WITNESS LIST
S/C on Juvenile Justice Committee
April 7, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Freelan, Amnisty (Self)
Hammond, Bill (Self)
Henneke, Elizabeth (Self; Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Rotramel, Charles (Self; Houston reVision)
Thomas, Nydia (Lone Star Justice Alliance)
Against:
Caffee, Brandon (Self; Fannin County Juvenile Services & One Voice Committee)
Wolfe, Kirk (Wichita County Juvenile Probation Department)
On:
Barton, Joe (Randall county Juvenile Probation Department)
Bishop, Stephen (The Annie E.Casey Foundation)
Carter, Shandra (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Levin, Marc (Council on Criminal Justice)
Medina, Rosie (Self; El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department)
Wheless, Cyndi (Self; Collin county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Kimball, Mandi (Children at Risk)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
Page, Stefanie (Texas Pediatric Society)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Ramirez, Rebecca (The National Association of Social Workers- Texas Chapter)
Rose, Lauren (TNOYS)
Soto, Mark (Self; Saint Hedwig Marshal’s Office)
Against:
Gans, Alex (Hempyre)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies Organization #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
On:
Guajardo, Daniel (Office of Inspector General Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Singer, Kaci (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Caffee, Brandon (Self; Fannin County Juvenile Services & One Voice Committee)
Garcia, Linda Y (Self; El Paso County)
Wolfe, Kirk (Wichita County Juvenile Probation Department)
Against:
Castaneda, Ruben (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Freelan, Amnisty (Self)
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
Petchenik, Molly (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Reyes, Sarah (Self; Texas center for justice & Equity)
Valdez, Valentino (Self)
On:
Barton, Joe (Randall county Juvenile Probation Department)
Wheless, Cyndi (Self; Collin county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Medina, Rosie (Self; El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Soto, Mark (Self; Saint Hedwig Marshal’s Office)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Against:
Elizabeth, Mary (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Gans, Alex (Hempyre)
Hammond, Bill (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Ochoa, Phillip (Self)
Perales, Jennifer (Self)
Rose, Lauren (TNOYS)
On:
Carter, Shandra (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Choate, Jack (The Special Prosecution Unit)
Grove, Sean (Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Guajardo, Daniel (Office of Inspector General Texas Juvenile Justice Department)
Whitley, Thomas (Self)
Zamora, April (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)
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