black Democrats)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Linder, Lindsey (Texas criminal justice coalition)

                                 Pohl, Grace (Self)

                 On:

                                 Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)

                                 Hinojosa, Rene (TDCJ)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hernandez, Sally (Self)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Quinzi, Patty (TX-American Federation of Teachers)

                 On:

                                 Carpenter, Clint (Windham School District)

                                 O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)

            HB 3296

                 For:

                                 Alexander, Kaycie (Texas public policy foundation)

                                 Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

                 On:

                                 Pherigo, Laurie (Self)

            HCR 33

                 For:

                                 Casas, Amelia (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Holik, Haley (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Maham, Rehm (Self)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Dixon, Karly Jo (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)

                                 Duncan, Amite (Self; Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advdocates)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                                                                              10


                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HCR 47

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)

            HR 387

                 For:

                                 Brown, Koretta (Self; Texas Coalition of Black Democrats)

                                 Brown Knox, Koretta (Self; Texas Coalition of Black Democrats)

                                 Ellison, Burt (Self)

                                 Hamilton, Darwin (Self)

                                 Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership)

                                 Smith, Reginald (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)

                                 Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)

                                 Williams, Robert (Self; Texas coalition of black democrats)

                 On:

                                 Keith, Karen (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Brubaker, Pamela (Self; Austin justice coalition)

                                 Gabriel, Sue (Self; Texas Advocates for Justice)

                                 Hunter II, Carl F. (Self)

                                 Malouff, Charlie (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)

                                 Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)

                                 Person, Maria (Self)

                                 Wolff, Sandra (Self)

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