WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
March 25, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
On:
Simmons, Deborah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
For:
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Keele, Danny (Texas Police Chiefs Assosciation)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Soto, Renzo (TechNet)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
For:
Oswald, Janna (Self; Harris County District Attorney’s Office)
Willis, Summer (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
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For:
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Against:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Keele, Danny (Texas Police Chiefs Assosciation)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
For:
Hart, David (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
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For:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Pressley, Nikki (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Tucker, Terra (Self; Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Smith, James (San Antonio Police Department)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
On:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
For:
Gharakhanian, Stephanie (Travis County District Attorney’s Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Tucker, Terra (Self; Alliance for Safety and Justice)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attornry John Creuzot)
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Keele, Danny (Texas Police Chiefs Assosciation)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
For:
Hardin, Kenneth (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
On:
Ehlers, Scott (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
For:
Hartman, Lea (Self)
Rush, Cailey (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Keele, Danny (Texas Police Chiefs Assosciation)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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For:
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Against:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Sacks, Michelle (Street Grace)
On:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Berel-Harrop, Sarah (Self)
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Easley, Jennifer (Texas PTA)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP # 39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attornry John Creuzot)
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
On:
Burks, Brody (Office of the Attorney General)
Dillard, Annabelle (Department of State Health Services)
Meredith, Amy (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Derrick, Amy (Dallas County District Attorney)
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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For:
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Against:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
For:
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Munsch, Philip (Self)
Munsch, Tabitha (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Sydney (Self; Not on Our Watch Texas)
Battaglia, Stephanie (Texas CASA)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Cunningham, Josshua (Self)
Grandstaff, Susan (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Johnson, Joyelle (Self)
Jones, Chris (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Keele, Danny (Texas Police Chiefs Assosciation)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Morales, Carmen (Self)
Munsch, Julie (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Salter, Jason (Self; Montg Co District Attorneys Office)
Smith, Christopher (Self)
Strehler, Lynda (Self)
Strehler, Robert (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Against:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
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For:
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attornry John Creuzot)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Mica, Tara (Texas State Rifle Association)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
For:
Ligon, Brett (Montgomery County District Attorneys Office)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization #39)
Lawrence, Lauren (Phil Sorrells - Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attornry John Creuzot)
Wright, Andrew (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
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