The
Texas Senate's 15 committees and three subcommittees
for the 78th legislative session are as follows:
ADMINISTRATION: Chris Harris, R-Arlington, chair;
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, vice chair; Mike Jackson,
R-La Porte; Kyle Janek, R-Houston; Leticia Van de Putte,
D-San Antonio; Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio; and John
Whitmire, D-Houston.
BUSINESS AND COMMERCE: Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe
Bay, chair; Kip Averitt, R-Waco, vice chair; Kenneth
Armbrister, D-Victoria; Kim Brimer, R-Fort Worth; Craig
Estes, R-Wichita Falls; Jackson; Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville;
Van de Putte; and Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE: John Whitmire, D-Houston,
chair; Williams, vice chair; John Carona, R-Dallas;
Rodney Ellis, D-Houston; Hinojosa; Steve Ogden, R-Bryan;
and Bill Ratliff, R-Mt. Pleasant.
EDUCATION: Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, chair;
Royce West, D-Dallas, vice chair; Averitt; Janek; Ogden;
Todd Staples, R-Palestine; Van de Putte; Williams; and
Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo. Subcommittee on Higher Education:
West, chair; Averitt, Janek, Staples, and Van de Putte.
FINANCE: Teel Bivins, R-Amarillo, chair; Zaffirini,
vice chair; Averitt; Gonzalo Barrientos, D-Austin; Brimer;
Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock; Janek; Jane Nelson, R-Flower
Mound; Ogden; Shapiro; Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso; Staples;
West; Whitmire; and Williams.
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION: Ellis, chair; Wentworth,
vice chair; Armbrister; Bivins; Brimer; Ratliff; and
Whitmire.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Nelson, chair; Janek,
vice chair; Carona; Bob Deuell, R-Greenville; Mario
Gallegos, D-Houston; Jon Lindsay, R-Houston; Ratliff;
West; and Zaffirini.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT AND SECURITY: Ogden,
chair; Barrientos, vice chair; Deuell; Ellis; Lindsay;
Frank Madla, D-San Antonio; Shapiro; Shapleigh; and
Wentworth.
INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS: Madla, chair; Brimer,
vice chair; Deuell; Gallegos; and Wentworth.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND TRADE: Lucio, chair;
Shapleigh, vice chair; Bivins; Carona; Craig Estes,
R-Wichita Falls; Nelson; and Zaffirini.
JURISPRUDENCE: Duncan, chair; Gallegos, vice
chair; Averitt; Bivins; Harris; Lucio; and West.
NATURAL RESOURCES: Armbrister, chair; Jackson,
vice chair; Barrientos; Duncan; Estes; Fraser; Hinojosa;
Lucio; Lindsay; Shapiro; and Staples. Subcommittee on
Agriculture: Duncan, chair; Estes; and Lucio.
NOMINATIONS: Lindsey, chair; Deuell, vice chair;
Barrientos; Carona; Harris; Hinojosa; and Jackson.
STATE AFFAIRS: Ratliff, chair; Staples, vice
chair; Armbrister; Duncan; Ellis; Fraser; Harris; Madla;
and Nelson.
VETERANS AFFAIRS AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS:
Van de Putte, chair; Estes, vice chair; Fraser; Madla;
and Shapleigh.
Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure:
Shapleigh, chair; Fraser; and Madla. |
