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Texas Senate Committees

Administration Committee

1. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands, chairman (new member)
2. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, vice chairman
3. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan (new)
4. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano
5. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio
6. John Whitmire, D-Houston
7. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo

Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee (new, was a subcommittee)

1. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, chairman
2. Carlos Uresti, vice chairman (new, was member of subcommittee)
3. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy
4. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen
5. Mike Jackson, R-La Porte

Business and Commerce Committee

1. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay, chairman
2. Chris Harris, R-Arlington, vice chairman
3. Kip Averitt, R-Waco
4. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler
5. Mike Jackson, R-La Porte (new)
6. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville
7. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio
8. Kirk Watson, D-Austin

Criminal Justice Committee

1. John Whitmire, D-Houston, chairman
2. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, vice chairman
3. John Carona, R-Dallas (new)
4. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston
5. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy
6. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen
7. Dan Patrick, R-Houston (new)

Economic Development Committee (new, was a subcommittee)

1. Chris Harris, R-Arlington, chairman (new)
2. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, vice chair (new)
3. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville (new)
4. Kirk Watson, D-Austin
5. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo (new)

Education Committee

1. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, chair
2. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, vice chairman (new)
3. Kip Averitt, R-Waco
4. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new)
5. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston (new)
6. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan
7. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio
8. Royce West, D-Dallas
9. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands

Finance Committee

1. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan, chairman
2. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen, vice chairman (new)
3. Kip Averitt, R-Waco
4. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville
5. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock
6. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler
7. Chris Harris, R-Arlington (new)
8. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville
9. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville
10. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo (new)
11. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano
12. Royce West, D-Dallas
13. John Whitmire, D-Houston
14. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands
15. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo

Government Organization Committee

1. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, chairman
2. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, vice chairman
3. Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new)
4. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville (new)
5. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville
6. Steve Ogden, R-Bryan (new)
7. John Whitmire, D-Houston

Health and Human Services Committee

1. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, chair
2. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, vice chair
3. Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new)
4. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville
5. Dan Patrick, R-Houston
6. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso
7. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio
8. Royce West, D-Dallas
9. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo

Higher Education Committee (new, was a subcommittee)

1. Judith Zaffirini, D-Laredo, chair
2. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, vice chairman (new, was member of subcommittee)
3. Kip Averitt, R-Waco
4. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock (new)
5. Royce West, D-Dallas

Intergovernmental Relations Committee

1. Royce West, D-Dallas, chairman
2. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville
3. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston
4. Dan Patrick, R-Houston
5. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio

Subcommittee on Flooding and Evacuations

1. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston, chairman
2. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville
3. Dan Patrick, R-Houston

International Relations and Trade

1. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, chairman
2. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, vice chairman (new)
3. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new)
4. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls
5. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay
6. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston
7. Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands (new)

Jurisprudence Committee

1. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, chairman
2. Mario Gallegos, D-Houston, vice chairman (new)
3. John Carona, R-Dallas
4. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock
5. Chris Harris, R-Arlington
6. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen
7. Kirk Watson, D-Austin

Natural Resources

1. Kip Averitt, R-Waco, chairman
2. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, vice chairman
3. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville
4. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock
5. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler
6. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay (new)
7. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy
8. Juan Hinojosa, D-McAllen
9. Mike Jackson, R-LaPorte
10. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo
11. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio

Nominations Committee

1. Mike Jackson, R-La Porte, chairman
2. Kevin Eltife, R-Tyler, vice chairman
3. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy
4. Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville
5. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville
6. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso
7. Kirk Watson, D-Austin

State Affairs Committee

1. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock, chairman
2. Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, vice chairman (new)
3. John Carona, R-Dallas
4. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston
5. Troy Fraser, R-Horseshoe Bay
6. Chris Harris, R-Arlington
7. Mike Jackson, R-La Porte
8. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville
9. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio

Transportation and Homeland Security

1. John Carona, R-Dallas, chairman
2. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, vice chairman
3. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new)
4. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston
5. Joaan Huffman, R-Houston (new)
6. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville
7. Florence Shapiro, R-Plano
8. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso
9. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio

Veterans Affairs and Military Installations

1. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, chair
2. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, vice chair
3. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth (new)
4. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls
5. Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new)

Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure

1. Eliot Shapleigh, D-El Paso, chairman
2. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls
3. Joan Huffman, R-Houston (new)