WITNESS LIST
Corrections Committee
April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM
On:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Cassella, Chris (Texas Appleseed)
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bishop, Ann (TPEA)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Bernstein, Oliver (EdTrust in Texas)
Collier, Bryan (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)
McDivitt, Darren (Sunset Commission staff)
McDonnell, Timothy (Board of Pardons and Paroles)
O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)
For:
Ormsby, Jeff (Texas correctional employees council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Correctional Employees Council)
On:
Babcock, Mary (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
For:
Sepulveda morazan, Crystal (Self; Human trafficking leadership council of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Clark, Jason (TDCJ)
For:
Palmares, Jessie (Self; Prison Fellowship Ministries)
On:
Foster, Ron (TDLR)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase Holdings LLC)
On:
Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)
O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)
For:
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Choate, Jack (The Special Prosecution Unit)
Coleman, Lance (Texas Board of Criminal Justice)
For:
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E.)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Long, Wyvonne (Texas Board of Criminal Justice)
For:
Henry, Patti (Self; County and District Clerks Association of Tx)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
On:
Clayton, Bryant (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
Steffa, Ron (TDCJ)
For:
Gore, Deb (Self; Incarcerated Women’s Project)
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E.)
McDonald, Emily (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acheson, Xochitl (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Bernstein, Oliver (EdTrust in Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Fagan, Jennifer (Tecas Constructuon Association)
Fontaine, Courtney (Institute for Justice)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Heckmann, Kris (Doug Deason)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Jackson, Ross (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Kieschnick, Kelle (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
On:
Foster, Ron (TDLR)
Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)
For:
Stoops, Kate (The Arc of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
On:
Daigle, Scott (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Zamora, April (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
For:
Malouff, Charlie (Self; TX C.U.R.E.)
On:
Foster, Ron (TDLR)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
On:
Hartman, Kristina (Windham School District)
O'Banion, Robert (Windham School District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Holleman, Will (Texas Hospital Association)
Houston, Joshua (Caritas of Austin)
Ingram, Desiree (Texas Women's Healthcare Coalition)
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Evans, Michelle (Self)
On:
Cosby, Olivia (Health and Human Services Commission)
Zamora, April (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
For:
Dion, Shannon (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers)
Montenayor, Patricia (Self)
Against:
Martinez, Justin (Self; LatinoJustice PRLDEF)
On:
McDonnell, Timothy (Board of Pardons and Paroles)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for safety and justice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Taylor, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Toon, Jennifer (Self; Lioness Justice Impacted Women’s Alliance)
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