WITNESS LIST
S/C on County & Regional Government Committee
April 21, 2025 - 1:00 PM
For:
Cagle, Jack (Self)
Against:
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
For:
Leonard, Robert (CLEAT)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Miller, Clark (Harris County Deputies’ Organization)
Morin, Cesar (Self)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Arias, Ari (Kingdom Rescue)
Chavez, Rebecca (Self; Yaqui Animal Rescue)
Strother, Ethel (Self; Texas Animal Control Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Cheng, Albert (Houston PetSet & Padfoot PAC)
Chillino, Francesca (Self; Texas Humane Legislation Network)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Rose, Denise (Best Friends Animal Society)
Sanders, Joshua (City of Houston)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Giddens, Latresa (Self)
Landua, Stephanie (Self)
Wells, Mary (Self; Breaking the chains of human trafficking)
Woolley, Larry (Self; Johnson County and County Judges & Commissioners Association of
Texas)
Against:
Bryant, Beth (Self)
Coppock, Brandon (Self; Forgiven Felons)
Gladden, Richard (Self)
Jones, Brenda (Self)
Molnar, Mary Sue (Self; Texas Voices for Reason and Justice)
Pearson, Audra (Self; Forgiven Felons)
Zalewski, Diana (Self)
On:
Pierce, Aaron (Self; Council on Sex Offender Treatment)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Branick, Jeff (Self; Jefferson county and County Judge and Commissioner Ass.)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT))
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Miller, Clark (Harris County Deputies’ Organization)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Waldock, Brianna (TexProtects)
Against:
Hendrickson, Sven (Self)
Martinez, Justin (Self; Latino Justice PRLDEF)
McAlexander, Angela (Self; Paul’s Perseverance Intercession Ministries)
Roberts, Kimberly (Self)
Stephens, Shellie (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Curry, Dan (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Leonard, Robert (CLEAT)
Morin, Cesar (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Miller, Clark (Harris County Deputies’ Organization)
Phillips, James “Smokie” (Self; Harris County Constable Precinct Seven)
Rosen, Alan (Hcco3)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Harris, Chris (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Key, Kenneth (Self; Harris County Constables Office PCT 4)
On:
Herman, Mark (Self; Harris County Constables Office Pct 4)
Sandlin, Phil (Self; Harris County Precinct 8 Constable)
Simpson, Paul (Self; Harris County Constable Pct 3)
For:
Gallardo, Larry (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Against:
Woolley, Larry (Johnson County and County Judges & Commissioners Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Phillips, James Smokie (Self; Harris County Constable Precinct Seven)
Against:
Branick, Jeff (Self; Jefferson county and County Judge and Commissioner Ass.)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Sheriff's Department)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Christensen, Laurie (Harris County Fire Commissioner Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burklund, Adam (Texas Fire Chiefs Association)
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Taliaferro, Aaron (Tarrant County Administrator's Office)
Against:
Wheeler, Julie (Travis County Commissioners Court)
On:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Martin, Amanda (AGC of Texas)
For:
Allbritton, Terry (Harris County Constable Precinct 5)
Cagle, Jack (Self)
Herman, Mark (Self; Harris County Constables Office Pct 4)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Houston Region Business Coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hodge, Corey (Harris County Precinct 3 Constables)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Key, Kenneth (Self; Harris County Constables Office PCT 4)
Lee, Mike (Self; Harris County Sheriff’s Office)
Miller, Clark (Harris County Deputies’ Organization)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Sandlin, Phil (Self; Harris County Precinct 8 Constable)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Simpson, Paul (Self; Harris County Constable Pct 3)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
For:
Vyner, Devyn (Self)
On:
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullock, Michael (Self; Austin Police Association)
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Islam, Nadia (City of San Antonio)
Miller, Clark (Harris County Deputies’ Organization)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Allbritton, Terry (Harris County Constable Precinct 5)
Cagle, Jack (Self)
Phillips, James “Smokie” (Self; Harris County Constable Precinct 7)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bentley, Matthew (Houston Region Business Coalition)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Mark (Self; Harris County Constables Office Pct 4)
Hodge, Corey (Harris County Precinct 3 Constables)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Key, Kenneth (Self; Harris County Constables Office PCT 4)
Sandlin, Phil (Self; Harris County Precinct 8 Constable)
Simpson, Paul (Self; Harris County Constable Pct 3)
Against:
Brooks, Jeri (Office of the Harris County Attorney Christian D Menefee)
For:
Costigan, Patricia Sorcha (Self)
Gundu, Krish (Self; Texas Jail Project)
Hampton, Jess (Self)
On:
Wood, Brandon (Texas Commission on Jail Standards)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Hipp, Jonny (Nueces County Hospital District)
Against:
Rice, Conor (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Romo, Joel (Nueces County & Nueces County Hospital District)
Schleifer, Jessica (Teaching Hospitals of Texas)
Yanas, Christine (Methodist Healthcare Ministries)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cohen, Hayden (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hawthorne, Brian (Sheriffs’ Association of Texas)
Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union)
Parnell, James (Dallas Police Assoc)
Sierega, John (TMPA)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Against:
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Deline, Steven (Self)
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