Texas House Committee Assignments for 89th Legislative Session Announced

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On Thursday, (Day 31 of the 140-day legislative session), Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows (R) unveiled the House committee assignments for the 89th Legislature. In his announcement, Burrows said,

Committee Overview

The 89th session features 30 House-standing permanent committees and 12 standing permanent subcommittees, with leadership and membership heavily favoring the majority party. The following breakdown highlights key chairmanships, vice-chairmanships, and the partisan splits for each committee:

Texas House of Representatives

Standing Committees (30) & Subcommittees (12)

Committee	Chairman	Vice Chairman	Partisan Split
Agriculture & Livestock	Guillen, Ryan (R)	Guerra, Bobby (D)	7R – 2D
Appropriations	Bonnen, Greg (R)	Gonzalez, Mary (D)	14R – 13D
Calendars	Hunter, Todd (R)	Rose, Toni (D)	6R – 5D
Corrections	Harless, Sam (R)	Jones, Venton (D)	6R – 3D
Criminal Jurisprudence	Smithee, John (R)	Wu, Gene (D)	6R – 5D
– S/C on Juvenile Justice	Cook, David (R)	Jones, Joland (D)	3R – 2D
Culture, Recreation & Tourism	Metcalf, Will (R)	Flores, Lulu (D)	5R -4D
Delivery of Government Efficiency	Capriglione, Giovanni (R)	Bhojani, Salman (D)	8R – 5D
Elections	Shaheen, Matt (R)	Bucy, John (D)	5R – 4D
Energy Resources	Darby, Drew (R)	Morales Jr., Eddie (D)	6R – 5D
Environmental Regulation	Landgraf, Brooks (R)	Ordaz, Claudia (D)	5R – 4D
General Investigating	Bell, Keith (R)	Gamez, Erin (D)	3R – 2D
Higher Education	Wilson, Terry (R)	Howard, Donna (D)	6R – 5D
Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans Affairs	Hefner, Cole (R)	Lopez, Ray (D)	8R – 3D
– S/C on Defense & Veterans’ Affairs	Cortez, Philip (D)	Dorazio, Mark (R)	3R – 2D
House Administration	Geren, Charlie (R)	Cole, Sheryl (D)	6R – 5D
Human Services	Hull, Lacey (R)	Manuel, Christian (D)	7R – 4D
Insurance	Dean, Jay (R)	Vo, Hubert (D)	6R – 3D
Intergovernmental Affairs	Bell Jr., Cecil (R)	Zwiener, Erin (D)	6R – 5D
– S/C on County & Regional Government	Spiller, David (R)	Cole, Sheryl (D)	3R – 2D
– S/C on State & Federal Relations	Tepper, Carl (R)	Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra (D)	2R – 1D
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence	Leach, Jeff (R)	Johnson, Ann (D)	6R – 5D
– S/C on Family & Fiduciary Relationships	Dutton Jr., Harold (D)	Hayes, Richard (R)	3R – 2D
Land & Resource Management	Gates, Gary (R)	Lalani, Suleman (D)	5R – 4D
Licensing & Administrative Procedures	Phelan, Dade (R)	Thompson, Senfronia (D)	7R – 6D
Local & Consent Calendars	Patterson, Jared (R)	Bowers, Rhetta (D)	6R – 5D
Natural Resources	Harris, Cody (R)	Martinez, Armando (D)	7R – 6D
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services	Lambert, Stan (R)	Plesa, Mihaela (D)	5R – 4D
Public Education	Buckley, Brad (R)	Bernal, Diego (D)	9R – 6D
– S/C on Academic & Career-Oriented Education	Ashby, Trent (R)	Talarico, James (D)	3R – 2D
Public Health	VanDeaver, Gary (R)	Campos, Liz (D)	7R – 6D
– S/C on Disease Prevention & Women’s & Children’s Health	Frank, James (R)	Bucy, John (D)	3R – 2D
Redistricting	Vasut, Cody (R)	Rosenthal, Jon (D)	8R – 7D
State Affairs	King, Ken (R)	Hernandez, Ana (D)	9R – 6D
– S/C on Telecommunications & Broadband	Anchia, Rafael (D)	Metcalf, Will (R)	3R – 2D
Trade, Workforce & Economic Development	Button, Angie Chen (R)	Talarico, James (D)	6R – 5D
– S/C on International Relations	Lujan, John (R)	Longoria, Oscar (D)	2R – 1D
– S/C on Workforce	Longoria, Oscar (D)	Harris Davila, Caroline (R)	3R – 2D
Transportation	Craddick, Tom (R)	Perez, Mary Ann (D)	8R – 5D
– S/C on Transportation Funding	Canales, Terry (D)	Paul, Dennis (R)	3R – 2D
Ways & Means	Meyer, Morgan (R)	Martinez Fischer, Trey (D)	7R – 6D
– S/C on Property Tax Appraisals	Turner, Chris (D)	Noble, Candy (R)	3R – 2D

Key Takeaways

Some of the key takeaways from the committee assignments are:

• No Minority Chairmen of Standing Committees: All committee chairmanships are held by members of the majority party.
• Some Subcommittees Chaired by Minority Party: Of the newly created 12 subcommittees, 6 of them are chaired by members of the minority party, but of all of them include a partisan disposition that favors the majority party.
• Minority Vice-Chairmen: All committees have vice-chairmen from the minority party.
• Majority Dominance in All Committees: All standing committees and subcommittees are composed of a majority from the majority party.

Complete Committee Assignments

Below is a detailed list of all committee assignments for the 89th Legislative Session:

The full committee list, including permanent subcommittees, can be found here.

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