WITNESS LIST
Youth Health & Safety, Select Committee
April 3, 2023 - 2:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Findley, Abigail (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gilliam, Lance (Self)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Meza, Patricia (Self)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas public charter schools association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Fleck, Jennifer (Self; Texas education 911)
On:
Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Terry, James (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Craven, Morgan (Self; IDRA - Intercultural Development Research Association)
Decker, Cindy (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Findley, Abigail (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Fleck, Jennifer (Self; Texas education 911)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Sanders, Jolene (Self; Coalition of texans with disabilities)
On:
Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Scott, Anita (Texas Homeschool Coalition)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas AFL-CIO)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Fleck, Jennifer (Self; Texas education 911)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Spiller, Lee (Citizens Commission on Human Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Findley, Abigail (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fleck, Jennifer (Self; Texas education 911)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Hayes, Aaryce (Disability Rights Texas)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas Public Charter Schools Association)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
For:
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
On:
Bernstein, Jamie (Children’s Commission)
Hofmann, Rob (Texas Children’s Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Findley, Abigail (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Travis, Clayton (Texas Pediatric Society)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Ortiz, Hector (Dept Family Protective Services)
For:
Brown, Andrew (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Ross, Leesa (Self; Lock Arms for Life)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas public charter schools association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Watson, Robert (Self; Texas Impact)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
On:
Fleck, Jennifer (Self; Texas education 911)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Duran, Paul (North East ISD)
Maika, Sean (North East ISD)
On:
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas public charter schools association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attornet Jihn Creuzot)
Against:
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
For:
Carroll, Angel (Measure)
Decker, Cindy (Self)
Kongdara, Somprathana (Self; Asian Texans for Justice)
On:
Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Crockett, Sarah (Texas CASA)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Findley, Abigail (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Fleck, Jennifer (Self; Texas education 911)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Preddy, Jordan (Self)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sparks, Andrea (Buckner International)
Trevino, Taylor (Self)
Tuff, Alisha (IDRA)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Findley, Abigail (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Galligher, Duane (Adsociation of Substance Abuse Programs of Texas)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Isett, Carl (Self; Texas Council of Community Centers)
Longoria, Ruben (Texas Association of School Boards)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Blakey, Amy (Texas Education Agency)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Martinez, Veronica (Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC))
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Colangelo, Laura (Self; Texas Private Schools Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
Against:
Jacob, Carl (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Meyer, Cole (Self)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
On:
Hall, Steve (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borskey, Mark (Texas State Rifle Association)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Hunt, Ray (Self; HPOU)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mica, Tara (National Rifle Association)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas public charter schools association)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Ross, Leesa (Self; Lock Arms for Life)
Voyles, Molly (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Jacob, Carl (Self)
On:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Ramos, Shelly (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Yarbrough, Jeffrey (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Sayers, Kimberly (Communities In Schools of San Antonio)
On:
Gonzalez, Sabrina (Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Carney, Dee (Texas School Alliance)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Grizzard, Julia (Self; Bexar County Education Coalition)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Kimball, Mandi (CHILDREN AT RISK)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Martinez, Martin (Texas Appleseed)
Masey, Chris (Self)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas public charter schools association)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Rose, Lauren (Texas Network of Youth Services (TNOYS))
Sabo, Jason (Mental Health America of Greater Houston)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Wright, Eric (Lone Star State School Counselor Association)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Terry, James (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Chevalier, Andrea (Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Afifi, Amanda (Self; Texas Association of School Psychologists)
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
Castillo, Alycia (Self; Texas Center for Justice and Equity)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA)
Ford, Ashley (The Arc of Texas)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Masey, Chris (Self)
McPeters, Pamela (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Nichols, Colby (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rivas, Lesley (Mexican American School Boards Association)
Terry, Mark (Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Against:
Margolis, Eve (Self)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
On:
Glazier, Steve (UTHealth Houston)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bryan, Christine (Clarity Child Guidance Center)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Sugg, Paul (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Williams, M Paige (Dallas County Criminal District Attornet Jihn Creuzot)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cahn, Adam (Self)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
On:
Boudreau, Brock (Dept Child Protective Services)
For:
Moore, Jeff (Self; ASSIST)
On:
Hester, Jason (Texas Department of Public Safety)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Mims, Chelbi (Texas public charter schools association)
Against:
Belsick, Michael (Self)
Gibson, Leigh (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Jacob, Carl (Self)
Margolis, Eve (Self)
Virdell, Wesley (Gun Owners of America)
On:
Marin, Eric (TEA)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
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