(This legislative update has been assembled by the UH System Office of Governmental Relations and edited by the UH Office of University Relations as a service to the UH System community.)
House has Speaker Pete Laney released the names of his committee appointments this week. The following Representatives (an asterisk indicates a new member) were appointed to the Appropriations and Higher Education Committees:
Appropriations:
Chair:
Rob Junell
Vice Chair:
Buddy West
Ray Allen*
Garnet Coleman
Dianne Delisi
Craig Eiland
Jessica Farrar
Kino Flores
Pete Gallego
Helen Giddings
Bob Glaze
Roberto Gutierrez
Peggy Hamric*
Talmadge Heflin
Scott Hochberg
Kyle Janek
Tracy King*
Vilma Luna
Glen Maxey*
Jim McReynolds
Paul Moreno
Anna Mowery
Joe Pickett
Jim Pitts
Robert Puente
Todd Smith*
Sylvester Turner
Chair:
Irma Rangel
Vice Chair:
Fred Brown
David Farabee
Tony Goolsby
Jesse Jones
Geanie Morrison
Elvira Reyna
Tom Uher*
Buddy West*
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