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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Mass Violence Prevention & Community Safety, Select Committee

            January 9, 2020 - 9:00 AM (MST)

            (1) Enforcement of current laws prevent transfer of firearms to felons

                 On:

                                 Arriola, Jaime (Jaime Arriola for Congress)

                                 Arriola, Meghan (Self)

                                 Beaven, Persis (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)

                                 Cover, Antonia Okafor (Gun Owners of America)

                                 Garcia, Anne Mama (Self)

                                 Gordon, Maria (Self)

                                 Lopez, Laura (Self)

                                 Ortega, Roberto (Self)

                                 Rivera, Reynaldo (Self)

                                 Vera, Greg (Self)

            (2) Reporting criminal history to state and federal databases

                 On:

                                 Arriola, Jaime (Jaime Arriola for Congress)

                                 Cover, Antonia Okafor (Gun Owners of America)

                                 Garcia, Anne Mama (Self)

                                 Gordon, Maria (Self)

                                 Lopez, Laura (Self)

            (3) Digital media/technology in collaboration law enforcement

                 On:

                                 Cover, Antonia Okafor (Gun Owners of America)

                                 Garcia, Anne (Self)

                                 Gordon, Maria (Self)

                                 Hatch, Bethany (Self)

                                 Krueger, Kenneth (Self)

            (4) Workforce needs cybersecurity, mental health, law enforcement

                 On:

                                 Cover, Antonia Okafor (Gun Owners of America)

                                 French, Randall (Self)

                                 Garcia, Anne (Self)

                                 Gordon, Maria (Self)

                                 Peinado, James (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 York, Ruth (Self; Tea Party Patriots of Eastland County)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Revtyak, Kathryn (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

            (5) Extreme risk indicators used to identify potential threats

                 On:

                                 Arriola, Jaime (Jaime Arriola for Congress)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Burton, David (Socorro Police Dept.)

                                 Cassady, Carol (Self)

                                 Chayer, David (Center Against Sexual & Family Violence)

                                 Cover, Antonia Okafor (Gun Owners of America)

                                 Eno Louden, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Esparza, Jaime (District Attorney, 34th Judicial District)

                                 Flores, Robert (EP County Sheriff)

                                 Garcia, Anne (Self)

                                 Gordon, Maria (Self)

                                 Hayes, Richard (Self)

                                 Hearn, Sklyor (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)

                                 Hernandez, Alexandra (Self)

                                 Hradek, Michael (Self)

                                 Lopez, Laura (Self)

                                 McCraw, Steve (Texas Dept. of Public Safety)

                                 Peinado, James (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Penn, Joseph (Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians)

                                 Saenz, Selina (El Paso County Attorney's Office)

                                 Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights - Texas)

                                 Swearer, Amy (Self; Heritage Foundation)

                                 Tyroch, Alan (Self; Texas Medical Association)

                                 Williams, Jeoff (Texas DPS)

                                 Yost, Chris (Self; Open Carry Texas: El Paso)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Aguero, Anthony (Aguero for Congress)

                                 Rangel, Marcella (Self)

                                 Revtyak, Kathryn (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

            Testimony from directly impacted by mass violence on August 3, 2019

                 On:

                                 Burguete, Jean (Self)

                                 Burton, David (Socorro Police Dept.)

                                 Calderwood, Scott (El Paso County 911 District)

                                 Chayer, David (Center Against Sexual & Family Violence)

                                 Eno Louden, Jennifer (Self)

                                 Esparza, Jaime (District Attorney, 34th Judicial District)

                                 Flores, Robert (El Paso Co. Sheriff's Office)

                                 Gonzalez Garcia, Maria Magdalena (Self)

                                 Gordon, Maria (Self)

                                 Grady, Michael (Michelle Grady)

                                 Margo, Dee (City of El Paso)

                                 McCraw, Steve (Texas DPS)

                                 Saenz, Selina (El Paso County Attorney's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Stout, David (County of El Paso, Texas)

                                 Tyroch, Alan (Self; Texas Medical Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Benavides, Bertha Patricia (Self)

                                 Cintron, R. Jacob (Self; El Paso County Hospital District)

                                 Luna, Jacklin (Self)

            Welcome remarks

                 On:

                                 Wilson, Heather (UTEP)

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