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Ways & Means Committee, Texas House of Representatives
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Agriculture and Livestock •
Appropriations |
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The Ways & Means Committee is a standing committee of the Texas House of Representatives.
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 11 members, with jurisdiction over:
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Membership
Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.
2023-2024 legislative session
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Ways & Means Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (7) | Third-party members(0) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Ways & Means Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (7) | 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.
| Ways & Means Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Yvonne Davis, Vice chair | • Dennis Bonnen, Chair | |||
| • Eric Johnson, Texas Representative | • Dwayne Bohac | |||
| • Richard Raymond | • Drew Darby | |||
| • Jim Murphy | ||||
| • Andrew Murr | ||||
| • Hugh Shine | ||||
| • Drew Springer | ||||
| • Phil Stephenson | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Yvonne Davis, Vice-Chair | • Dennis Bonnen, Chair | |||
| • Trey Martinez Fischer | • Dwayne Bohac | |||
| • Chris Turner (Texas) | • Angie Chen Button | |||
| • Drew Darby | ||||
| • Jim Murphy (Texas) | ||||
| • Tan Parker | ||||
| • Drew Springer | ||||
| • John Wray | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (5) | |||
| • Craig Eiland | • Harvey Hilderbran, Chair | |||
| • Naomi Gonzalez | • John Otto, Vice chair | |||
| • Trey Martinez Fischer | • Dwayne Bohac | |||
| • Mark Strama | • Angie Chen Button | |||
| • Allan Ritter | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (3) | Republican members (8) | |||
| • Naomi Gonzalez | • Harvey Hilderbran, Chair | |||
| • Trey Martinez Fischer | • John Otto, Vice chair | |||
| • Michael Villarreal | • Wayne Christian | |||
| • Gary Elkins | ||||
| • Lanham Lyne | ||||
| • Allan Ritter | ||||
| • Beverly Woolley | ||||
| • Jim Murphy | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Ways & Means Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (2) | Republican members (9) | |||
| • Rene Oliveira, Chair | • John Otto, Vice chair | |||
| • Michael Villarreal | • Larry Taylor | |||
| • Charlie Howard | ||||
| • Aaron Pena | ||||
| • Harvey Hilderbran | ||||
| • Phil King | ||||
| • Ken Paxton | ||||
| • Will Ford Hartnett | ||||
| • Dwayne Bohac | ||||
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 25, 2021(Rule 3-34)
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
