WITNESS LIST
Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
April 8, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Saunders, Teri (Self)
Woolley, JR (JPCA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Heatly, J. Staley (Self; Wilbarger County Attorney’s Office)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jordan, Chad (Self; JPCA of Texas)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Ligon, Brett (Self; Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County Attorney's Office)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
For:
Hubert, John (Self; Kleberg and Kenedy County District Attorney Office)
Against:
Maksoud, Rylan (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Christianna (Self; True texas project)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Texas County Judges and Commissioners Assc.)
Frye, Kirk (Parmer County Commissioner)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Colwell, Clayton (Self)
Gao, Charles (Self)
Against:
Covey, Jonathan (Texas Values)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bier, Marti (Self)
Burks, Jeremy (Self)
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Crowley, Jamaal (Self)
Deboer, Andy (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Etheredge, Jon (Self)
Evans, Brian (Self)
Fiedler, Levi (Self)
Fierro Perez, Rocio (Self)
Garcia, Amanda (Self)
Garry, August (Self)
Gillespie, Kevin (Self)
Hale, Angela (Self)
Hendrickson, Andrew (Self; ACLU of Texas)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johannessen, DeeJay (The HELP Center for LGBT Health)
Kelly, Bill (Office of Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare)
Laeky, Miriam (Self; Equality Texas)
Luthy, Laura (Self)
Maksoud, Rylan (Self)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
McClendon, Katie (Self)
Mcjunkins, Phillip (Self)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Miller, Heather (Self)
Miller, Laura (Self)
Miller, Nico (Self)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Nguyen, Jennifer (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Pruett, Kay (Self)
R, Sameeha (Self)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Rogers, Carrie (City of Austin)
Santana, Osmara (Self)
Sayde, Rox (Self)
Schaffer, Shannon (Self)
Slaymaker, Erika (Self)
Slaymaker, Erika (Self)
Story, Dale (Self)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (Self; El Paso County)
Taylor, Beth (Self)
Thompson, Stephanie (Self)
Valdez, Jessica (Self)
VanKoughnett, Paul (Self)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Witt, Emily (Self)
Wood, Justin (Self)
Young, Shannon (Self)
Against:
Brown, James (Self; True Texas Project)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forun)
Castle, Mary Elizabeth (Texas Values)
Fordinal, Ashley (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True Texas Project)
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
For:
Gray, Brady (Self; Texas Family Project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Stephenson, Larry (Self)
Stephenson, Robin (Self)
Against:
Coppock, Brandon (Self; Forgiven Felons)
Gladden, Richard (Self)
Gumm, Jay Dan (Self; Forgiven Felons)
Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices for Reason and Justice)
On:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brown, Christianna (Self; True texas project)
Brown, Elaina (Self; True texas project)
Brown, James (Self; True Texas Project)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forun)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True Texas Project)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Sparks, Andrea (Not On Our Watch)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Hendrickson, Sven (Self)
Ingersoll, Deborah (Self)
Jones, Brenda (Self)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Sliter, James (Self)
Ulrey, Wanda (Self)
On:
Vickery, Bobbie (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas)
On:
Nichols, Janet (DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jordan, Chad (Self; Hood County Constable, Pct. 4)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Orozco, Michael (Self; Dallas County Constable Pct 5)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Rogers, Carrie (City of Austin)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Bussey, Faith (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Harris, Chris (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Guillen, Jason (Harris County Sheriff)
Against:
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
On:
Nichols, Janet (DPS)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jordan, Chad (Self; Hood County Constable Pct. 4)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Orozco, Michael (Self; Dallas County Constable Pct 5)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Against:
Brown, Elaina (Self; True texas project)
Brown, James (Self; True Texas Project)
Bussey, Faith (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Deboer, Andy (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True Texas Project)
Harris, Chris (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
For:
Zientek, Dan (Self; Humble police department)
On:
Mills, Brady (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Engler, Tracy (Self; Tapeit)
Mata, Katy (Self; San marcos police department)
Sanders, Joshua (Houston Forensic Science Center)
Against:
Brown, Elaina (Self; True texas project)
Brown, James (Self; True Texas Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Franklin, Shelia (Self; True Texas Project)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
For:
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Henning, Lori (Texas Association of Goodwills)
Maksoud, Rylan (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Jordan, Chad (Self; JPCA of Texas)
Suits, Stacy (Self; Travis County Constable Pct 3)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Against:
Maksoud, Rylan (Self; Texas Fair Defense Project)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cunningham, Ron (Self; Texas County Judges and Commissioners Assc.)
Freeman, Becky (Self; County Treasurers Association of Texas)
Frye, Kirk (Parmer County Commissioner)
Hawkins, Gayla (County Treasurers Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
McCoy, Leigh (County Treasurers Assoc of Texas)
Mccullough, Becky (CTAT)
Medrano, Pauline (Self)
Monk, Leann (Self)
Ortiz, Oscar (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Soldan, Tracy (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Turner, Brittni (County Treasurer’s Assoc. of Texas)
Welch, Darla (Self; Texas County Treasurer’s Association of Texas)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
For:
Orozco, Michael (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constable Association)
Powell, Jim (Self)
Woolley, J.R. (Self; Justices ofnthe Peace and Constables Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Heatly, J. Staley (Self; Wilbarger County Attorney’s Office)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Jordan, Chad (Self; JPCA of Texas)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Deputies' Organization FOP #39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
McCoy, Leigh (County Treasurers Assoc of Texas)
Monk, Leann (Self)
Mudge, Jennifer (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Soldan, Tracy (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
For:
Busse, Christine (NAMI Texas)
Harrison, Kimberly (Self)
Jaquette, Shannon (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Against:
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
On:
Wolff, Benjamin (Office of Capital and Forensic Writs)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Green, Shelton (Fellowship Southwest)
Henry, Elizabeth (Texas Coalition for Healthy Minds, RecoveryPeople)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
Johnson, Lee (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Litzler, John (Baptist General Convention of Texas Christian Life Commission)
Malik, Natasha (Texas Appleseed)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
Ott, Angela (Disability Rights Texas)
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Watson, Robert (Texas Impact)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Gutierrez, Alfredo (Self; Gutierrez family)
Gutierrez, Lupita (Self)
Hanover, Michael (Self; Harris County District Attorney's Offfice)
Latham, Sasha (Self; Harris County Sheriffs Office)
Tharp, Jennifer (Self; Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
Against:
Place, Allen (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Mintz, David (Be A Blake Foundation)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Sanders, Joshua (Houston Forensic Science Center)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Castillo, Alycia (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
For:
Pustilnik, Stephen (Self)
Against:
Hilderbran, Harvey (Texas Funeral Directors Association)
Stephens, Ryan (Texas Funeral Directors Association/Legacy Funeral Group)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Maksoud, Rylan (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bohnert, Henry (Self)
Bohnert, Richard (Self)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Brown, Elaina (Self; True texas project)
Brown, James (Self; True Texas Project)
Carruth, Kyle (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Evans, Michelle (Self)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners of America)
McNutt, Chris (Self; Texas Gun Rights)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Reagan, Charlene (Self; True texas project)
Rhodes, Fran (Self; True texas project)
Treat, Brita (Self)
Treat, Mark (Self)
Against:
Cohen, Sarah (Self)
Harris, Chris (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Mitchell, Kathy (Self; Equity Action)
For:
Smetzer, TJ (Addison Police Department)
Against:
Bussey, Faith (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carroll, Nathan (Houston Police Department)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP#39)
Kivela, Anthony (Self; HPROA)
Mintz, David (Be A Blake Foundation)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Associatiom)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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