WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 8, 2019 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjournment/recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Hoover, John (Self)
Wilke, Lucy (Self; District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hudgens, Nicole (Texas Values Action)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Nichols, Lee (TexProtects - Champions for Safe Children)
Sanford, Tiana (Montgomery Conty District Attorneys Office)
Shah, Vinit (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Against:
Burns, Shelby (Self)
McRae, John (Self; McRae Bail Bonds)
Meeker, Glenn (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Zamora, Hector (Self)
Zamora, Jimmy (Self)
For:
Alcala, Elsa (Self; Texas Defender Service)
Ware, Mike (Innocence. Project of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Hughes, Nicolas (Self; Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Zamora, Hector (Self)
Zamora, Jimmy (Self)
For:
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
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For:
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self; Central Texas Gun Works)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Thomas, Bonnie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Altounian, Vicki (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Brosnihan, Kerry (Self)
Compton, Ann (Self)
Edwards, Carol (Self)
Egler, Julia (Self; NAMI Texas)
Greene, Melanie (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Heilrayne, Julia (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Kelley, Karen (Self; League of women voters of texas)
Leeper, Nancy (Self; Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America)
Leeper, Robert (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)
Martinez, Beth (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Person, Maria (Self)
Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Ross, Leesa (Lock Arms for Life)
Siegelin, Cheri (Self; Texas Correctional Employees- Huntsville)
Spencer, Alice (Self; Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Against:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Belluomini, David (Self)
Coulson, Mark (Self)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self)
Deffendall, Michael (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hart, D'Ann (Self)
Jones, Ryan (Self)
Klentzman, Cynthia (Self)
Michalk, Larry (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Postell, Aj (Self)
Rambo, Damon (Self)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
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Against:
Thomas, Wesley (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Youngblood, Christopher (Self)
Zamora, Hector (Self)
On:
Buuck, Jeff (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Moninger, Steve (Dept of Public Safety)
For:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Cargill, Michael (Self; Central Texas Gun Works)
Gibson, Kenneth (Self)
Gibson, Kenneth (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Association)
Against:
Switzer, Gyl (Texas gun sense)
Thomas, Bonnie (Self)
On:
Holcomb, Terry (Self; Texas Carry)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Belluomini, David (Self)
Clakley, Mollie (Self; Texas Concealed Handgun Association)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Rambo, Damon (Self; First Baptist Church Markham)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Against:
Altounian, Vicki (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Brosnihan, Kerry (Self)
Greene, Melanie (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Heilrayne, Julia (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Klentzman, Cynthia (Self)
Leeper, Nancy (Self; Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Leeper, Robert (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)
Martinez, Beth (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Mendoza, Elva (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Ross, Leesa (Lock Arms for Life)
Scruggs, Ed (Self; City of Austin Public Safety Commission)
Shah, Vinit (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Spencer, Alice (Self; Mom’s Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Zamora, Hector (Self)
On:
Moninger, Steve (Dept of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chapman, Randall (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Klentzman, Cynthia (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Thomas, Bonnie (Self)
Zamora, Hector (Self)
Zamora, Jimmy (Self)
For:
Cohen, Derek (Right on Crime)
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Llano County)
Deason, Doug (Self)
Holt, Lynn (Self; Justice of the Peace and constable association)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Lozito, Michael (Bexar County)
Against:
Adler, Randy (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Clayton, Jeffrey (American Bail Coalition)
Garcia, Robert (Self; Rio Grande Valley Families and Friends of Murdered Children)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Good, Ken (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Moore, Roger (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Porter, Kim (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
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On:
Alsdorf, Matthew (Self)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Harris, Chris (Self)
Hecht, Nathan (Texas Judicial Council)
Mergler, Mary (Texas appleseed)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Westfall, Mollee (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Keener, Justin (Self; Americans for Prosperity, Libre Initiative, Concerned Veterans for
America, Doug Deason)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Tipps, Mary (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Aguilar, Laura (Self)
Aguilar, Virginia (Self)
Anzaldua, Rene (Self; Hidalgo County Bail Bond Association)
Aregullin, Blanca (Self; Pbtx)
Bear, James (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee county district attorney)
Broniste, Taylor (Self)
Burns, John (Self)
Burns, Marianne (Self)
Burns, Shannon (Self)
Burns, Shaun (Self)
Burns, Shelby (Self)
Byrd, Debbie (Self; Ptbx)
Byrd, Michael (Self; Baail bond)
Canales, Ricardo (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Cantu -Flores, Claudia (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Carbajal, Michelle (Self)
Clark, James (Self)
Clark, Matt (Self)
Craft, Clint (Self)
Cruz, Steve (Self; Lone Star Bonding Harris Co)
Dixon, Joshua (Self)
Embrey, Christopher (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Farmer, Deborah (Self; Bail Bonds)
Flack, Joe (Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc.)
Forrest, Davie (Self)
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Against:
Fregia, David (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Gandy, Gage (Self; Pbtx)
Ganos, Latesia (Self; Discount and A1 Bail Bond)
Garcia, Luis (Self; Professional bondsmen of texas)
Garza, Elida (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Glawson, Shanna (Self)
Gomez, Irene (Self)
Gonzalez, Mario (Self)
Graham, Lisa (Self)
Grandmaison-Warren, Judy (Self)
Guerra, Nicole (Self)
Hammons, Cindy (Self)
Hatthron, Larry (Self)
Heck, Chad (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Hodnett, Camille (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Bankers Insurance Company)
Konnecke, Chris (Self)
Konnecke, Jolyn (Self)
Lilliman, Gale (Self; Gulf Coast Bail Bonds)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
McCleveland, Sharon (Set em Free)
Mccluskey, John (Self; Professional bondsman of TEXAS)
McRae, John (Self; McRae Bail Bonds)
Meeker, Glenn (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Montemayor, Irma (Self)
Montemayor, Victor (Self)
Negrete, Veronica (Self)
Nicklas, Clay (Self)
Oconnor, Michael (Self; Pbt)
Ortega, Rene (Self; Pbt)
Palomo, Dolores (Self)
Palomo, Mario (Self)
Palomo, Raul (Self)
Pena, Shannon (Self)
Pickens, Charlie (Self; Pbt)
Pickens III, Charlie (Self; PBT)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Qaddura, Jamal (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Rieper, Anthony (Self)
Rieper, Chantell (Self)
Rieper, Hayden (Self)
Rodriguez, Domingo (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Rodriguez sr., Domingo (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Salinas, Ramona (Self; PROFESSIONAL BONSDMEN OF TEXAS)
Santos, Daisy (None)
Schmidt, David (Self)
Schuder, Paul (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Smith, Ricky (Self)
Sondag, Jerry (Self; Conroe Insurance Agency)
Sondag, Steven (Self; Come and Train it K9)
Steirman, Patrick (Self)
Stephens, Tammy (Self; League City Bail Bonds)
Thomas, Bonnie (Self)
Tutor, Don (Self)
Vannerson, Rodney (Self)
Vaughn, Ray (Self; Pbt)
Vega, Juan (Self)
Villareal, Angela (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Villareal, Joseph (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Villarreal, Irene (Self; PBTX)
Villarreal, LeRoy (Self)
Walstad, Scott (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Webb, Melinda (Self)
Webb, Randy (Self)
Westmoreland, Davie (Self)
Whitlock, Michael (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Williams, Joseph (Lexington National Insurance corp.)
Woods, Kathleen (Self)
Wright, Bradley (Self)
Yenne, Jerilynn (Self; Brazoria County District Attorney)
Zamora, Hector (Self)
Zamora, Jimmy (Self)
Zavala, John (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
For:
Bunin, Alex (Self; Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Young, Michael (Bexar County Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chapman, Randall (Self)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
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For:
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
For:
Bunin, Alex (Self; Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Young, Michael (Bexar County Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
For:
Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berry, Traci (Goodwill Central Texas)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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For:
Allen, Kasey (Self)
Yezak, Gerald (Sheriff’s Association of Texas)
Against:
Adler, Randy (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Clayton, Jeffrey (American Bail Coalition)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Good, Ken (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Lozito, Michael (Bexar County)
Moore, Roger (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Porter, Kim (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Young, Michael (Bexar county texas)
On:
Alsdorf, Matthew (Self)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cohen, Derek (Right on Crime)
Deason, Doug (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Harris, Chris (Self)
Hecht, Nathan (Texas Judicial Council)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Mergler, Mary (Texas appleseed)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Westfall, Mollee (Self)
Wilbanks, Chad (Galveston County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allen, Jimmy (Self)
Allen, Lisa (Self)
Allen, Ricky (Self)
Allen, Sue (Self)
Against:
Aguilar, Laura (Self)
Aguilar, Virginia (Self)
Anzaldua, Rene (Self; Hidalgo County Bail Bond Association)
Aregullin, Blanca (Self; Pbtx)
Bear, James (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Broniste, Taylor (Self)
Burns, John (Self)
Burns, Marianne (Self)
Burns, Shannon (Self)
Burns, Shaun (Self)
Burns, Shelby (Self)
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Against:
Byrd, Debbie (Self; Ptbx)
Byrd, Michael (Self; Baail bond)
Canales, Ricardo (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Cantu -Flores, Claudia (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Carbajal, Michelle (Self)
Clark, James (Self)
Clark, Matt (Self)
Craft, Clint (Self)
Cruz, Steve (Self; Lone Star Bonding Harris Co)
Dixon, Joshua (Self)
Embrey, Christopher (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Farmer, Deborah (Self; Bail Bonds)
Flack, Joe (Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc.)
Forrest, Davie (Self)
Fregia, David (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Gandy, Gage (Self; Pbtx)
Ganos, Latesia (Self; Discount and A1 Bail Bond)
Garcia, Luis (Self; Professional bondsmen of texas)
Garza, Elida (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Glawson, Shanna (Self)
Gomez, Irene (Self)
Graham, Lisa (Self)
Grandmaison-Warren, Judy (Self)
Guerra, Nicole (Self)
Hammons, Cindy (Self)
Hatthron, Larry (Self)
Heck, Chad (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Hodnett, Camille (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Bankers Insurance Company)
Konnecke, Chris (Self)
Konnecke, Jolyn (Self)
Lilliman, Gale (Self; Gulf Coast Bail Bonds)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mccluskey, John (Self; Professional bondsman of TEXAS)
McRae, John (Self; McRae Bail Bonds)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Montemayor, Irma (Self)
Montemayor, Victor (Self)
Negrete, Veronica (Self)
Nicklas, Clay (Self)
Oconnor, Michael (Self; Pbt)
Ortega, Rene (Self; Pbt)
Palomo, Dolores (Self)
Palomo, Mario (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Palomo, Raul (Self)
Pena, Shannon (Self)
Pickens, Charlie (Self; Pbt)
Pickens III, Charlie (Self; PBT)
Qaddura, Jamal (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Rieper, Anthony (Self)
Rieper, Chantell (Self)
Rieper, Hayden (Self)
Rodriguez, Domingo (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Rodriguez sr., Domingo (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Salinas, Ramona (Self; PROFESSIONAL BONSDMEN OF TEXAS)
Santos, Daisy (None)
Schmidt, David (Self)
Schuder, Paul (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smith, Ricky (Self)
Sondag, Jerry (Self; Conroe Insurance Agency)
Sondag, Steven (Self; Come and Train it K9)
Steirman, Patrick (Self)
Stephens, Tammy (Self; League City Bail Bonds)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Tutor, Don (Self)
Vannerson, Rodney (Self)
Vaughn, Ray (Self; Pbt)
Vega, Juan (Self)
Villareal, Angela (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Villareal, Joseph (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Villarreal, Irene (Self; PBTX)
Villarreal, LeRoy (Self)
Webb, Melinda (Self)
Webb, Randy (Self)
Westmoreland, Davie (Self)
Whitlock, Michael (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Williams, Joseph (Lexington National Insurance Corp.)
Woods, Kathleen (Self)
Wright, Bradley (Self)
Zavala, John (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
On:
Keener, Justin (Self; Americans for Prosperity, Libre Initiative, Concerned Veterans for
America, Doug Deason)
For:
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
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For:
Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights)
Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alkire, Anna (Self)
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Belluomini, David (Self)
Coulson, Mark (Self)
Coulson, Sylvia (Self)
Hart, D'Ann (Self)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Jones, Ryan (Self)
Klentzman, Cynthia (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Postell, Aj (Self)
Rambo, Damon (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Against:
Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)
Price, Jennifer (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Buuck, Jeff (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Against:
Willson, Marilyn (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Against:
Esparza, Jaime (District Attorney, 34th District)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Council on Family Violence)
For:
Easton, Michael (Self)
Against:
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
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On:
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
On:
Buuck, Jeff (Texas Department of Public Safety)
For:
Cohen, Derek (Right on Crime)
Deason, Doug (Self)
Harris, Chris (Self; Just Liberty)
Holik, Haley (Texas public policy foundation)
Marzullo, Amanda (Texas Defender Service)
Ware, Mike (Innocence. Project of texas)
Against:
Beckworth, Elmer (Self; District attorney)
Roady, Jack (Self; Galveston county district attorney)
Sinclair, Natasha (Self; Harris County District Attorneys Office)
Stallings, Johna M (Harris County District Atty)
Wilson, Patrick (Ellis County District Attorney’s Office)
Yenne, Jerilynn (Self; Brazoria County District Attorney)
On:
Kepple, Robert (Texas district and county attorneys association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Keener, Justin (Self; Americans for Prosperity, Libre Initiative, Concerned Veterans for
America, Doug Deason)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Birdsong, Kent (Oldham County Attorneys Office)
Esparza, Jaime (Self; District Attorney, 34th District)
Gallego, Pete (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Ofc)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
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Against:
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association)
Hubert, John (Self; Kleberg and Kenedy Counties District Attorneys Office)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Ligon, Brett (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)
Moore, Margaret (Self; Travis County DA)
Owdley, Bruce (Afro American Police Officers League)
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney's Office)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association)
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Owdley, Bruce (Afro American Police Officers League)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
For:
Martin, Stephanie (Dallas County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Edwards, Carol (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Harmon, Micah (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Lutton, Christopher (San Antonio Police Department)
Owdley, Bruce (Afro American Police Officers League)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Martin, Stephanie (Dallas County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bunin, Alex (Self; Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mergler, Mary (Texas appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Cohen, Derek (Right on Crime)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Garcia, Robert (Self; Rio Grande Valley Families and Friends of Murdered Children)
Good, Ken (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Moore, Roger (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adler, Randy (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Aguilar, Laura (Self)
Aguilar, Virginia (Self)
Anzaldua, Rene (Self; Hidalgo County Bail Bond Association)
Aregullin, Blanca (Self; Pbtx)
Bear, James (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Broniste, Taylor (Self)
Burns, John (Self)
Burns, Marianne (Self)
Burns, Shannon (Self)
Burns, Shaun (Self)
Burns, Shelby (Self)
Byrd, Debbie (Self; Ptbx)
Byrd, Michael (Self; Baail bond)
Canales, Ricardo (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Cantu -Flores, Claudia (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Clark, James (Self)
Clark, Matt (Self)
Clayton, Jeffrey (American bail coalition)
Craft, Clint (Self)
Cruz, Steve (Self; Lone Star Bonding Harris Co)
Deason, Doug (Self)
Dixon, Joshua (Self)
Embrey, Christopher (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Farmer, Deborah (Self; Bail Bonds)
Flack, Joe (Financial Casualty and Surety, Inc.)
Forrest, Davie (Self)
Fregia, David (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Gandy, Gage (Self; Pbtx)
Ganos, Latesia (Self; Discount and A1 Bail Bond)
Garcia, Luis (Self; Professional bondsmen of texas)
Garza, Elida (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Glawson, Shanna (Self)
Gomez, Irene (Self)
Graham, Lisa (Self)
Grandmaison-Warren, Judy (Self)
Guerra, Nicole (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hammons, Cindy (Self)
Hatthron, Larry (Self)
Heck, Chad (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Hodnett, Camille (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Self; Americans for Prosperity, Libre Initiative, Concerned Veterans for
America, Doug Deason)
Kenderdine, Marshall (Bankers Insurance Company)
Konnecke, Chris (Self)
Konnecke, Jolyn (Self)
Lilliman, Gale (Self; Gulf Coast Bail Bonds)
Mccluskey, John (Self; Professional bondsman of TEXAS)
McRae, John (Self; McRae Bail Bonds)
Montemayor, Irma (Self)
Negrete, Veronica (Self)
Oconnor, Michael (Self; Pbt)
Ortega, Rene (Self; Pbt)
Palomo, Dolores (Self)
Palomo, Mario (Self)
Palomo, Raul (Self)
Pena, Shannon (Self)
Pickens, Charlie (Self; Pbt)
Pickens III, Charlie (Self; PBT)
Porter, Kim (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Qaddura, Jamal (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Rieper, Anthony (Self)
Rieper, Chantell (Self)
Rieper, Hayden (Self)
Rodriguez, Domingo (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Rodriguez sr., Domingo (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Salinas, Ramona (Self; PROFESSIONAL BONSDMEN OF TEXAS)
Santos, Daisy (None)
Schmidt, David (Self)
Schuder, Paul (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Smith, Ricky (Self)
Sondag, Jerry (Self; Conroe Insurance Agency)
Sondag, Steven (Self; Come and Train it K9)
Steirman, Patrick (Self)
Stephens, Tammy (Self; League City Bail Bonds)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Tutor, Don (Self)
Vannerson, Rodney (Self)
Vaughn, Jason (Self; Texas Young Republicans)
Vaughn, Ray (Self; Pbt)
Villareal, Angela (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Villareal, Joseph (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Villarreal, Irene (Self; PBTX)
Villarreal, LeRoy (Self)
Walstad, Scott (Self; Professional Bondsman of Texas)
Webb, Melinda (Self)
Webb, Randy (Self)
Westmoreland, Davie (Self)
Whitlock, Michael (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Williams, Joseph (Lexington National Insurance Corp.)
Woods, Kathleen (Self)
Wright, Bradley (Self)
Zavala, John (Self; Professional Bondsmen of Texas)
Against:
Carbajal, Michelle (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Montemayor, Victor (Self)
Vega, Juan (Self)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Texas Judicial Council)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
For:
Jones, Jessica (Self)
Lopez, John (Travis County District Attorney)
McCollough, W. Scott (Self)
Taylor, Jimmy (Houston Police Dept)
Against:
Harris, Chris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beckworth, Elmer (Self; Cherokee county district attorney)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)
For:
Creuzot, John (Self)
Garza, Cynthia (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lopez, John (Travis County District Attorney)
Ware, Mike (Innocence. Project of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Alcala, Elsa (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
For:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Hughes, Nicolas (Self; Harris County Public Defender's Office)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas department of public safety - crime lab)
Stout, Peter (Self; Texas association of crime lab directors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Owdley, Bruce (Afro American Police Officers League)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas department of public safety - crime lab)
Stout, Peter (Self; Texas association of crime lab directors)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Roady, Jack (Self; Galveston county district attorney)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)
For:
Messinger Matthews, Christie (Self)
Phenix, Steven (Self; The Refuge for DMST (Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, AKA The
Refuge Ranch)
Thomas, Bonnie (Self)
Webb, Jodie (Self; Colors Of Hope)
Wersonske, Amber (POETIC)
Against:
Derrick, Amy (Dallas County District Attorney)
Esparza, Jaime (Self; District Attorney, 34th District)
Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Ligon, Brett (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney)
Moore, Margaret (Self; Travis County District Attorneys Office)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
On:
Melton, Kirsta (Office of the Attorney General)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Against:
Birdsong, Kent (Oldham County Attorneys Office)
Gallego, Pete (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Ofc)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Henricksen, Christian (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)
Hubert, John (Self; Kleberg and Kenedy Counties District Attorneys Office)
Kazen, Philip (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney's Office)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wilson, Patrick (Ellis County District Attorney’s Office)
On:
Stallings, Johna M (Harris County District Atty)
For:
Moore, Les (Self; Irving police dept)
Schroeder, Chad (Irving Police Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police association)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
Keysor, Georgia (Self)
Owdley, Bruce (Afro American Police Officers League)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
On:
Preston, Terry (Texas Department Of Public Safety)
For:
Ahmed, Farha (Self)
Kuykendall, Rhonda (Self; Child Advocates of Fort Bend)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Hodges, Mike (Texas Press Association)
For:
Alcala, Elsa (Self; Texas Defender Service)
Hughes, Nicolas (Self; Harris County Public Defender's Office)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Sample, Maite (Self)
Ware, Mike (Innocence. Project of texas)
On:
Schonemann, Raoul (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Erschabek, Jennifer (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Gallego, Pete (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney’s Ofc)
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Henricksen, Christian (Bexar County District Attorney's Office)
Levin, Marc (Texas Public Policy Foundatiom)
Lippman, Susan (Self)
Mitchell, Kathleen (Just Liberty)
Oertel, Lauren (Self; Texas Inmate Families Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Against:
Birdsong, Kent (Oldham County Attorneys Office)
Hubert, John (Self; Kleberg & Kenedy Counties District Attorneys Office)
Sims, Randall (Self; 47th District Attorney's Office)
On:
Levin, Marc (TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Buuck, Jeff (Texas Department of Public Safety)
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