Legislators of Particular Interest to UT Dallas or Particularly Identified with Higher Education

Senate

Texas Senate District 8, Senator Florence Shapiro http://www.shapiro.senate.state.tx.us/

Texas Senate District 23, Senator Royce West   http://www.west.senate.state.tx.us/

 Texas Senate District 14, Senator Kirk Watson http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist14/dist14.htm

Texas Senate District 21, Senator Judith Zaffirini http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/Senate/members/dist21/dist21.htm

House of Representatives

District 102 (Dallas County in part) Carol Kent, http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=102

District 67 (Collin County, part), Jerry Madden http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist67/madden.htm

District 66 (Collin County, part), Van Taylor http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=66

District 70 (Collin County, part) Ken Paxton http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist70/paxton.htm
Author of HB 2081 to prohibit use of state funds for embryonic stem cell research.

District 14 Fred Brown http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist14/brown.htm
Mr. Brown is the author of the bill that would require standardized textbooks and prohibit changing them for three years, among many other bills.