WITNESS LIST
Juvenile Justice & Family Issues Committee
March 8, 2017 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
McMullen, Stuart (Self; Americans for Parental Equality)
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Against:
Bradshaw, Charla (Texas family law foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Callen, Aaron (Self)
Fletcher, Niki (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values)
Kim, Alexander (Self)
McDonald, Tony (Self)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Against:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas family law foundation)
Busby, William (Self)
For:
Callen, Aaron (Self)
Davis, Kristi (Self)
Fletcher, Niki (Self)
Hudgens, Nicole (Self; Texas Values)
Kim, Alexander (Self)
Morgan, Jeffrey (Self)
Saenz, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Sharpe, Shelby (Self)
Against:
Bradshaw, Charla (Texas family law foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Asmussen, Cindy (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
Bradford, Trayce (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
McDonald, Tony (Self)
Newman, Jeremy (Self; Texas home school coalition)
Wood, Cecilia (Self; Center for the Preservation of American Ideals)
Against:
Bevel, Mary Kate (Self)
Bresnen, Steve (Texas family law foundation)
Busby, William (Self)
Gidseg, Joey (Self)
Hopkins, Brittany (Self)
Stevens, Haley (Self)
For:
Aylor, Candace (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Calderon, Christopher (Self)
Freeman, Kathryn (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)
Haug, Stephanie (Texas PTA)
Holik, Haley (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Kooy, Elizabeth (Self)
Linder, Lindsey (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Mathews, Stacey (Self)
Merfish, Brett (Texas appleseed)
Moore, Chas (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Mueller, Brandy (Self; Judge criminal court)
Newhouse, Lexus'Kiyra (Self)
Previti Austin, Daphne (Self; 289th District Court)
Rose, Lauren (Texans Care for Children)
Turowski, Sarah (Self; Texas Association of School Resource Officers)
On:
Quiros (keyrose), Ron (Guadalupe County Juvenile Services)
Quiros (Keyrose), Ron (Self; Texas Probation Association and Guadalupe County Juv
Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Bedecarre, Kathryn (Austin justice coalition)
Bevel, Mary Kate (Self)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Borinstein, Hetty (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Bresette, Patrick (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Bresnen, Steve (Self)
Budde, Barbara (Self)
Cook, Margaret "Peggy" (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Deason, Doug (Self)
Dewitt, Cathy (Texas Association of Business)
Fay-Stindt, Zoe (Self)
Fennell, Nathan (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Austin justice coalition)
Gutierrez, Rebecca (Self)
Hanna, Mark (Texas Society For Clinical Social Work)
Hansch, Greg (Self; National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hopkins, Brittany (Self)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johnson, Lauren (Self)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kirby, Holly (Grassroots Leadership)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Lynch, Paul (Self)
McMahon, Sukyi (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
McPeters, Pamela (TexProtects (Texas Association for the Protection of Children))
Mitchell, Kathy (Self)
Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Oertel, Lauren (Self)
Olson, Kym (Texas Network of Youth Services)
Privitera, Lori (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Rosales-Elkins, Deborah (Self; Nami texas)
Stevens, Haley (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental healthy america of texas)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
Williams, Kemisha (Self)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
On:
Deitch, Michele (Self)
Meyer, Mike (Texas juvenile justice department--available to provide infirmation on the fiscal
impact of bill only if needed.)
Singer, Kaci (Texas Juvenile Justice Department -testify as resource only if needed)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
King, Heather (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas family law foundation)
Gerrick, Emily (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Gerrick, Emily (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Wardian, Gary (Self)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
For:
Aristondo aragon, Eduardo (Self)
Evans, Marcela (Self; Human Rights Initiative of North Texas)
Hazlett, Megan (Self; American Immigration Lawyers Association)
Minnaar, Alexandra (Self; Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services
(RAICES))
Rosenberg, Rebecca (Self; Austin Region Justice for Our Neighbors)
Velasquez, Daniel (Self)
On:
Kemp, Pamela (DFPS)
Steglich, Elissa (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
Barillas, Dr. Katherine (One Voice Texas)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Gonzalez, Ana (Worker Defesense Project)
Hudson, Nicholas (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Kimberly, Knox (Upbring)
Kolly, Faye (Self; AILA)
Moreno, Celina (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF))
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Against:
Baxa, Jim (Self)
On:
Bresnen, Steve (Texas family law foundation)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
King, Heather (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Horne, Emily (Self; Texas Right to Life)
Against:
Asmuseen, Cindy (Self)
Bradford, Traycd (Self)
Busby, William (Self)
Hodges, Dana (Self)
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