Terms of Service

• House, 71st Legislature
  1/10/1989 - 1/8/1991
  Democrat
  
• House, 70th Legislature
  1/13/1987 - 1/10/1989
  Democrat
  
• House, 69th Legislature
  1/8/1985 - 1/13/1987
  Democrat
  
• House, 68th Legislature
  1/11/1983 - 1/8/1985
  Democrat
  
• House, 67th Legislature
  1/13/1981 - 1/11/1983
  Democrat
  
• House, 66th Legislature
  1/9/1979 - 1/13/1981
  Democrat
  
• House, 65th Legislature
  1/11/1977 - 1/9/1979
  Democrat
  
• House, 64th Legislature
  1/14/1975 - 1/11/1977
  Democrat
  
• House, 63rd Legislature
  1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
  Democrat
  
• House, 59th Legislature
  1/12/1965 - 1/10/1967
  Democrat
  
• House, 58th ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/1963 - 1/12/1965
  Democrat
  
• House, 57th Legislature
  1/10/1961 - 1/8/1963
  Democrat
  
• House, 56th Legislature
  1/13/1959 - 1/10/1961
  Democrat
  
• House, 55th Legislature
  1/8/1957 - 1/13/1959
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 30. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 79th Legislature, R.S., HR 11. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, 1st C.S., HR 178. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, 6th C.S., HCR 18. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 70th Legislature, 2nd C.S., HR 179. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 67th Legislature, R.S., HR 295, honoring former speakers and certain members on the occasion of Speaker's Day. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 68th Legislature, R.S., HR 568. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 56th Legislature, 3rd C.S., HSR 26. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 57th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 70. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Texas Monthly's Best and Worst Legislators

• Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1983.
• Named one of 'The Worst'. Best and Worst Legislators 1979.
• Named 'Dishonorable Mention'. Best and Worst Legislators 1975.

Photographs

• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, Members of the 71st Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, Texas Yearbook, 56th Legislature
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Bill Hollowell, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• United States Air Force, Major General. Military grave marker, Billie Gene Hollowell, birth date 7/22/1928, death date 1/18/2012, Texas State Representative 1957-1967 and 1973-1991, photo, biographical sketch, burial in Sand Flat Cemetery, Grand Saline, Van Zandt County. Find a Grave .
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• Memorial, May 2012, p. 410. Texas Bar Journal .
• Obituary, Photo, "Former State Representative Hollowell Dies At Age 83," 1/20/2012. Tyler Morning Telegraph .
• Texas Army National Guard. Obituary, 1/20/2012. "At the age of 20, Hollowell enlisted in the Texas Army National Guard and performed duty with the 36th Infantry and 49th Armored Divisions. He then transferred to the 181st Fighter Squadron, TXANG. While serving at TXANG headquarters, he was appointed state judge advocate of the Texas Army and Air National Guard and State Guard." Tyler Morning Telegraph .

Committee Information

• 71st R.S. - 1989
• Appropriations  
• General Investigating (Vice Chair) 
• House Administration (Vice Chair) 
• Ways and Means (Chair - Budget & Oversight) 
• Ways and Means Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• 70th R.S. - 1987
• Appropriations  
• Child Abuse and Pornography, Select (Vice Chair) 
• General Investigating (Vice Chair) 
• Public Safety  
• Public Safety Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• 69th R.S. - 1985
• Appropriations  
• Child Abuse and Pornography, Select, Interim  
• General Investigating (Vice Chair) 
• Merit Selection of Judges, Committee of 100 for the  
• State, Federal and International Relations (Chair - Budget & Oversight) 
• State, Federal and International Relations Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• 68th R.S. - 1983
• Appropriations  
• Child Abuse and Pornography, House Joint  
• Ethics (Chair) 
• General Investigating (Chair) 
• Regions, Compacts and Districts (Chair - Budget & Oversight) 
• 67th R.S. - 1981
• Appropriations  
• Child Abuse/Neglect and Child Pornography, Select  
• General Investigating  
• House Administration (Vice Chair) 
• Regions, Compacts, and Districts  
• 66th R.S. - 1979
• Appropriations  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• General Investigating  
• House Administration (Vice Chair) 
• 65th R.S. - 1977
• Appropriations  
• Funding Public Institutions of Higher Education, House Joint  
• Local and Consent Calendars  
• 64th R.S. - 1975
• Appropriations  
• Government Operations (Little Hoover Commission)  
• Government Operations (Little Hoover Commission) Subcommittee on Natural Resources  
• Judicial Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Rules  
• 63rd R.S. - 1973
• Citizens' Conference on State Legislatures, Steering, Special (Operations of the House)  
• House Administration  
• Reapportionment  
• Rules (Vice Chair) 
• 59th R.S. - 1965
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Counties  
• Federal Relations  
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Military and Veterans' Affairs  
• 58th R.S. - 1963
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Judicial Districts  
• Judiciary  
• Liquor Regulation  
• Public Health  
• 57th R.S. - 1961
• Appropriations  
• Congressional and Legislative Districts  
• General Investigating, Special (Vice Chair) 
• Interstate Cooperation  
• Rules  
• State Affairs (Chair) 
• 56th R.S. - 1959
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Criminal Jurisprudence  
• Judiciary  
• Public Lands and Buildings (Chair) 
• Radiation  
• State Affairs  
• 55th R.S. - 1957
• Aged Citizens  
• Agriculture  
• Banks and Banking  
• Constitutional Amendments  
• Representation Before the Legislature  
• State Hospitals and Special Schools