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Follow the Freshmen: New Legislators Receive Committee Assignments

Third in an ongoing series.
Following the swearing in of Art Fierro (D-El Paso) earlier this week, there are now 28 freshmen legislators in the House and six freshmen legislators in the Senate.
They stretch across 31 (out of 34) House committees and 14 (out of 16) Senate committees.
All freshmen legislators in the House sit on at least two committees and at most three committees, with a few who also sit on subcommittees.

House Committee Assignments

Districts	Name	Committee 1	Committee 2	Committee 3
4	Bell, Keith of Kaufman (R)	Criminal Jurisprudence	Public Education
8	Harris, Cody (R)	Energy Resources	Local & Consent Calendars	Natural Resources
13	Leman, Ben (R)	Land & Resource Management	Redistricting	Transportation
23	Middleton, Mayes (R)	Elections	Local & Consent Calendars	Urban Affairs
37	Dominguez, Alex (D)	County Affairs	Natural Resources
45	Zwiener, Erin (D)	Agriculture & Livestock	Environmental Regulation
46	Cole, Sheryl (D)	County Affairs	Redistricting	Ways & Means
47	Goodwin, Vikki (D)	Homeland Security & Public Safety	Urban Affairs
52	Talarico, James (D)	Juvenile Justice & Family Issues	Public Education
54	Buckley, Brad (R)	Agriculture & Livestock	Local & Consent Calendars	Appropriations
62	Smith, Reggie (R)	Appropriations	Judiciary & Civil Jurispudence
65	Beckley, Michelle (D)	Agriculture & Livestock	Business and Industry
79	Fierro, Art (D)	Agriculture & Livestock	Elections
89	Noble, Candy (R)	General Investigating	Human Services	Ways & Means
102	Ramos, Ana-Maria (D)	Defense & Veterans’ Affairs	Natural Resources
104	Gonzalez, Jessica (D)	Criminal Jurisprudence	Urban Affairs
105	Meza, Terry (D)	Agriculture & Livestock	Human Services	Resolutions Calendar
106	Patterson, Jared (R)	Business and Industry	Resolutions Calendar	Urban Affairs
109	Sherman Sr., Carl (D)	Appropriations	Corrections	House Administration
113	Bowers, Rhetta Andrews (D)	Juvenile Justice & Family Issues	Local & Consent Calendars	Corrections
114	Turner, John (D)	Appropriations	Environmental Regulation
115	Johnson, Julie (D)	Insurance	Judiciary & Civil Jurispudence
118	Pacheco, Leo (D)	Criminal Jurisprudence	General Investigating	Higher Education
121	Allison, Steve (R)	Public Education	Public Health
125	TBD	Defense & Veterans’ Affairs	Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
126	Harless, Sam (R)	Licensing & Administrative Procedures	State Affairs
132	Calanni, Gina (D)	Homeland Security & Public Safety	Juvenile Justice & Family Issues
135	Rosenthal, Jon (D)	County Affairs	Energy Resources
136	Bucy III, John (D)	Culture, Recreation & Tourism	Elections

All freshmen legislators in the Senate sit on at least three committees and at most five committees.
Nearly all the freshmen in both the House and Senate are appointed as members of the committee and not leadership positions.
The exceptions include Senator Pat Fallon (R-Prosper), who was appointed vice-chair of Administration Committee, and Senator Angela Paxton (R-McKinney), who was appointed vice-chair of the newly created Property Tax Committee. In that position, she will oversee one of Governor Abbott’s emergency items this session, property tax reform.

Senate Committee Assignments

Districts	Name	Committee 1	Committee 2	Committee 3	Committee 4	Committee 5
6	Alvarado, Carol (D)	Intergovernmental Relations	Transportation	Water & Rural Affairs
8	Paxton, Angela (R)	Natural Resources & Economic Development	Business & Commerce	Education	Property Tax
10	Powell, Beverly (D)	Education	Health & Human Services	Higher Education
16	Johnson, Nathan (D)	Veteran Affairs & Border Security	Health & Human Services	Water & Rural Affairs	Administration
19	Flores, Peter (R)	Natural Resources & Economic Development	Health & Human Services	Finance	Criminal Justice
30	Fallon, Pat (R)	Natural Resources & Economic Development	Intergovernmental Relations	Administration	Education	State Affairs