WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 3, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
(SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING - New Offenses and Changed Penalties)
On:
Headley, Jeff (FCIC)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
DeAngelo, David (RaceTrac, Inc.)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Stewart, Susan (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Byrne, Victoria Lydia (Self)
Colangelo, Laura (Texas Private Schools Association)
Domenico, Astrid (Self)
Greene, Madeleine (TCCB)
Holtz, Robyn (Self)
Jordan, Travis (Self)
Rundlof, Dana (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Lawler, Erin (Self)
Nelson, Elizabeth (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Kilroy, Taylor (Texas Public Power Association)
On:
Myers, Ashley (Texas Association of Water Companies)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ali, Zanir (CPS Energy)
Austin, Duke (Quanta Services Inc)
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Harvey, Julia (Texas Electric Cooperatives)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jewell, Michael (Electric Transmission Texas, LLC)
Kaufman, Lisa (Atmos Energy)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Messer, Caroline (Self)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Posson, Amanda (Every Texan (formerly CPPP))
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Stinnett, Riley (CenterPoint Energy)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
For:
Carreon, Jennifer (Texas Appleseed)
Maksoud, Rylan (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
REYES, SARAH (Self; Texas Center for Justice & Equity)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Aguirre, April (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Against:
Gonzalez, David (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas DPS Crime Lab)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Sparks, Andrea (Not On Our Watch)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council On Family Violence)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
On:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
For:
Lopez, Kaden (Self; Texas Family Project)
Simmons, Deborah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
DeAngelo, David (RaceTrac, Inc.)
Warren, Jill (Electrify America)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Pope, Clay (Texas EV Alliance)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Mintz, David (Be A Blake Foundation)
Mitchell, Bryan (Dallas County Criminal District Attorney - John Creuzot)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Against:
Stewart, Susan (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Aguirre, April (Self)
Allen, Kayla (Galveston Co. District Attorney’s Office)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County DA)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Escobedo, Sylvia (Self)
Nelson, John (Self; Austin Police Department)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Vela, Victor (El Paso Municipal Police Officers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Gutierrez, Spencer (City of Sugar Land, Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Kaufman, Lisa (Bank of America)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)
Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase Holdings, LLC)
For:
Aguirre, April (Self)
Kahan, Andy (Self; Crime Stoppers Houston)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council On Family Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brooks, Ashley (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Carcerano, Eric (Self; Chambers County District Attorney)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Furlow, Philip Mack (Self; 106th Judicial District Attorney)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP#39)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
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