WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 14, 2023 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
DeForest, Denise (Self)
Hogland, Jessica (Self)
Smith, Jett (Self; Erath County District Attorney’s Office)
Todd, Brandi (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deforest, James (Self)
Escribano, Joe (Self)
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis county constable pct3)
Hogland, Johnie (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kohlrr, David (Self)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis County Constable Pct.3)
Kohler, David (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aragonez, Alexa (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Anthes, Gene (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association)
Habern, Bill (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association)
Malouff, Charlie (Texas C.U.R.E.)
O’Neil, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association)
On:
Chin, Rebecca (State Counsel For Offenders)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Tillman, Calvin (Self)
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis county constable pct3)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kohler, David (Self)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wood, Justin (Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Reno, Josh (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Davenport, Jed (Self; Tom green county community supervision and corrections dept)
Gladstone, Sheila (Lloyd gosselink law firm)
Martinez, Alyson (Texas Probation Association)
May, Dr. Teresa (Harris County CSCD and Texas Probatiion Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Lewis, Mary (Williamson County Sheriff’s Office)
Reed, Dallas (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Sweet, Gary (Texas municipal police officers association TMPA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis county constable pct3)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kohlrt, David (Self)
Mack, Wayne (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Against:
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis county constable pct3)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kohlrt, David (Self)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Stout, David (Self; El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Appleseed)
DeMorris, Colt (Self)
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Mack, Wayne (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Medina, Rosie (Self; El Paso County and the Texas Association of Specialty Courts)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County, Texas)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Medina, Rosie (Self; El paso county jpo and tasc)
Medrano, Sam (Self; El paso county and the 409th district court)
Phillips, Larry (Texas Association of Specialty Courts)
Pratt, Zachery (Harris County Juvenile Probation Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
DeMorris, Colt (Self)
Greer Francis, Allison (CHCS)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County, Texas)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Abrams, Aerin (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Hargis, Bradley (Capital Area Private Defender Service)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commissiom)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells)
Chenelle, Rebekah (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Mack, Wayne (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
For:
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Escribano, Jose (Self; Travis county constable pct3)
Flores, Esmeralda (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Hodges, Gerald (City of Grand Prairie)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kohlrt, David (Self)
Ortiz, Carlos (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Ellis, Jason (Self)
Putman, Jacob (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Stanart, Gail (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Been, Terri (Self)
Dickerson, Jessica (Texas Prisons Community Advocates)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation, Right on Crime)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cobb, Scott (Self; Texas Moratorium Network)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)
Morris, Joe (Texas Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Yisrael, Ben (Center for Justice Research)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Bryant, Pamela (Crime Survivor For Safety and Justice)
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Perez, Ma Lisa (Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation, Right on Crime)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Walton, Tracie (Self; Statewide Leadership Council)
Watson, Clarence (Self; Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice)
On:
Schaffner, Russell (Tarrant County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Henderson, Dr. Howard (The Center for Justice Research)
Hodge, Daniel (Alliance for Safety & Justice)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Sheetz, Samuel (Self; Americans for prosperity)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Borchardt, Lindy (Phil Sorrells)
For:
Appel, Louis (Self; Texas Pediatric Society, Texas Medical Association, People's Community
Clinic)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Francis, Will (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biundo, Jennifer (Healthy Futures of Texas)
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Dryden, Sara (Self)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Johnson, Lauren (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Kundanmal, Naveen (Self)
Lanagan, Lindsay (Legacy Community Health)
Lopez, Carisa (Self; Texas Freedom Network)
Mares, Bryan (Self)
Martinez, Ricardo (Self; EQTX Equality Texas)
Strandberg, Katherine (Every Body Texas)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Wood, Justin (Self)
Against:
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values Action)
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)
For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Phillips, Larry (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carranza, Susana (Self)
Carreon, Jennifer (Self; Texas Appleseed)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Jennings, Sarah Mae (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Place, Shea (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Soberon, Luis (Texas 2036)
Tucker, Terra (Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Against:
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
For:
Clark, Phillip (Dallas County District Attorney's Office)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Jessica (Houston Police Department)
Gonzalez, Julio (Dallas Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Mills, Buddy (Self; Sheriff Association of Texas)
Parnell, James (Self; Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
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