WITNESS LIST
Community Safety, Select Committee
March 21, 2023 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Breed, Robin (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Bursey, Molly (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Landers, Cilicia (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Nodolf, Laura (Self; MIDLAND COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Ragsdale, Heidi (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Rana, Ambreen (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Texas Chapter)
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
West, Sarah (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
For:
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cser, Jeremy (Self)
Elmore, Jason (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Nobis, Tom (Self; The Republican Party of Texas)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Wilkerson, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
On:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
For:
Sanders, Stephen (Self)
On:
Tomasetti, Louis (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Brannon, Samuel (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
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For:
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
Lluveras, Lauren (Texas Council on Family Violence)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
On:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Farris, Michelle (TX dept public safety)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Against:
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Eby French, Emily (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Ehresman, Katya (Common Cause Texas)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Mills, Amber (Self; MOVE Texas Action Fund)
Mueller, Robert (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
On:
Adkins, Christina (Texas Secretary of State)
Davis, Chris (Texas Assoc. of Elections Administrators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Elizabeth (Self)
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Elmore, Jason (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
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For:
Jordan, Steven (Self)
Nobis, Tom (Self; The Republican Party of Texas)
Reagan, Charlene (Self)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Wilkerson, Cheryl (Self)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Breed, Robin (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Bursey, Molly (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Flores-DuMond, Iliana (Children's Defense Fund of Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hendrickson, Andrew (ACLU of Texas)
Hoskins, Marc (Disability Rights Texas)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Landers, Cilicia (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rana, Ambreen (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Texas Chapter)
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Stern, Maggie (Children's Defense Fund - Texas)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Weinberg, David (Brennan Center For Justice)
West, Sarah (Self; Moms Demand Action)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety - Resource Witness for all bills registered.)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
For:
Brannon, Samuel (Self)
Delgado, Christina (Self)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Saval, Maureen (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Against:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cser, Jeremy (Self)
Elmore, Jason (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Jordan, Steven (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Against:
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cser, Jeremy (Self)
Elmore, Jason (Self)
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For:
Glass, Tom (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Jordan, Steven (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Chennell, Libby (Self; Texas Moms Making Decisions)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Leahy, Francesca (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans care for children)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
On:
Ashworth- Mazerolle, Rachel (Health and Human Services Commission)
Van Buskirk, Lindsey (DFPS resource only)
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cser, Jeremy (Self)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Elmore, Jason (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
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For:
Rising, Greg (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
On:
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
For:
Baig, Saami (Self)
Bedi, Tishya (Self; Daya Houston)
Breed, Robin (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Lopez, Carlos (Self)
Sanders, Stephen (Self)
Against:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Walker, Edwin (Self)
On:
Egger, Shelli (Self; Texas Legal Services Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bates, Georgia (Self; Giffords)
Brannon, Samuel (Self)
Bursey, Molly (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Carmona, Gordy (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cross, Clarice (Self)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Kamath, Nevin (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Landers, Cilicia (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Lluveras, Lauren (Texas Council on Family Violence)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Ragsdale, Heidi (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Rana, Ambreen (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Texas Chapter)
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For:
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walsh, Caroline (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
West, Sarah (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cser, Jeremy (Self)
Elmore, Jason (Self)
Glass, Tom (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
For:
Brannon, Samuel (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Ross, Leesa (Self; Lock Arms for Life)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety - Resource Witness for all bills registered.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Borel, Dennis (Self; Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Dryden, Sara (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Jones, Katherine (Self)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Lopez, Carlos (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
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For:
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Walsh, Caroline (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
For:
Brannon, Samuel (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
LaSorte, Darren (National Shooting Sports Foundation)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bates, Georgia (Self; Giffords)
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Breed, Robin (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Bursey, Molly (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Carmona, Gordy (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ragsdale, Heidi (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Rana, Ambreen (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Texas Chapter)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
West, Sarah (Self; Moms Demand Action)
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Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Landers, Cilicia (Self; Moms Demand Action)
On:
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
For:
Gambill, Lauren (Self; Texas Medical Association and Texas Pediatric Society)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Sanders, Stephen (Self)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Hoefler, Randall (Self; North Texas Conservatives)
Mostert, Michelle (Self)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Self; Gun Owners of America)
On:
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration / Executive Director Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Brannon, Samuel (Self)
Carranza, Susana (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Dryden, Sara (Self)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Jones, Katherine (Self)
Khot, Sharwin (Self)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
Landry, Mitch (Texas Municipal Police Association)
Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Walsh, Caroline (Self)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Woomer, Eric (Federation of Texas Psychiatry)
Against:
Ballew, Denise (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Burden, Brandon (Self; North Texas Conservatives)
Giles, Laura (Self)
Ibe, Natalie (Self)
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Against:
Kontareva, Milena (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Preston, Tad (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Wilkerson, Cheryl (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
On:
Gipson, Sheri (Tx DPS)
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety - Resource Witness for all bills registered.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Rising, Greg (Self)
On:
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Blocker, Trey (Self; Texans for Ammo)
Bullock, Michael (Austin Police Association)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Against:
Cser, Jeremy (Self)
On:
Ballew, Jessica (Department of Public Safety)
LaSorte, Darren (National Shooting Sports Foundation)
Nash, David (Self)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballarta, Erwin (Texas Police Association)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Cohen, Derek (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Ransdell, James (Self)
Riley, Jim (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Carmona, Gordy (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kostka, Dash (Self)
Mueller, Robert (Self)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
On:
Ballew, Jessica (Chief of Infrastructure Operations TXDPS)
Rinehart, Rick (Self)
For:
Ross, Leesa (Self; Lock Arms for Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Carmona, Gordy (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Texas Gun Sense)
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Guy, Linda (Self)
Kizer, Kathryn (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rising, Greg (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Torres Yañez, Claudia (Self; Moms Demand Action TX Chapter)
Against:
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
On:
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
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