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Minority-party committee chairmanships are a thing of the past in the Texas House of Representatives. House members ended the tradition by adopting new procedural rules for the 2025 legislative session on Thursday.
The 116-23 vote indicates that some of the House’s 62 Democrats joined the 88 Republican members in approving the change. The new rules require committee vice chairmanships be given to Democrats.
The vote ended a bipartisan tradition that differentiated the Texas House from other legislative bodies nationwide.
