WITNESS LIST
Youth Health & Safety, Select Committee
April 24, 2023 - 1:30 PM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted
For:
Likens, Taylor (Self)
Martin, Melissa (Self)
Simpson, Jennifer (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911. & Citizens Defending Freedom, Nueces County)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Aleman, Steven (Disability Rights Texas)
Arenz, Steven (Self)
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; Autism Society of Texas)
Doyle, Shannon (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Groetzinger, Emma (Self)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Poche, Barton (Self)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
On:
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Riley, Jessica (Self; National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Self; 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 (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Fernandez, Anita (Bexar County Education Coalition)
Figueroa, Tez (Self)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Gill, Hannah (NAMI Texas)
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Judice, Kerrie (TexProtects)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
List, Amanda (Texas Appleseed)
Murphy, Kate (Texans Care for Children)
Patterson, Tiffany (United Ways of Texas)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Van Maanen, Cynthia (Self; Travis County Democratic Party)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Against:
Likens, Taylor (Self)
Martin, Melissa (Self)
Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911. & Citizens Defending Freedom, Nueces County)
Simpson, Jennifer (Self)
On:
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Nivens, Dr. Roosevelt (Lamar CISD)
Rice, Leela (Texas Council of Community Centers)
Sims, Taylor (Graduation Solutions)
Smith, Melissia (LCISD)
Against:
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
On:
Porter, Justin (TEA)
Schutte, Marian (TEA)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
For:
Ensweiler, Judith (Self; New Hope Daycare)
Holtz, Robyn (Self)
Sells, Katherine (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Howden, Robert (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Groetzinger, Emma (Self)
Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911. & Citizens Defending Freedom, Nueces County)
On:
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aubrey, Amanda (Texas Council on Family Violence)
Bullard, Becky (Self)
Carney, D (Self)
Carney, Matthew (Self)
Cave, Tricia (Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE))
Dowling, Matt (Texas Medical Association)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Texas Gun Sense)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Markus, Susan (Self)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Ross, Leesa (Self; Lock Arms For Life)
Shawver, Alexander (Self)
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Watson, Robert (Self; Texas Impact)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Likens, Taylor (Self)
Martin, Melissa (Self)
Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911. & Citizens Defending Freedom, Nueces County)
On:
Martinez, Monica (Texas Education Agency)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
Against:
Briscoe, Rick (Open Carry Texas)
Rathner, Todd (Knife Rights)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Haenisch, Barry (Texas Association of Community Schools)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kennon, Suzi (Texas PTA)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Normand, Joshua (Harris County Deputies’ Organization Faternal Order of Police Lodge #39)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Terry, Mark (Self; Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
Against:
Duggins-Clay, Paige (IDRA (Intercultural Development Research Association))
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Groetzinger, Emma (Self)
On:
Moore, Carrie (Self; Texas Education 911. & Citizens Defending Freedom, Nueces County)
Scott, John (Texas Education Agency)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fernandez, Anita (Bexar County Education Coalition)
Fowler, Elaina (Texas State Teachers Association)
Hoffacker, Daphne (Self)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Kitcher, Fuerza (Self)
Louderback, AJ (Texas Sheriffs Regional Alliance)
Markus, Susan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Association)
Pena, Alejandro (Texas American Federation of Teachers)
Young, Larry (Game Warden Peace Officers Association)
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