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House Committee on Appropriations

89th Legislature (2025) · 27 members · 14R – 13D

Oversees appropriations legislation and state spending decisions, including measures that allocate, divert, or automatically fund from the state treasury.

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Leadership

ChairGreg Bonnen (R)House District 24 · FriendswoodVice ChairMary González (D)House District 75 · San Elizario

Composition

Republicans: 14 (51.9%) · Democrats: 13 (48.1%) · 27 members

Members

89th Legislature (2025), listed by role, then alphabetically

Jeff Barry (R)House District 29 · PearlandNicole Collier (D)House District 95 · Fort WorthMano DeAyala (R)House District 133 · HoustonCaroline Fairly (R)House District 87 · AmarilloCassandra Garcia Hernandez (D)House District 115 · Farmers BranchBarbara Gervin-Hawkins (D)House District 120 · San AntonioVikki Goodwin (D)House District 47 · AustinBrian Harrison (R)House District 10 · MidlothianDonna Howard (D)House District 48 · AustinVenton Jones (D)House District 100 · DallasStan Kitzman (R)House District 85 · PattisonJanie Lopez (R)House District 37 · San BenitoJ.M. Lozano (R)House District 43 · KingsvilleJohn Lujan (R)House District 118 · San AntonioChristian Manuel (D)House District 22 · Port ArthurArmando Martinez (D)House District 39 · WeslacoTom Oliverson (R)House District 130 · CypressAngelia Orr (R)House District 13 · ItascaToni Rose (D)House District 110 · DallasLauren Ashley Simmons (D)House District 146 · HoustonShelby Slawson (R)House District 59 · StephenvilleCarl Tepper (R)House District 84 · LubbockDenise Villalobos (R)House District 34 · Corpus ChristiArmando Walle (D)House District 140 · HoustonGene Wu (D)House District 137 · Houston

Activity

89th Legislature (2025), regular session

63Bills referred
19Reported out
30.2%Efficiency
2Meetings

Efficiency is the share of bills referred to the committee during the session that it reported out. Source: Texas Legislature Online committee reports.

Interim Charges

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Jurisdiction

The committee shall have 27 members, with jurisdiction over:

  1. All bills and resolutions appropriating money from the state treasury.
  2. All bills and resolutions containing provisions resulting in automatic allocation of funds from the state treasury.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.

Source: Rules of the Texas House of Representatives, 89th Legislature.

Contact

Capitol locationCapitol Extension, E1.032
Phone(512) 463-1091

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