Rep. Dade Phelan of Beaumont is Texas’s 76th Residence speaker.
DALLAS — Just soon after the legislative session was gaveled in on Jan. 12, members of the Texas Household followed their constitutional duty and elected a new speaker.
Report 3, part 9 of the Texas constitution orders that every session ought to start with the 150 associates of the Dwelling, who are elected by Texas voters, electing a single of their possess as Residence speaker.
Rep. Dade Phelan, a 45-12 months-aged Republican from Beaumont, acquired 143 votes.
Phelan turned Texas’s 76th House speaker.
Related: Texas Residence formally elects Speaker Dade Phelan
He is also the 76th guy to maintain that place.
Texas has experienced two female governors.
Miriam “Ma” Ferguson was elected in 1925 and 1933.
Ann Richards served as governor from 1991 right up until 1995.
But, the state has never ever had a female Speaker of the Property.
The speaker determines which Home users sit on which committees, then also establishes which expenses get talked over in committees.
The speaker also retains buy on the Household floor.
You could consider of the speaker as football coach selecting who will make the workforce, who is on the subject through a game, and contacting all the performs.
Now, give that coach the capability to call a penalty and throw a flag.
If that seems like a ton of ability, it is.
The fate of any proposed Dwelling laws rests in the speaker’s arms.
Relevant: Session Classes: Texas Legislature 101
