Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, Texas House of Representatives
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The Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee is a standing committee of the Texas House of Representatives. It was previously named the Public Safety Committee.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Texas House of Representatives are assigned half by seniority and half by the Speaker of the House. Representatives select three committees they wish to serve on, and half of a committee's seats are filled in this manner based on seniority. In the case of equal seniority, the Speaker decides the seat. Once half of each committee is selected through this method, the Speaker appoints the rest of the committees.[1] Committees are assigned at the start of each legislative session.[2] A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum.[3] The Speaker is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.
See rules: House Rules
Function
| “ | The committee shall have nine members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
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Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | Third-party members(0) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Homeland Security & Public Safety Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (5) | Third-party members(0) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Homeland Security & Public Safety Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Poncho Nevarez, Vice chair | • Phil King, Chair | |||
| • Gina Hinojosa | • DeWayne Burns | |||
| • Jarvis Johnson | • Justin Holland | |||
| • Will Metcalf | ||||
| • Matt Schaefer | ||||
| • John Wray | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Homeland Security & Public Safety Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Poncho Nevarez, Vice-Chair | • Larry Phillips (Texas), Chair | |||
| • Eric Johnson, Texas Representative | • DeWayne Burns | |||
| • Joseph Moody | • Tony Dale | |||
| • Will Metcalf | ||||
| • Molly White | ||||
| • John Wray | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Homeland Security & Public Safety Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (7) | |||
| • Joe Pickett, Chair | • Allen Fletcher, Vice chair | |||
| • Philip Cortez | • Tony Dale | |||
| • Dan Flynn | ||||
| • Tim Kleinschmidt | ||||
| • George Lavender | ||||
| • Kenneth Sheets | ||||
| • Ron Simmons | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Homeland Security & Public Safety Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (6) | |||
| • Lon Burnam | • Sid Miller, Chair | |||
| • Barbara Mallory Caraway | • Allen Fletcher, Vice chair | |||
| • Armando Walle | • Marva Beck | |||
| • Joe Driver | ||||
| • Dan Flynn | ||||
| • Aaron Pena | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Homeland Security & Public Safety Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (4) | |||
| • Stephen Frost, Vice chair | • Tommy Merritt, Chair | |||
| • Eddie Rodriguez | • Phil King | |||
| • Lon Burnam | • Joe Driver | |||
| • Barbara Mallory Caraway | • Tryon Lewis | |||
| • Hubert Vo | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Texas State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 23, 2021(Rule 4-2)
- ↑ Texas State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 23, 2021(Rule 4-1)
- ↑ Texas State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 23, 2021(Rule 4-16)
- ↑ Texas State Legislature, "House Rules," accessed February 28, 2021(Rule 3-15)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
