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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee

            March 6, 2019 - 8:00 AM

            HB 8

                 For:

                                 Baker, Lauren (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Black, Jenny (Self; SAFE Alliance)

                                 Davis, Delaney (Deeds Not Words)

                                 Gonzales, Juliana (Self; SAFE Alliance)

                                 Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)

                                 Masters, Bertha Lavinia (Self)

                                 Shahane, Rhea (Deeds Not Words)

                                 Zeko, Tatum (Deeds Not Words)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)

                                 Arrambide, Aimee (Self; Naral pro-choice)

                                 Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)

                                 Camacho, Priscilla (Dallas Regional Chamber)

                                 Carriker, Sarah (League of Women Voters)

                                 Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Davis, Wendy (Self; Deeds not words)

                                 DeFrates, Ana (Self; Survivor Justice Project)

                                 Dighe, Ashka (Deeds Not Words)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Gallego, Pete (Bexar County Criminal Dist Atty’s Ofc)

                                 Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)

                                 Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Jerwick, Sophie (Deeds Not Words)

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA)

                                 Jones, Chris (CLEAT)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Martin, Emily (Self)

                                 Ostrander, Rita (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Ott, Olivia (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Pantel, Jama (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Phan, Linda (Texas council on family violence)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Reyes, Andrea (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Rhodes, Terrence (Dallas Police Department)

                                 Rhodes, Terrence (Dallas Police Department)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Robinson, Deneen (Self; The Afiya Center)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Smith, Jamaal (Office of Mayor, City of Houston)

                                 Stephens, Stephanie (Nacogdoches County Attorney)

                                 Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)

                                 Wang, Jasmine (Self; NARAL Pro Choice Texas)

                                 Wilkison, Charley (National Latino Officers Association, Dallas CLEAT)

                 On:

                                 Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)

                                 Hearn, Skylor (DPS)

                                 Lesko, Michael (Texas DPS)

            HB 616

                 For:

                                 Black, Jenny (Self; SAFE Alliance)

                                 Jerwick, Sophie (Self; Deeds Not Words)

                                 Masters, Bertha Lavinia (Self)

                                 Shahane, Rhea (Deeds Not Words)

                                 Strandberg, Katherine (Self; TEXAS ASSOCIATION AGAINST SEXUAL ASSAULT)

                                 Zeko, Tatum (Deeds Not Words)

                 On:

                                 McCleskey, Gene (Office of Attorney General)

                                 Yoder, Katherine (Parkland Health & Hospital System)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 DeFrates, Ana (Self; Survivor Justice Project)

                                 Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)

                                 Giardino, Vincent (Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Green, Christina (Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas, Inc.)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Self)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Martin, Emily (Self)

                                 Ostrander, Rita (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Ott, Olivia (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Phan, Linda (Texas council on family violence)

                                 Piccola, Kyle (The Arc of Texas)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)

                                 Rhodes, Terrence (Dallas Police Department)

                                 Rocap, Blake (NARAL Pro-Choice Texas)

                                 Wang, Jasmine (Self; NARAL Pro Choice Texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)

                                 Lesko, Michael (Texas DPS)

            HB 785

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Smith, Lela (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)

            HB 971

                 For:

                                 Bridges, Jason (Self; Nacogdoches County Sheriff Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Johnson, Noel (TMPA)

                                 Louderback, AJ (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                                 Ostrander, Rita (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Stephens, Stephanie (Nacogdoches County Attorney)

                 On:

                                 Antu, Michael (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

            HB 979

                 For:

                                 Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)

                                 Ostrander, Rita (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)

                                 Stephens, Stephanie (Nacogdoches County Attorney)

                 On:

                                 Garcia, Lynn (Texas Forensic Science Commission)

                                 Lesko, Michael (Texas DPS)

            HB 1177

                 For:

                                 Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Hodges, Brad (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)

                                 Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas State Rifle Association)

                                 West, Walter (Self; Republican Party of Texas & its Members, Myself and Other Veterans)

                 Against:

                                 Wohleb, Steve (Texas Hospital Association)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Balkcom, Quint (Game Warden Peace Officer's Association)

                                 Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney’s Office)

                                 Collinson cooper, Stephanie (Self)

                                 Delosh, Justin (Self; Lone Star Gun Rights)

                                 Dorazio, Mark (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Glover, Jill (Self)

                                 Leo Wilson, Terri (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Parkinson, Thomas (Self)

                                 Robertson, Tanya (Self; Republican Party of Texas)

                                 Switzer, Gregory (Self)

                                 Woolsey, Chris (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Kelley, Karen (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)

                                 Longhurst, Joseph (Self)

                                 Thomson, Emma (Texas Gun Sense)

                 On:

                                 Hedtke, Amy (Self)

                                 Lucas, Lynette (Self)

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