Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee, Texas State Senate

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The Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee (formerly the Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security Committee) is a standing committee of the Texas State Senate. This committee was formed out of the Agriculture, Rural Affairs & Homeland Security Committee.

Per the Senate Rules, committees of the Texas State Senate are assigned by the President of the Senate. Committees are assigned at the start of each legislative session. A majority of appointed members make up a committee's quorum. The President is not recognized as an ex officio member of any committee.

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Membership

2023-2024 legislative session

Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (6)	Third-party members(0)
César Blanco Roland Gutierrez Nathan Johnson	Charles Perry Chair Kelly Hancock Vice Chair Peter P. Flores Lois Kolkhorst Kevin Sparks Drew Springer

2021-2022 legislative session

Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (4)	Republican members (5)	Third-party members(0)
Beverly Powell Sarah Eckhardt Roland Gutierrez Nathan Johnson	Drew Springer Vice chair Charles Perry Chair Brandon Creighton Lois Kolkhorst Larry Taylor

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2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs Members, 2017
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Jose R. Rodriguez, Vice chair	• Charles Perry, Chair
• Juan Hinojosa	• Brandon Creighton
• Borris Miles	• Bob Hall
	• Lois Kolkhorst

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Agriculture, Water and Rural Affairs Members, 2015
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (4)
• Judith Zaffirini, Vice-Chair	• Charles Perry, Chair
• Juan Hinojosa	• Brandon Creighton
• Jose R. Rodriguez (Texas)	• Bob Hall
	• Lois Kolkhorst

External links

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Texas State Senate

Leadership

Senators

District 1

Bryan Hughes (R)

District 2

Bob Hall (R)

District 3

Robert Nichols (R)

District 4

Brandon Creighton (R)

District 5

Charles Schwertner (R)

District 6

Carol Alvarado (D)

District 7

Paul Bettencourt (R)

District 8

Angela Paxton (R)

District 9

Vacant

District 10

Phil King (R)

District 11

Mayes Middleton (R)

District 12

Tan Parker (R)

District 13

Borris Miles (D)

District 14

Sarah Eckhardt (D)

District 15

Molly Cook (D)

District 16

Nathan Johnson (D)

District 17

Joan Huffman (R)

District 18

Lois Kolkhorst (R)

District 19

Roland Gutierrez (D)

District 20

Juan Hinojosa (D)

District 21

Judith Zaffirini (D)

District 22

Brian Birdwell (R)

District 23

Royce West (D)

District 24

Peter Flores (R)

District 25

Donna Campbell (R)

District 26

José Menéndez (D)

District 27

Adam Hinojosa (R)

District 28

Charles Perry (R)

District 29

César Blanco (D)

District 30

Brent Hagenbuch (R)

District 31

Kevin Sparks (R)

Republican Party (19)

Democratic Party (11)

Vacancies (1)