WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 11, 2025 - 10:30 AM
Against:
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP #39)
Ortiz, Carlos (SanAntonioPolice Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Biehl, Beverly (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
For:
Billingsley, Melanie (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Galvan, Lyssette (NAMI Texas)
Oliver, Chance (Self)
On:
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biehl, Beverly (Self)
Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Simpson, Jennie (Health and Human Services Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biehl, Beverly (Self)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Gradford, Judy (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Hunt, Peter (Self)
Keener, Justin (Doug Deason)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Colson, Faith (Self)
Flatt, Bryan (TMPA)
Greene, Madeleine (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Neidert, Kelly (Self; Texas Coalition for Kids)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Andrews, Jenny (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Brock, Alison (Texas Association of School Boards)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP #39)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Ortiz, Carlos (SanAntonioPolice Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Resendez, Christina (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Biehl, Beverly (Self)
For:
DeBerry, Trish (Centro San Antonio)
Haines, Nicholas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Biehl, Beverly (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP #39)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (SanAntonioPolice Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Against:
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
For:
Salazar, Javier (Self; Bexar County Sheriff)
Against:
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Zapata, Mandi (Self; Texas Civil Rights Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies’ Organization FOP #39)
Kibbe, Scot (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Ortiz, Carlos (SanAntonioPolice Officers Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
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)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
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