WITNESS LIST HB 1261 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted For : Soza, Justin (Self; Alamo Area Police Chiefs) Wilson, Sarah (Self; Texas Assoc Property and Evidence Technicians) Against : Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association) Registering, but not testifying: For : Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department) Day, Jason (City of Royse City) Dye, Steve (Self; Allen Police Department) Engler, Tracy (Self; TAPEIT) Flatt, Bryan (TMPA) Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court) Green, Eddie (Self; Harris County Fire Marshals Office) Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas) Hill, Lana (Self; Texas Association of Property and Evidence Inventory Technicians) Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers Union) Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court) Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39) Lodge, Grace (Self; TAPEIT) Mata, Katy (Self; Tapeit) Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association) Parkinson, Thomas (Self) Quiroz, Jasmine (Self; TAPEIT) Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association) Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department) Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)) Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot) Against : Cates, Emily (Self; Daily commercial record) Morin, Tom (Daily Court Review) Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle) Pillifant, Reid (Self; Texas Press Association) 1 WITNESS LIST HB 1261 HOUSE COMMITTEE REPORT Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs Committee March 19, 2025 - 10:30 AM or upon final adjourn./recess or bill referral if permission granted For : Soza, Justin (Self; Alamo Area Police Chiefs) Wilson, Sarah (Self; Texas Assoc Property and Evidence Technicians) Against : Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association) Registering, but not testifying: For : Blanchard, Jonathan (Dallas Police Department) Day, Jason (City of Royse City) Dye, Steve (Self; Allen Police Department) Engler, Tracy (Self; TAPEIT) Flatt, Bryan (TMPA) Franco, Santiago (Harris County Commissioners Court) Green, Eddie (Self; Harris County Fire Marshals Office) Hawthorne, Brian (Self; Sheriffs Association of Texas) Hill, Lana (Self; Texas Association of Property and Evidence Inventory Technicians) Hunt, Ray (Self; Houston Police Officers Union) Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court) Kershaw, James (Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP #39) Lodge, Grace (Self; TAPEIT) Mata, Katy (Self; Tapeit) Morris, Joe (Game Warden Peace Officers Association) Parkinson, Thomas (Self) Quiroz, Jasmine (Self; TAPEIT) Rubin, Scott (Texas Police Chiefs Association) Ruiz, Heidi (Houston Police Department) Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)) Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot) Against : Cates, Emily (Self; Daily commercial record) Morin, Tom (Daily Court Review) Patterson, Bill (Self; Texas Press Association, Denton Record-Chronicle) Pillifant, Reid (Self; Texas Press Association) 1