Texas House
Standing Committee
House Committee on Appropriations
Oversees appropriations legislation and state spending decisions, including measures that allocate, divert, or automatically fund from the state treasury.
Committee Leadership
Committee Composition
Committee Size
27 Members
Republicans
14
Democrats
13
Committee Partisan Split
14R – 13D
Committee Membership
Bonnen, Greg (R)
González, Mary (D)
Barry, Jeff (R)
Collier, Nicole (D)
DeAyala, Mano (R)
Fairly, Caroline (R)
Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra (D)
Gervin-Hawkins, Barbara (D)
Goodwin, Vikki (D)
Harrison, Brian (R)
Howard, Donna (D)
Jones, Venton (D)
Kitzman, Stan (R)
Lopez, Janie (R)
Lozano, J.M. (R)
Lujan, John (R)
Manuel, Christian (D)
Martinez, Armando (D)
Oliverson, Tom (R)
Orr, Angelia (R)
Rose, Toni (D)
Simmons, Lauren Ashley (D)
Slawson, Shelby (R)
Tepper, Carl (R)
Villalobos, Denise (R)
Walle, Armando (D)
Wu, Gene (D)
Most Recent Session Activity
Metrics reflect activity during the most recent legislative session.
Legislation Referred
63
Legislation Voted Out
19
Overall Efficiency
30.16%
Committee Meetings
2
Interim Charges
- Monitoring: Monitor and oversee the implementation of appropriations bills, other legislation passed by the 89th Legislature affecting the allocation or use of funds from the state treasury, and major spending items, including funding for the following:
- Maintaining existing property tax relief and significantly increasing the homestead and business personal property tax exemptions;
- Addressing cybersecurity threats and establishing the Texas Cyber Command;
- Establishing the Texas Advanced Nuclear Energy Office;
- Providing grants to support rural law enforcement and prosecutors;
- Increasing personal attendant wages;
- Supporting and expanding rural health care;
- Funding to implement the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas;
- Capital funding for Texas State Technical Colleges;
- Hiring additional state troopers and improving driver license office customer service at the Texas Department of Public Safety;
- Addressing water infrastructure, supply issues, and flood mitigation projects;
- Improving local rail grade crossing separation projects; and
- Additional grants and loans through the Texas Energy Fund.
- Infrastructure, Technology, and Workforce for Economic Development: Evaluate existing investment of state funds, as well as new opportunities, in programs that improve state infrastructure, promote critical areas of technology, and foster workforce and economic development, including: improvements to Texas ports, flood management, domestic semiconductor production, space commercialization, the moving image industry, and opportunities for public higher education institutions to forge federal partnerships on critical initiatives.
Committee Jurisdiction
The committee shall have 27 members, with jurisdiction over:
- All bills and resolutions appropriating money from the state treasury.
- All bills and resolutions containing provisions resulting in automatic allocation of funds from the state treasury.
- All bills and resolutions diverting funds from the state treasury or preventing funds from going in that otherwise would be placed in the state treasury.
- All matters pertaining to claims and accounts filed with the legislature against the state unless jurisdiction over those bills and resolutions is specifically granted by these rules to some other standing committee.
The appropriations committee may comment upon any bill or resolution containing a provision resulting in an automatic allocation of funds.
Committee Contact Information
Capitol Location
Capitol Extension, E1.032
Phone Number
(512) 463-1091
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