Where Are House Committee Assignments? Texas is 26 days into its 140-day legislative session, and House committee assignments have yet to be announced.
Committee assignments in the Texas House have not been announced, despite the Legislature being nearly one-fifth of the way through the legislative session.
House Speaker Dade Phelan (R–Beaumont) is responsible for assigning committees for Texas’ biennial legislative session, which runs for 140 days.
Conservative activist Tom Glass noted that of the past few legislative sessions, only in one were committee assignments released later than this session.
In 2017 former House Speaker Joe Straus (R–San Antonio) released the House committee assignments 31 days into session.
Political strategist and commentator Luke Macias said, “There’s definitely not a rush by any means for the House to begin working.”
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who serves as president of the Texas Senate, announced the Senate committee assignments on January 23, less than two weeks after the session’s opening day.
At this point, the House had just begun taking committee assignment requests from members.
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