WITNESS LIST
County Affairs Committee
April 4, 2019 - 9:00 AM
County Jailer Training
On:
Cooper, Rodney (LaSalle Corrections)
Eason, Jay (Lasalle Corrections)
Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
For:
Meyers, Andy (Self; Fort Bend County)
Against:
Hartman, Fred (Self; Exas press associatiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Benavides, Sofia (Self; Cameron County)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
George, KP (Fort Bend County)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Pechukas, Robert (Self; Fort Bend County)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County Commissioners Court)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Short, Jim (Self; Fort bend county, texas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Berger, Mary (Self)
Day, Marie (Self)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
On:
Hoelscher, Jennie (OAG)
For:
Pechukas, Robert (Self; Fort Bend County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
George, KP (Fort Bend County)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Meyers, Andy (Self; Fort Bend County)
Na, Na (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Short, Jim (Self; Fort bend county, texas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bearden, Chase (Self; Coalition of Texans with disabilities)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)
On:
Kuntz, Jeremiah (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Thetford, Tim (Texas Association of Community Development Corporations)
For:
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Lowry, Lance (Texas Association of Taxpayers)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highway Heavy Branch)
Bosse, Fred (Webber, LLC)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)
Haggerty, Patrick (Self; Jobe concrete)
Hutchens, Mia (Texas Association of Business)
Parker, David (Texas Materials)
Snowden, Tara (Capitol Aggregates)
Van de Putte, Leticia (Martin Marietta)
Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
For:
Elam, Chris (Self; Fort Bend County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
George, KP (Fort Bend County)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Meyers, Andy (Self; Fort Bend County)
Na, Na (Self)
Pechukas, Robert (Self; Fort Bend County)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grace Jr., James (Houston First)
Harris, Ashley (United Way of Greater Houston)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Landin, Taylor (Greater Houston Partnership)
Lowry, Lance (Texas Association of Taxpayers)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Phinney, Chuck (Texas Division of Emergency Management)
For:
Griffin, B.D. (County Attorney office Montgomery County)
For:
Cantrell, Alexandra (Texas Council on Family Violence)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Klein, Inna (214th district court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bellino, Heather (Texas Advocacy Project)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Webb, Reilly (Office of the Governor)
For:
Kinzly, Mark (Texas Harm Reduction Alliance)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
On:
Troisi, Catherine (Uthealth)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Brahmaroutu, Ankita (Self; Texas Medical Association)
Byun, Jihyun (Self)
Chavez, Sandra (Austin Harm Reduction Coalition)
Gray, Emily (Self; Austin Harm Reduction Coalition)
Graziani, Cate (Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Humphrey, Cynthia (Self; Assoc of Substance Abuse Programs)
Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)
McCulloch, Darren (Integral Care C.A.R.E. Program)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Public Health)
Saltalamachia, Dana (Austin Harm Reduction Coalition/Integral Care)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Smith, Douglas (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Garcia, Imelda (Texas Department of State Health Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
DeMerchant, Ken (Fort Bend County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Steve (Self; Fort Bend Pets Alive)
Donahue, Laura (Self; Texas Humane Legislatiom Network)
Johnson, Aaron (Self)
Na, Na (Self)
Owen, Allen (Self)
Randolph, Ian (Animal Legal Defense Fund)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Fultz, Jon (Self; Grimes County, Texas)
Walker, Harry (Grimes County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Berger, Mary (Self)
Day, Marie (Self)
For:
Fenner, James (Self; Lavaca Hospital District)
Against:
Berger, Mary lee (Self; Lavaca county taxpayers group)
Day, Marie (Self; Taxpayers of district and self)
Spencer, Michael (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Willamson, Ray allen (Self; Lavaca county taxpayers)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Denney, Kyle (Self; Lavaca Hospital District)
Hobbs, Carl (Self; Lavaca Hospital District)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Reed, Kevin (Texas Organization Rural and CommunityHospitals)
Against:
Clark, Clarence (Self)
For:
Benavides, Sofia (Cameron County)
Garcia, David (Cameron County)
Guajardo, Esmeralda (Cameron County Public Health)
Vega, Paolina (Cameron County)
On:
Muñoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Against:
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Collins, Karen (Self)
Fountain, Sandra (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Sheldon, Robert (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Swann, Jennifer (Self)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Morrison, Richard (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Redford, Gayle (Self)
Redford, Rodney (Self)
Rodriguez, Jennifer (Harris County Commissioners Court, Precinct 2)
For:
DeMerchant, Ken (Fort Bend County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Steve (Self; Fort Bend Pets Alive)
Na, Na (Self)
Owen, Allen (Self)
Against:
Berger, Mary (Self)
On:
Garcia, Imelda (Texas Department of State Health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Rath, Diane (Alamo Area Council of Governments)
Stokes, John Austin (Concho Valley Council of Governments)
For:
Bland, Don (Self; Humane Society of Central Texas)
Deel, Dustin (Self; Weatherford / Parker County Animal Shelter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))
Deel, Jackie (Self; Self)
Donahue, Laura (Self; Texas Humane Legislatiom Network)
Johnson, Aaron (Self)
Moore, April (City of Austin)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Berger, Mary (Self)
Day, Marie (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Zito, Al (Self)
On:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garrett, Kevin (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)
Lowry, Lance (Texas Association of Taxpayers)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Wood, Brandon (Texas zcommission on Jail Standards)
For:
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Christensen, Laurie (Harris County Fire Marshal's Office)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Patterson, TJ (City of Fort Worth)
Shields, Bradford (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Chapman, Dan (Travis County Parks)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Collins, Karen (Self)
Fountain, Sandra (Self)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Swann, Jennifer (Self)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Vunderink, Gregg (Self)
For:
Villa, Omar (El Paso Co. Hospital Dist.- UMC El Paso)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
For:
DeMerchant, Ken (Fort Bend County)
George, KP (Fort Bend County)
Register, Bryan (Self)
Sopher, Veronica (Fort Bend ISD)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Brown, Steve (Convict Leasing and Labor Project)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Na, Na (Self)
Owen, Allen (Self)
Scamardo, Robert (Fort Bend ISD)
Short, Jim (Self; Fort bend county, texas)
Against:
Berger, Mary (Self)
Day, Marie (Self)
On:
Greenberg, Charlie (Health and Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Crystal (Steward Health Care)
Haley, Anthony (Baylor scott & white health)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Townsend, Linda (CHRISTUS Health)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone Star Chapter, Sierra Club)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
On:
Deitch, Michele (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Barnes, Chris (Sheriffs' Association of Texas)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Hansch, Greg (National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Texas)
Johnson, David (Self; Grassroots Leadership and Texas Advocates for Justice)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
On:
Garcia, Imelda (Texas Department of State Health Services)
For:
Wilcox, Jack (Ennis Regional Medical Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aseron, Adam (Adelanto Healthcare Ventures)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
DeBerry, Drew (Adelanto Health Care Ventures)
Haley, Anthony (Baylor scott & white health)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Milligan, Maureen (Teaching hospitals of texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Reed, Ender (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
Villareal, Gabriela (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Zito, Al (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cohen, Howard (Ivy Moore Morrison Heirs, Ltd.)
Moore, Phillip (Ivy Moore Morrison Heirs, Ltd.)
Against:
Day, Marie (Self)
For:
Durbin, John Brandon (Covenant health system)
Gilbert, Matt (Covenant Medical Center (Resource Only))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Dane, Jeffrey (Lubbock County Hospital District)
Hoppe, Christina (Children's hospital association of Texas (CHAT))
For:
Jackson, Brian (Parker County Hospital District)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)
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