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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 2, 2017 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 630

                  FOR:

                                 Gravell, Bill  Judge (Justice of the Peace & Constable Association), Georgetown, TX

                                 Peterson, Randall  Researcher (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca  Executive Director (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Mitchell, Kathy  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

            SB 631

                  FOR:

                                 Gravell, Bill  Judge (Justice of the Peace & Constable Association), Georgetown, TX

            SB 1185

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Banks, Yannis   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Levin, Marc  (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Allen, Ray  Government Affairs Representative (Texas Probation Association), Austin, TX

                                 Cooper, Kevin  (RELX, Inc.), Austin, TX

                                 Erskine, Jack  (Explore Information Systems), Austin, TX

                                 Hutchinson, Chelsy  (Experian), Austin, TX

                                 Mays, Dan  (Consumer Data Industry Association), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Lesko, Mike  Assistant Director (Department of Public Safety), Austin, TX

                                 Slayton, David  Administrative Director (Office of Court Administration), Austin, TX

            SB 1314

                  FOR:

                                 Shumate, Kim  Clinical Services Director (El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department),

                                 El Pas, TX

                  ON:

                                 Martinez, Roger  Chief Juvenile Probation Officer (El Paso County Probation Department),

                                 El Paso, TX

                                 Singer, Kaci  Attorney (Texas Juvenile Justice Department), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allen, Ray  Government Affairs Representative (Texas Probation Association), Austin, TX

                                 Rose, Lauren  Director of Youth Justice Policy (Texans Care for Children), Austin, TX

                                 Russell, Claudia  Lobbyist (El Paso County), Austin, TX

                                 Thurston, James  Director of Policy (United Ways of Texas), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 2, 2017 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 1322

                  FOR:

                                 Hartman, Michael  Assistant District Attorney (Fort Bend District Attorney's Office),

                                 Richmond, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Frazier, Frederick  1st Vice President (Dallas Police Association), Dallas, TX

                                 Sanford, Tiana Jean  Assistant District Attorney (Montgomery County District Attorney),

                                 Conroe, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Place, Shea  Attorney (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), Austin, TX

            SB 1631

                  FOR:

                                 Cordeiro, Jon  Founder/Director (New Name Ministries), Willow Park, TX

                                 Jack, Daphine  Retired Parole Officer  (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Molnar, Mary Sue  Director (Texas Voices for Reason and Justice), San Antonio, TX

                                 Taylor, Philip   (Self), Dallas, TX

                  ON:

                                 Gutierrez, David  Chairman (Board of Pardons and Parole), Austin, TX

                                 Thielke, Pamela  Division Director (Texas Department of Criminal Justice Parole Division),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Boswell, Deborah   (Self), Round Rock, TX

                                 Jack, Lionel   (Self), Houston, TX

                                 Marand, Peter   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Place, Shea  Attorney (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Smith, Douglas  Policy Analyst (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Smith, Janice  Registered Nurse  (Self), Austin, TX

                                 Womack, Randel   (Self), Tyler, TX

                  ON:

                                 Maverick, Hans   (Self), Austin, TX

            SB 1649

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Clark, Mark  Executive Director (Houston Police Officers' Union), Houston, TX

                  ON:

                                 Graves, Jeffery  Associate Vice President Legal Affairs (University of Texas at Austin),

                                 Austin, TX

            SB 1790

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Mitchell, Kathy  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 2, 2017 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 1793

                  FOR:

                                 Jones, Chris  Training Coordinator (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas),

                                 Austin, TX

            SB 1822

                  FOR:

                                 Levin, Marc  (Texas Public Policy Foundation Center for Effective Justice), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon  (Texas District & County Attorneys Assn.), Austin, TX

            SB 1849

                  FOR:

                                 Harris, Chris   (Self), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Alexander, Dominique R.  President (NGAN), Dallas, TX

                                 Anderson, Gabriel  Chief of Staff (Next Generation Action Network), Garland, TX

                                 Banks, Yannis  (Texas NAACP), Austin, TX

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca  (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Cole, Kim T.  (Next Generation Action Network), Aubrey, TX

                                 Craven, Morgan  (Texas Appleseed), Austin, TX

                                 Hansch, Greg  Advocacy and Public Policy Director (National Alliance on Mental Illness

                                 (NAMI) Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Hudson, Nicholas  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Ingersoll, Deborah  (Texas State Troopers Association), Austin, TX

                                 Kelley, LaSondra   (Self), Dallas, TX

                                 Lewis, Kathryn  Attorney (Disability Rights Texas), Austin, TX

                                 McMahon, Sukyi  (Just Liberty), Austin, TX

                                 Mitchell, Kathy  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Moore, Chas  President (Austin Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Peterson, Randall  Researcher (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                                 Thurston, James  Director of Policy (United Ways of Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Woods, Austin F.  Founder (Black Lives Matter: Houston), Houston, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Meeker, Glenn  President (Professional Bondsmen of Texas), Sequin, TX

                                 Smith, Arianna  Counsel, Public Affairs (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of

                                 Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Walstad, Scott   (Self), Frisco, TX

                  ON:

                                 Gonzalez, Luis  Chief of Texas Highway Patrol (Department of Public Safety), Austin, TX

                                 Lewis, Lauren Lancefield  Deputy Associate Commission (Texas Health and Human

                                 Services Commission), Austin, TX

                                 Vickers, Kim  Executive Director (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 2, 2017 1:30 PM - or upon adjournment

            SB 1937

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Allison, Jim  General Counsel (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Gossom, Woodrow W.  Wichita County Judge (Wichita County), Wichita Falls, TX

                                 Thompson, Rick  Legislative Liaison  (Self; Texas Association of Counties), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Bernhardt, Rebecca  (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX