WITNESS LIST
S/C on Juvenile Justice Committee
March 26, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Berg, Larry (Self; City of Belton Police Department and Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Bert, Jeff (Texas police chiefs association and City of Tomball)
Against:
Martinez, Martin (Texas appleseed)
Rose, Lauren (Texas network of youth services)
Scott, Anita (Texas Home School Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blackburn, David (Bell County)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Chapel, Cooper (Self)
Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas AFT)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
McKay, Benjamin (Self)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
Ruffo, Isabella (Self)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
For:
Linares, Janelle (Harris County Commisioners Court)
Pratt, Zachery (Harris County Commissoners Court)
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County)
Sumpter, Greg (Self; Grayson county juvenile services and One Voice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Worley, Ross (Self; NETJCA)
On:
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
For:
Cantu, Dieter (Juvenile rights)
Locks, Carlies (Juvenile Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
For:
Caffee, Brandon (Self; Fannin county juvenile services)
Simpson, Melissa (Self; Bowie County Juvenile Probation Department)
Sumpter, Greg (Self; Grayson county juvenile services and One Voice)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Blackburn, David (Bell County)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Grever, Maya (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Worley, Ross (Self; NETJCA)
For:
Andrews, Jenny (Self; Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Beck Aguilera, Natalie (Self)
Bruce, Trish (Self; LifeWorks)
Harrison, Eric (Self)
Hernandez, Denise (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Johnson, Adrian (Self; TNOYS Young Adult Leadership Council)
Johnson, Trice (World youth foundation)
Moore, Adrian (TNOYS Young adult leadership council)
Mueller, Brandy (Self)
Pena, Lauren (Self)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & equity)
Rose, Lauren (Texas network of youth services)
Seals, Courtney (Self; Lifeworks austin)
Wallace, Bill (Self; Tomorrow's Promise Foundation)
On:
Caffee, Brandon (Self; Fannin county juvenile services)
Sumpter, Greg (Self; Grayson county juvenile services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Chavez, Courtney (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Harris, Dwight (Self; Texas AFT)
Martinez, Eric (Self; Mano Amiga)
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
O'Banion, Stephanie (United Ways of Texas)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Tomas, Ananda (Self; ACT 4 SA Action Fund)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Worley, Ross (Self; NETJCA)
On:
Anderson, Emily (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Carter, Shandra (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Gandy, Rachel (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
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