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The committee structure below is valid for the 88th Legislature (numbers in parentheses are the number of committee members; under House rules 1/2 of each committee's membership is determined by seniority and the remaining 1/2 by the Speaker of the House, excluding Procedural Committees [note 1] the membership of which are wholly chosen by the ...
Most committees are additionally subdivided into subcommittees, each with its own leadership selected according to the full committee's rules. [3] [4] The only standing committee with no subcommittees is the Budget Committee. The modern House committees were brought into existence through the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. This bill ...
Texas House of Representatives: 1968 [62] Texas 18: Sylvester Turner (D) No Open seat; replacing Erica Lee Carter (D) [j] Mayor of Houston Texas House of Representatives: 1954 [63] Texas 26: Brandon Gill (R) No Open seat; replacing Michael C. Burgess (R) Conservative media website founder 1994 [64] Texas 32: Julie Johnson (D) No Open seat ...
Texas House members with family and guests crowd the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol for the opening of the 88th Texas Legislative Session in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.
No women will lead a House committee for the first time in two decades after House Republicans revealed their list of committee leaders for the 119th Congress on Thursday. The 17 standing ...
Legislative Reference Library of Texas (May 6, 2006). "Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives, 1846-present". Archived from the original on July 25, 2010; Sorensen, Stephanie S. (2006). "Speakers of the Texas House of Representatives"
In the most concerted attack to date on Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan from within the GOP House ranks, 48 representatives and nominees for House districts selected Rep. David Cook as ...
The committee, composed of three Republicans and two Democrats, unanimously recommended Slaton's expulsion from the House. Slaton resigned from the House on May 8, 2023, but unless expelled he would have been entitled to his salary and per diem under Texas law until a successor was elected.