WITNESS LIST
Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee
March 20, 2019 - 8:00 AM
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Campbell, Augustus (West Houston Association)
Flores, Aurora (Texas Association of Counties)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Townsend, Trent (DRC Emergeny Services)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Winckler, Pete (Texas Community Association Advocates)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & THE TEXAS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)
For:
Bauknight, Jeff (Self)
DiLibero, William A (Coty of Port Lavaca)
Jimmy, Kendrick (Town of Fulton)
Mills, Burt (Self; Aransas county)
Rios, Patrick (City of Rockport)
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Zeller, Ben (Victoria county)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & THE TEXAS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Campbell, Augustus (West Houston Association)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Flores, Aurora (Texas Association of Counties)
Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt, Texas)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Mann, Fatima (Self; Community Advocacy and Healing Project)
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For:
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of Mayor)
Townsend, Trent (DRC Emergeny Services)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wisko, Mike (Texas fire chiefs. Association)
On:
Lagrond, Heather (Tx General Land Office)
For:
Dilibero, William (Cityof Port Lavaca)
Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt, Texas)
Kendrick, Jimmy (Town of Fulton)
Mills, Burt (Self; Aransas county)
Rios, Patrick (City of Rockport)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bauknight, Jeff (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Cain, Randy (City of Dallas)
Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)
Campbell, Augustus (West Houston Association)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Flores, Aurora (Texas Association of Counties)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Mann, Fatima (Self; Community Advocacy and Healing Project)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Townsend, Trent (DRC Emergeny Services)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wisko, Mike (Texas fire chiefs. Association)
Zeller, Ben (Victoria county)
On:
Adams, Chris (Health and Human Services Commission)
Kidd, Nim (TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & THE TEXAS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Self; Workers Defense Action Fund)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kuhlmann, Kate (FWD.us)
Lippincott, Elizabeth (Texas Border Coalition)
Menendez, Fatima (Maldef)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Torres, Sophie (San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Houston Police Officers Union)
For:
Brookshire, Abigail (Self)
Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
On:
Antu, Michael (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Andreson, Michelle (Self)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
Franklin, Allison (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
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For:
Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assn)
Garcia, Davis (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Harris, Chris (Self)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Mann, Fatima (Self; Community Advocacy and Healing Project)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)
Spanko, Audrey (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Brennan, Jim (Texas Coalition of Veterans Organizations)
Goodwin, Vikki (Self)
Nelson, Susan (Self)
Ross, Leesa (Self)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Against:
Alonso, Andrew (Self; Open carry texas)
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Legislative Director, Open Carry Texas)
Cox, Mike (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Tripp, Alice (Texas state rifle assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Donald (Austin Police Department)
Cates, Andrew (Texas Nurses Association)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Garcia, Davis (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hartman, Marilyn (Self; NAMI Austin)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Keller, Merily (Self; Texas Suicide Prevention Council)
Kunish, Eric (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness Austin Affiliate Advocacy Chair)
Kuykendall (pronounced: KUR-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Self)
Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)
Lowery, Ryan (Self)
McStay, Frank (Baylor Scott & White Health)
Person, Maria (Self)
Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Saxton, Josette (Texans Care for Children)
Scruggs, Ed (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Stewart, Kevin (Texas Psychological Association)
Thomson, Emma (Texas Gun Sense)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
King, Read (Self)
On:
Hearn, Skylor (DPS)
Mueller, Wayne (Department of Public Safety)
Sims, Chris (Texas DPS)
For:
Patterson, Jerry (Self)
Taylor, John (DFW Airport Police)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Legislative Director, Open Carry Texas)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Cain, Randy (City of Dallas)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Havard, Kristian (DFW Airport)
Hinkle, Ron (Texas Commercial Airports Association)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Person, Maria (Self)
Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Ross, Leesa (Self)
Scruggs, Ed (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Thomson, Emma (Texas Gun Sense)
Against:
King, Read (Self)
For:
Mann, Fatima (Self; Community Advocacy and Healing Project)
Sepulveda, Rhonda (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TDEM & EM Council)
Kidd, Nim (TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & THE TEXAS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Blackwell, Lisa (Self)
Campbell, Augustus (West Houston Association)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Edwards, Carol (Self)
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Fuentes, G. (Self)
Garcia, Davis (Self)
Gil, Gwen (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Hayden, Stephanie (City of Austin - Public Health department)
Kendrick, Jimmy (Fulton tx)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Person, Maria (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
Zeller, Ben (Texas Association of Counties)
On:
Adams, Chris (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Addison, Kellie (The Purple Door)
Carloni, Tina (Self)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Phan, Linda (Texas council on Family Violence)
Scott, David (Self; University of Texas at Tyler)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Grace Jr., James (Houston Area Women's Center)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Ross, Leesa (Self)
Scruggs, Ed (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Thomson, Emma (Texas Gun Sense)
On:
Antu, Michael (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Department of Public Safety)
For:
Elizalde, Pete (CLEAT Retiree Association, Vice President)
Jones, Chris (CLEAT)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Sims, Chris (Texas DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)
Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
On:
Moninger, Steve (Texas DPS)
For:
Lessman, Denny (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kuykendall (pronounced: KUR-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
Landry, Mitch (Texas municipal police assocition)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Legislative Director, Open Carry Texas)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Person, Maria (Self)
Price, Jennifer (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
On:
Nordloh, Chris (Texas dps)
Sims, Chris (Texas DPS)
On:
Garcia, Joe (Manufactured Housing Division, TDHCA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
On:
Thompson, Clint (TXDMV)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of Mayor)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sepulveda, Rhonda (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TDEM &EM COUNCIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Fredriksen, Amanda (AARP)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Hebert, Bryan (United Ways of Texas)
On:
Adams, Chris (Health and Human Services Commission)
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flores, Aurora (Texas Association of Counties)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
On:
Adams, Chris (Health and Human Services Commission)
For:
Cole, Celia (Feeding texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Sughrue, Alissa (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas , Inc.)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
On:
Adams, Chris (Texas Health and Human Services Commission)
Salter, Wayne (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Birdwell, Wes (Self; Texas floodplain management association)
On:
Brody, Sam (Texas A&M University)
Van de Putte,III, Henry (American Red Cross)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Dupnik, John (TWDB)
Hermitte, Sam Marie (Texas water development board)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas Trucking Association)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Schumann, Peyton (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)
Short, Jim (Self; National cutting horse association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garcia, Davis (Self)
Gilberg, Julie (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Guy, Linda (Self)
Person, Maria (Self)
Reinhardt, Michelle (Self)
Saslavsky, Elisa (Self)
Scruggs, Ed (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Department of Public Safety)
For:
Kendrick, Jimmy (Fulton tx)
Rios, Patrick (City of Rockport)
Sepulveda, Rhonda (Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Wisko, Mike (Texas fire chiefs. Association)
On:
Kidd, Nim (TEXAS DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & THE TEXAS
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COUNCIL)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fowler, Perry (Texas Water Infrastructure Network (TXWIN))
Laney, J Pete (State Firefighters' & Fire Marshals' Association)
Mann, Fatima (Self; Community Advocacy and Healing Project)
Roach, Kay (Town of Woodsboro, Refugio County Texas)
Townsend, Trent (DRC Emergeny Services)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Yarbrough, Brian (Texas EMS Trauma & Acute Care Foundation)
On:
Nail, Shack (ERS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Oney, Tom (Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA))
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
DeMerchant, Ken (Fort Bend County)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cain, Randy (City of Dallas)
Eckstein, Deece (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Franco, Brie (City of Austin)
NA, NA (Self)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx Department of Public Safety)
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