david dewhurst served as the president of the senate in the texas legislature from 2015 to 2020.
david dewhurst served as the president of the senate in the texas legislature from 2015 to 2020.
who serves as the president of the senate in the texas legislature from 2015 to 2020?
david dewhurst
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the 85th texas legislature began on january 10, 2017. all members of the house and senate were elected in the general election held on november 8, 2016.









































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bullet::::- lieutenant governor: dan patrick (r)









































bullet::::- president pro tempore: kel seliger (r)









































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bullet::::- speaker of the house: joe straus (r)









































bullet::::- speaker pro tempore: dennis bonnen (r)









































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texas governor greg abbott signed texas senate bill 4, which bans sanctuary cities, into law on may 7, 2017.
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guinn was a democrat and served district 11, representing cherokee county, texas, in the texas state senate during the fifth texas legislature, sixth texas legislature, seventh texas legislature, and eighth texas legislature sessions (1853–1861). the eighth texas legislature (1859–61) was called into special session by governor sam houston, and retroactively authorized the secession convention, whose ordinance of secession from the united states was approved by the voters on february 23, 1861 , against the governor's wishes. in the ninth texas legislature, tenth texas legislature, and eleventh texas legislature sessions, guinn served as president "pro tempore" (1861–1866), following which no legislative sessions were held until 1870.
robert henry guinn