Mayor, City of Houston, Texas, 2024-present

Dean, Texas State Senate

Senator, Texas State Senate, District 15, 1983-2024

Candidate, Texas State Senate, District 15, 2022

Representative, Texas State House of Representatives, 1973-1982

No committee memberships found.

Former Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Government Facilities Select Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Government Organization Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Oversight of Criminal Justice Committee, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Articles VI & VII, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Subcommittee on Medicaid, Texas State Senate

Former Chair, Subcommittee on Public Safety, Texas State Senate

Former Member, Texas Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas State Senate

Member, Committee of the Whole Senate, Texas State Senate, 2023-2024

Chair, Criminal Justice Committee, Texas State Senate, 2023-2024

Member, Finance Committee, Texas State Senate, 2023-2024

Of Counsel, Locke Lord, Limited Liability Partnership, 2019-present

Member, Texas State Pension Review Board, 1996-present

Member, State Bar of Texas, 1981-present

Chair, School Discipline Consensus Project, Council of State Governments Justice Center, present