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                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 18, 2017 3:00 PM - or upon adjournment

            HB 9

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Giardino, Vincent  Assistant Criminal District Attorney (Tarrant County District Attorney's

                                 Office), Fort Worth, TX

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

                                 Austin, TX

            HB 240

                  FOR:

                                 Anderson, Jessica  Lieutenant (Houston Police Department), Houston, TX

                                 Caruthers, James   (Self), Houston, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian  Sheriff (Sheriffs' Association of Texas + Chambers County), Baytown,

                                 TX

            HB 245

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Baggett, Dennis  Executive Vice President (Texas Press Association), Austin, TX

                                 Brock, Allison  Policy Analyst (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition), Austin, TX

                                 Hensch, Greg  Public Policy Director (National alliance on mental illness), Austin, TX

                                 Houston, Joshua  General Counsel (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

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

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

                  ON:

                                 McFarland, Adrienne  Deputy for Criminal Justice (Texas Attorney General's Office),

                                 Austin, TX

            HB 281

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Giardino, Vincent  Assistant Criminal District Attorney (Tarrant County District Attorney's

                                 Office), Fort Worth, TX

                                 Houston, Joshua  General Counsel (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

                                 Kaisan, Citris  Public Policy Director (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault), Austin,

                                 TX

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

                                 Tittle, Gary  Assistant Chief of Police (Dallas Police Department), Dallas, TX

                                 Wood, Justin  Assistant District Attorney (Travis County District Attorney), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Hearn, Skylor  Assistant Director (Texas Department of Public Safety), Austin, TX

            HB 297

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Landry, Mitch  Deputy Executive Director (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin,

                                 TX

            HB 298

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Dahill, John B  General Counsel (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

            HB 322

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Cohen, Derek  Deputy Director (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

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


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 18, 2017 3:00 PM - or upon adjournment

            HB 351

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Gerrick, Emily  (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Holik, Haley  Policy Analyst (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

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

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

                  ON:

                                 Slayton, David  Executive Director (Texas Judicial Council), Austin, TX

            HB 681

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

            HB 683

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Johnson, Noel  Government Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

            HB 913

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Anderson, Jessica  Lieutenant (Houston Police Department), Houston, TX

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

                                 Johnson, Noel  Government Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

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

                                 Ozuna, Jesse  Assistant Director, Government Affairs (Mayor's Office, City of Houston),

                                 Houston, TX

            HB 978

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Shackelford, Wesley  Deputy Director/Special Counsel (Texas Indigent Defense

                                 Commission), Austin, TX

            HB 1204

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Holik, Haley  Policy Analyst (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

                                 Quiros, Ron  Chief Juv. Probation Officer (Guadalupe County Juvenile Services), Seguin,

                                 TX

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

                  ON:

                                 Beck, Carolyn  Governmental Relations (Texas Juvenile Justice Department), Austin, TX

            HB 1266

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Giardino, Vincent  Assistant Criminal District Attorney (Tarrant County District Attorney's

                                 Office), Fort Worth, TX

            HB 1424

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian  Sheriff (Sheriff of Chambers County), Baytown, TX

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

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Landry, Mitch  Deputy Executive Director (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Solis, Eddie  (City of Arlington), Arlington, TX

                                 Turner, Robert  Consultant (Texas Poultry Federation), Voss, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 18, 2017 3:00 PM - or upon adjournment

            HB 1503

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian  Sheriff (Sheriffs' Association of Texas + Chambers County), Baytown,

                                 TX

                  ON:

                                 Prather, Heidi  Program Supervisor (Department of Public Safety), Austin, TX

            HB 1507

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

                  ON:

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

            HB 1521

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

                  ON:

                                 Emerson, Debra  Director (Department of Family and Protective Services), Austin, TX

            HB 1643

                  FOR:

                                 Winegarner, Josh  Director of Government Relations (Texas Cattle Feeders Association),

                                 Amarillo, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Fendrick, Catherine   (Self), Austin, TX

                                 M'Geary, Judith  Executive Director  (Self; Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance), Cameron,

                                 TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Acevedd, Florian  Director of Government Relation (Anadarko Petroleum), Austin, TX

                                 Casey, Stan  Government Relations (Concho resources), Austin, TX

                                 Fuchs, Jeremy  Director of public affairs (Texas and southwestern cattle raisers association),

                                 Austin, TX

                                 Hinkle, Dan  (Association of Energy Service Companies), Sugar Land, TX

                                 Landry, Mitch  Deputy Executive Director (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin,

                                 TX

                                 Lawson, Richard  (Chevron), Austin, TX

                                 Miller, Lindsey  Director of Government Affairs (TIPRO), Austin, TX

                                 Ruckel, Mari  VP (TXOGA), Austin, TX

                                 Sellers, Tom  Regional Manager (Conoco Phillips), Austin, TX

                                 Shepperd, Ben  President (Permian Basin Petroleum Association), Midland, TX

                                 Stevens, Bill  Consultant (TX Alliance of Energy Producers), Austin, TX

                                 Sutton, Cody  GR Manager (Shell Oil Company), Houston, TX

                                 Thompson, Matthew  MGR, Government Affairs (Apache Corporation), Houston, TX

                                 Troxclair, Caleb  Lobbyist (Parsley Energy), Austin, TX

                                 Williams, Julie  State Government Affairs (Chevron), Austin, TX

                                 Winbron, Jason  Vice President (AT&T), Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

                                 Albornoz, Sari  Grow Local Program Director (Sustainable Food Center), Austin, TX

                                 Reed, Cyrus  (Sierra Club, Lone Star Chapter), San Antonio, TX

                                 Scoggin, Bay  Director (Texas Public Interest Research Group), Austin, TX

                                 Shannon, Kelley  Executive Director (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas),

                                 Austin, TX

                  Providing written testimony:

                  AGAINST:

                                 Metzger, Luke  Director (Environment Texas), Austin, TX


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 18, 2017 3:00 PM - or upon adjournment

            HB 1727

                  FOR:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian  Sheriff (Sheriff of Chambers County), Baytown, TX

            HB 1884

                  AGAINST:

                                 Gerrick, Emily  (Texas Fair Defense Project), Austin, TX

                                 Schneider, Robin  Executive Director (Texas Campaign for the Environment), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Booth, Michael  (Texas heritage protection), Austin, TX

                                 Corbitt, Maia  (Texans for Clean Water), Austin, TX

            HB 1935

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Postell, Amos   (Self), Kyle, TX

                                 Rathner, Tood  Director of Legislative Affairs (Knife Rights), Tucson, AZ

            HB 1999

                  ON:

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

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

            HB 2529

                  ON:

                                 Melton, Kirsta  Assistant Attorney General (Office of the Attorney General), Austin, TX

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Houston, Joshua  General Counsel (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

            HB 2619

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian  Sheriff (Sheriff of Chambers County), Baytown, TX

                                 Hensch, Greg  Public Policy Director (National alliance on mental illness), Austin, TX

                                 Johnson, Noel  Government Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

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

                                 Austin, TX

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

                                 Switzer, Gyl  Public Policy Director (Mental Health America of Texas), Austin, TX

            HB 2804

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Jumeal, Alexandre  (Texas Association of Business), Austin, TX

                                 Landry, Mitch  Deputy Executive Director (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin,

                                 TX

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

                                 Texas), Austin, TX

                  ON:

                                 Huss, Jon  Interim Associate Commissioner (Texas Department of State Health Services),

                                 Austin, TX

            HB 2812

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Gillaspy, John-Michael  President (Security Officer's Brotherhood), Harker heights, TX

            HB 2880

                  ON:

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


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 18, 2017 3:00 PM - or upon adjournment

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Embney, Ty  (City of Garland), Austin, TX

            HB 2888

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

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

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

            HB 2908

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

                                 Hart, Tom  City Manager (City of Grand Praire), Grand Praire, TX

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

                                 Johnson, Noel  Government Affairs (Texas Municipal Police Association), Austin, TX

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

                                 Austin, TX

                  AGAINST:

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

                  ON:

                                 Grigsby, Gretchen  Government Relations Director (Texas Commission on Law

                                 Enforcement), Austin, TX

            HB 3019

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Hawthorne, Brian  Sheriff (Sheriff of Chambers County), Baytown, TX

                                 Hensch, Greg  Public Policy Director (National alliance on mental illness), Austin, TX

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

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

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

                                 Texas), Austin, TX

                                 Switzer, Gyl  Public Policy Director (Mental Health America of Texas), Austin, TX

            HB 3069

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Cohen, Derek  Deputy Director (Texas Public Policy Foundation), Austin, TX

            HB 3402

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Womack, Daniel  Director of Government Affairs (Dow Chemical), Austin, TX

            HB 3690

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  ON:

                                 Cain, Camille  Executive Director (Governor's Office), Austin, TX

            HB 3705

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

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

                                 Dahill, John B  General Counsel (Texas Conference of Urban Counties), Austin, TX

            HB 4102

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Houston, Joshua  General Counsel (Texas Impact), Austin, TX

                                 Kaiser, Chris  Staff Attorney (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault), Austin, TX

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


                                                                              WITNESS LIST

            Criminal Justice

            May 18, 2017 3:00 PM - or upon adjournment

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

                                 Texas), Austin, TX

            HB 4147

                  Registering, but not testifying:

                  FOR:

                                 Krykendall, Deanna  Lobbyist (TX Municipal Courts Association), Austin, TX

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