Well, we’ve waited for these, and here they are, the Committee Chairs for your 82nd Texas Legislature:
Agriculture & Livestock: Representative Rick Hardcastle (R-Vernon)
Appropriations: Representative Jim Pitts (R-Waxahachie)
Border & Intergovernmental Affairs: Representative Veronica Gonzales (D-McAllen)
Business & Industry: Representative Joe Deshotel (D-Beaumont)
Calendars: Representative Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi)
Corrections: Representative Jerry Madden (R-Richardson)
County Affairs: Representative Garnet Coleman (D-Houston)
Criminal Jurisprudence: Pete Gallego (D-Alpine)
Culture, Recreation & Tourism: Representative Ryan Guillen (D-Rio Grande City)
Defense & Veterans’ Affairs: Representative Joe Pickett (D-El Paso)
Economic & Small Business Development: Representative John Davis (R-Houston)
Elections: Representative Larry Taylor (R-Friendswood)
Energy Resources: Representative Jim Keffer (R-Eastland)
Environmental Regulation: Representative Wayne Smith (R-Baytown)
General Investigating & Ethics: Representative Chuck Hopson (R-Jacksonville)
Government Efficiency & Reform: Representative William “Bill” Callegari (R-Katy)
Higher Education: Representative Dan Branch (R-Dallas)
Homeland Security & Public Safety: Representative Sid Miller (R-Stephenville)
House Administration: Representative Charlie Geren (R-Fort Worth)
Human Services: Representative Richard Peña Raymond (D-Laredo)
Insurance: Representative John Smithee (R-Amarillo)
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence: Representative Jim Jackson (R-Carrollton)
Land & Resource Management: Representative Rene Oliveira (D-Brownsville)
Licensing & Administrative Procedures: Representative Mike Hamilton (R-Mauriceville)
Local & Consent Calendars: Representative Senfronia Thompson (D-Houston)
Natural Resources: Representative Allan Ritter (R-Nederland)
Pensions, Investments & Financial Services: Representative Vicki Truitt (R-Keller)
Public Education: Representative Rob Eissler (R-The Woodlands)
Public Health: Representative Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham)
Redistricting: Representative Burt Solomons (R-Carrollton)
Rules & Resolutions: Representative Ruth Jones McClendon (D-San Antonio)
State Affairs: Representative Byron Cook (R-Corsicana)
Technology: Representative Aaron Peña (R-Edinburg)
Transportation: Representative Larry Phillips (R-Sherman)
Urban Affairs: Representative Harold Dutton Jr. (D-Houston)
Ways & Means: Representative Harvey Hilderbran (R-Kerrville)
Select Committee on State Sovereignty: Representative Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe)
Select Committee on Voter Identification and Voter Fraud: Representative Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton)
Select Committee on Election Contest: Representative Todd Hunter (R-Corpus Christi)
Joint Committee on Oversight and HHS Eligibility System: Representative Fred Brown (R-College Station)
You can read all of the Committee Assignments here.
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