WITNESS LIST

            Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee

            March 24, 2015 - 8:00 AM

            HB 12

                 For:

                                 Aliseda, Jose (Self; Border Prosecution Unit)

                                 Esparza, Jaime (Border Prosecution unit)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ahlschwede, Tonya (Self)

                                 Garcia, Carlos (79th Judicial District Attorney's Office)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self)

                 On:

                                 Krampitz, Tom (Border Prosecution Unit)

            HB 172

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Lewis, Wesley (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights)

                                 Sieli, Tony (Self)

                                 Slaton, Vicki (Self; CWA, SREC SD2)

                 Against:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Dallas Police Assoc.)

                                 McNamara, Patrick (San Antonio Police Department)

            HB 278

                 Against:

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                                 Sieli, Tony (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Carlos (79th Judicial District Attorney's Office)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

            HB 284

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                                 Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Smith, Raymond (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Panzer, Jonathan (Self; Texas Gun Sense)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 White, Nobie (Self)

                 On:

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

            HB 308

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Lainez, Alexandria (Self; Texas Carry)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)

                 Against:

                                 Bean-Williams, Gloria (Texas Health Care Association)

                                 Chimene, Grace (Self; League of women voters of Texas)

                                 Ford, Jamie (Self; Moms Demand Action)

                                 Golden, Nicole (Self; Moms demand action)

                                 Horton, Daryl (Self; Baptist Ministers' Union of Austin and Vicinity)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Knee, Stanley (Self; Seton healthcare family)

                                 McBeath, Don (Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals)

                                 Moore, Joseph (Self)

                                 Oliveri, Rosalie (Self; Moms demand action for gun sense in America)

                                 Raben, Harvey (Self; Congregation Agudas Achim Austin Tx)

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

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                 Against:

                                 Ross, Heather (Self)

                                 Schenkkan, Frances (Self; Texas gun sense)

                 On:

                                 Birbeck, Dan (Dallas County Hospital District dba Parkland Hospital)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                                 Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Sieli, Tony (Self)

                                 Smith, Raymond (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Beck, Steve (Covenant Health)

                                 Burg, Shana (Self)

                                 Caballero, Leticia (HMG Healthcare, LLC)

                                 Carreiro, Misty (St catherine of siena catholic church)

                                 Dodd, Rachel (Self)

                                 Eckstein, Kathy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Flores, Rebecca (Texas School Alliance)

                                 Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)

                                 Hollins, Jeffrey (Self; Baptist Ministers Union Austin and vacinity)

                                 Horton, Shalonda (Self)

                                 Husain, Sarwat (CAIR San Antonio)

                                 Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT (American Federation of Teachers))

                                 Milligan, Maureen (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)

                                 Pierre, Heidi N (Self)

                                 Pintchovski, Susan (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense)

                                 Posey, Dan (Baylor Scott & White Health)

                                 Prince, Derek (Self)

                                 Seeger, Debbie (Self; Corpus Christi ISD)

                                 Smith, Andrew (University Health System)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

                                 Tirmizi, Sadia (Self)

                                 Weinrich, Elizabeth (Self; Texas Catholic Conference)

                                 White, Nobie (Self)

                                 Wright, Arthur (Self; United im Christ)

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            HB 872

                 For:

                                 Cuellar, Martin (Webb County Sheriff's Office)

                                 Garza, Fred (Webb County Sheriff's Office)

                 On:

                                 Vickers, Kim (Texas Commission on Law Enforcement)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

            HB 905

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Lainez, Alexandria (Self; Texas Carry)

                                 Lewis, Wesley (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                                 Perez, Noe (Self)

                                 Rathner, Todd (Self; Knife Rights)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cargill, Michael (Self)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                 Against:

                                 McNamara, Patrick (City Of San Antonio/ San Antonio Police Department)

            HB 1190

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Carlos (79th Judicial District Attorney's Office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Adams, Laramie (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)

                                 Marquis, Gary (Self; Texas Attorney General Officers Association)

                                 Pacheco, Micahel (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Walsh, Blair (Texas apartment association)

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            HB 1285

                 For:

                                 Greene, Cary (Self; Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)

                                 Trevino, Alan (Self; Texas Association of Licensed Investigators)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Delmer, Shade (Self; HGPS Security, C15720)

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Lehman, Jjohn (Self; Private security industry)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                                 Oakley, Keith (Associated Security Services and Investigators of the State of Texas (ASSIST)    

                                 And The Texas Association of Licensed Investigators (TALI))

                                 Rush, Dwayne (Self)

                 On:

                                 Bowie, RenEarl (Texas department of public safety)

            HB 1376

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                 Against:

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

            HB 1381

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 Against:

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighter Association)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                 Against:

                                 McLaurin, Kaleb (Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association)

                                 Mills, Buddy (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

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                 On:

                                 Hatch, Brent (Texas Department of Insurance - RESOURCE ONLY)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance- RESOURCE ONLY)

            HB 1388

                 For:

                                 Torres, Rafael (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                 Against:

                                 Reagan, David (Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Risk Pool)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Alvarado, Aidan (Laredo Fire Fighters Association)

                                 Crow, David (Arlington Professional Fire Fighters)

                                 Dailey, Sean (Self; Houston Professional Firefighters Association)

                                 Delanghe, Wayne (Self)

                                 Deshields, Glenn (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Martinez, Mike (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)

                                 McAnally, Katherine (Self)

                                 Moreno, Randy (Self; Austin Firefighters Association)

                                 Riddle, John (Conroe Professional Fire Fighters)

                                 Trubee, Glenn (Lake Travis Firefighters Association IAFF Local 4117)

                                 Villarreal, Johnny (Houston professional fire fighters local 341)

                 Against:

                                 Mueller, Laura (Texas Municipal League)

                                 Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties Risk Management Pool)

                 On:

                                 Hatch, Brent (Texas Department of Insurance - RESOURCE ONLY)

                                 Lee, Amy (Texas Department of Insurance - RESOURCE ONLY)

            HB 1417

                 For:

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

            HB 1425

                 For:

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

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

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Against:

                                 Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Elkin, Bill (Houston Police Retired Officers Association)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                                 Mills, Buddy (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County)

                                 Thompson, Rick (Texas Association of Counties)

                                 Warndof, Donna (Harris County)

            HB 1509

                 For:

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Self; Open Carry Texas)

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Frazier, Frederick (Self; Law enforcement)

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 King, Read (Self)

                                 Pacheco, Micahel (Texas Farm Bureau)

                                 Tripp, Alice (Texas State Rifle Association)

                 On:

                                 Diggs, William (Texas DPS)

            HB 1832

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 Against:

                                 Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Vollbrecht, Stephen (State Office of Risk Management)

            HB 2037

                 For:

                                 Sinclair, David (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)

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                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 ABBOTT, JAMES (Self; Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)

                                 Adcock, Everett (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)

                                 Alvarez, Mike (Texas Attorney General Assoc)

                                 Anderson, Jason (Self; Texas Attorney Generals Peace Officers Association)

                                 Arredondo, Claudia (Texas Office of Attorney General)

                                 Arredondo, Ricardo (Self; Texas office of attorney general peace officers ass.)

                                 Behrens, Ross (Self; Texas Attorney General Peace OfficerAssociation)

                                 Broekhuizen, Edwin (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)

                                 Cabrera, Erik (Texas attorney general peace officer assosication)

                                 Cadwell, Joseph (Self; TAGPOA)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 DeRohn, Robert (Texas Attorney General Police Association)

                                 Gallegos, Javier (Self; Texas attorney general police officer organization)

                                 Gauthier, Laurent (Self; Tagpoa)

                                 Gonzalez, Raul (Texas Attorney General 's Peace Officers Association)

                                 Green, John (Texas Attorney General Peace Officers Association)

                                 Griffith, Patricia (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)

                                 Haby, Rustin (Self; Texas attorney general peace officers association)

                                 Hernandez, Robert (Texas Attorney General's Office Peace Officers Association)

                                 Hilboldt, Lannes (Self; Texas attorney general peace officers association)

                                 Howell, Dave (Texas Attorney General Police Association)

                                 Jackson, Stormye (Texas attorney general peace officer ass.)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Keesey, John (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)

                                 Koch, Bruce (Texas Attorney General Peace Officers Assoc)

                                 LaFuente, Pete (Self; TAGPOA)

                                 Lanfear, Clinton (Texas Attorney General's Peace Officer Assoc)

                                 Lee, Samantha (Self; Tagpoa)

                                 Meadors, Jerry (Self; Texas attorney general peace officers association)

                                 Pearce, Matt (Self; TAGPOA)

                                 Polansky, Landrah (Self; Tx attorney general peace officer association)

                                 Ramos, Dalia (Texas Attorney General Police Association)

                                 Reid, John (Self; Texas attorney general peace officer association)

                                 Reiser, Brandon (Texas Attorney General Police Officer Assoc.)

                                 Ried, Steve (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer's Assoc)

                                 Rodgers, Blane (Self; TAGPOA)

                                 Rubio, Wayne (Self)

                                 Sanchez, Jaime (Self; Texas Attorney General Peace Officer Association)

                                 Schneemann, John (Self; TAGPOA)

                                 Smirl, Cody (Self; Texas Attorney General Peace Officers Association TAGPOA)

                                 Smith, Junius (Texas attorney general peace officer assoc)

                                 Soefje, Jeanette (Self; TAG POA)

                                 St. James, Les (Self; TAG POA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Sunley, Robert (Texas Attorney General Peace Officer's Assoc)

                 Against:

                                 Polansky, Landrah (Self; Tagpoa)

                 On:

                                 Cary, Katherine (Office of the Attorney General)

            HB 2135

                 For:

                                 Mills, Buddy (Sheriffs Association of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

            HB 2208

                 For:

                                 Czajkoski, Nicole (Montgomery County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Harris, J. R. (Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector's Office)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; TACA of Texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 McRae, Tammy (Self; Montgomery County)

                                 Reed, Charles (Dallas County)

            HB 2216

                 For:

                                 Barry, Joshua (Self)

                                 Barry, Karin (Self)

                                 Briscoe, Richard (Open Carry Texas)

                                 Ligon, Katharine (Center for public policy priorities)

                                 Switzer, Gyl (Mental Health America of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Suarez, Angie (Texas DPS)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Francis, Will (National association of social workers - texas chapter)

                                 Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)

                                 Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights, Texas)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                                 Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 On:

                                 Garren, Cheryl (Dps)

                                 Muse, MD, Nina Jo (Department of State Health Services)

                                 Peters, Joe (DPS)

                                 Sullivan, Charlotte (Department of State Health Services)

            HB 2241

                 For:

                                 Cantrell, Josh (Self)

                                 Kieschnick, Kevin (Self; Nueces County Tax Assessor Collector)

                                 Sands, Kara (Office of the Nueces County Clerk)

                 Against:

                                 Malone, Rachel (Self; Texas Firearms Freedom)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Ragsdale, Peggy (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Freeman, Leland (Self)

            HB 2272

                 For:

                                 Buckley, Michael (Brazos county sheriff office)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                                 Mills, Buddy (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

                                 O'Connor, T. Michael (Sheriff's Association of Texas)

            HB 2290

                 For:

                                 Stafford, Tonya (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Eckstein, Kathy (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)

                                 Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)

                                 Noble, Shannon (Texas Counseling Association)

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 2376

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)

                 On:

                                 Thurlkill, Jason (Legislative Budget Board)

            HB 2477

                 On:

                                 Coleman, Ron (Texas deptartment of public safety)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 Against:

                                 Moreno, Celina (MALDEF)

                                 Simpson, Matt (ACLU of Texas)

                 On:

                                 Peters, Joe (Department of public safety)

            HB 2604

                 For:

                                 Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (Self; 79th District Attorney)

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