Terms of Service

• Senate, 82nd & 81st Legislatures
  1/13/2009 - 1/8/2013
  Republican
  
• Senate, 80th & 79th Legislatures
  1/11/2005 - 1/13/2009
  Republican
  
• Senate, 78th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/14/2003 - 1/11/2005
  Republican
  
• Senate, 77th ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
  1/9/2001 - 1/14/2003
  Republican
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/9/2001.
• Senate, 76th & 75th Legislatures
  1/14/1997 - 1/9/2001
  Republican
  
• Senate, 74th ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/10/1995 - 1/14/1997
  Republican
  
• Senate, 73rd ^{(1) (4)} Legislature
  1/12/1993 - 1/10/1995
  Republican
  
• Senate, 72nd ⁽⁵⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1991 - 1/12/1993
  Republican
  
• House, 71st Legislature
  1/10/1989 - 1/8/1991
  Republican
  
• House, 70th Legislature
  1/13/1987 - 1/10/1989
  Republican
  
• House, 69th Legislature
  1/8/1985 - 1/13/1987
  Republican
  

(1) 73rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 3/25/1993, pp. 589-590. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 74th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1995, pp. 75-76. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(3) 78th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/2003, SR 7, pp. 15-16. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) Due to redistricting litigation, entire Senate went up for reelection in 1994. See also Clips database, 4/6/1993 - 4/8/1993, Redistricting - Legislature; and Guide to 2001 Redistricting - Appendix A, 1990s Redistricting (Texas Legislative Council). Terrazas v. Slagle, 821 F.Supp. 1162 (April 5, 1993) 1993.
(5) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 1992 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .
(6) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 2002 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 78th Legislature, R.S., SR 199. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, R.S., HR 219. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, 6th C.S., HR 87. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named 'Furniture.' Best and Worst Legislators 2009.
• Named one of 'The Worst.' Best and Worst Legislators 2005.
• Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 2001.

Photographs

• Photograph. Chris Harris, Members of the 71st Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, Texas Senate
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Chris Harris, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• Memorial biographical sketch and photo. A State of Remembrance 2017.
• Notice of death, 12/21/2015. Speaker of the House .
• Biographical sketch, "Movers and Shakers: Meet the Legislators Who Make the Decisions About Public Education," March 1995, pp. 13-17. Texas Lone Star .
• Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas Senate .
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 72nd Legislature 1991.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 77th Legislative Session 2001.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 73rd Legislature 1993.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 74th Legislature 1995.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 75th Legislature 1997.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 76th Legislative Session 1999.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 78th Legislative Session 2003.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 79th Legislative Session 2005.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 80th Legislative Session 2007.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 81st Legislative Session 2009.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 82nd Legislative Session 2011.

Committee Information

• 82nd R.S. - 2011
• Business and Commerce (Vice Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development  
• Jurisprudence (Chair) 
• Transportation and Homeland Security  
• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Business and Commerce (Vice Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Higher Education  
• Jurisprudence  
• State Affairs  
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Business and Commerce (Vice Chair) 
• Business and Commerce Subcommittee on Emerging Technologies and Economic Development  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance  
• Finance Subcommittee on General Government Issues  
• Jurisprudence  
• Operation and Management of the Texas Youth Commission, Select  
• State Affairs  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure  
• 79th R.S. - 2005
• Administration (Chair) 
• Government Organization  
• Jurisprudence  
• State Affairs  
• Veteran Affairs and Military Installations  
• 78th R.S. - 2003
• Administration (Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Government Organization  
• Jurisprudence  
• Long-Term Care, Legislative Oversight  
• Nominations  
• State Affairs  
• 77th R.S. - 2001
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Finance (Vice Chair) 
• Health and Human Services  
• Higher Education Excellence Funding, Interim  
• Long Term Care, Legislative Oversight  
• Natural Resource Public Interest Counsel, Interim  
• State Affairs  
• 76th R.S. - 1999
• Administration (Chair) 
• Blue Ribbon Task Force on the Uninsured (Chair) 
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Human Services  
• Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• 75th R.S. - 1997
• Administration (Chair) 
• Economic Development  
• Gangs and Juvenile Justice, Interim  
• General Investigating, Special (Vice Chair) 
• Health and Human Services  
• Health and Human Services, Interim  
• Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Tax Reform and Public School Finance, Select  
• Title Insurance, Interim (Chair) 
• 74th R.S. - 1995
• Administration (Chair) 
• Criminal Justice  
• Economic Development  
• Education  
• General Investigating, Special (Vice Chair) 
• Jurisprudence  
• Juvenile Justice and Child Support, Interim (Chair) 
• Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special  
• Managed Care and Consumer Protections, Interim  
• 73rd R.S. - 1993
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development  
• Education  
• Family Code, Interim (Co-Chair) 
• International Relations, Trade and Technology  
• Jurisprudence (Vice Chair) 
• Rate and Policy Form Regulation, Select  
• Redistricting, Ethics and Elections, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special  
• Uniform Jury Handbook, Legislative Oversight  
• 72nd R.S. - 1991
• Committee of the Whole on Redistricting, Special  
• Committee of the Whole on Redistricting, Special, Subcommittee on Congressional Districts  
• Criminal Justice  
• Economic Development  
• Environment, Interim  
• Health and Human Services  
• Health and Human Services, Interim  
• 71st R.S. - 1989
• Appropriations  
• Calendars  
• Judicial Affairs (Chair - Budget & Oversight) 
• Judicial Affairs Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• Toxic Air Emissions and Greenhouse Effect, Select (Co-Chair) 
• 70th R.S. - 1987
• Appropriations  
• Calendars  
• Child Support, Interim  
• Judiciary  
• Judiciary Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• Organization and Structure of the State Agencies in the Executive Branch of Government, Special  
• Protective Orders and State Employee Pension Plans  
• 69th R.S. - 1985
• Calendars  
• Cultural and Historical Resources  
• Government Organization