House Speaker Joe Straus announced his much-anticipated committee assignments. Here they are:Printable .pdf versions are here: By committee, and by member And here, in plain text:

By Committee:

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK: Gonzalez Toureilles-C; Anderson-VC, B. Brown, Crabb, Hardcastle, Heflin, Kleinschmidt, Rios Ybarra, Swinford

APPROPRIATIONS: Pitts-C; Raymond-VC, Chavez, Crownover, Dukes, Edwards, Flores, Giddings, Isett, McClendon, Morrison, Pitts, Riddle, Villarreal, Aycock, F. Brown, Button, Cohen, Creighton, Darby, Driver, Eiland, Herrero, Hochberg, S. King, D. Miller, Otto, Zerwas

BORDER & INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS: Gonzales-C; Flynn-VC, Flores, Guillen, Leibowitz, Moody, Olivo, Raymond, Shelton

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY: Deshotel-C; Elkins-VC, Christian, Elkins, Gattis, S. Miller, England, Giddings, Keffer, Orr, Quintanilla, S. Turner

CALENDARS: McCall-C; Lucio-VC, Chavez, Coleman, Cook, Creighton, Geren, Keffer, Kolkhorst, Kuempel, McReynolds, Ritter, Solomons

CORRECTIONS: McReynolds-C; Madden-VC, England, Hodge, Madden, Dutton, Kolkhorst, Marquez, Martinez, S. Miller, Ortiz, Sheffield

COUNTY AFFAIRS: Coleman-C; Morrison-VC, J. Davis, W. Smith, Berman, Bolton, Castro, Marquez, Sheffield

CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE: Gallego-C; Christian-VC, Miklos, Moody, Pierson, Fletcher, Hodge, Kent, Riddle, Vaught, Vo

CULTURE, RECREATION, & TOURISM: Homer-C; D. Howard-VC, Phillips, Dukes, T. King, Kleinschmidt, Kuempel, McCall, Thibaut

DEFENSE & VETERANS' AFFAIRS: Corte-C; Vaught-VC, Farias, C. Turner, Chavez, Edwards, Maldonado, Ortiz, Pickett

ELECTIONS: T. Smith-C; Peña-VC, B. Brown, Allen, Anchia, Bohac, Bonnen, Harper-Brown, Heflin

ENERGY RESOURCES: Keffer-C; Crownover-VC, Crabb, Hardcastle, Keffer, Craddick, Farabee, Gonzalez Toureilles, Rios Ybarra, Strama

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION: Cook-C; Chisum-VC, Burnam, Dunnam, Farrar, Hancock, Legler, Veasey, Weber

GENERAL INVESTIGATING & ETHICS: Hopson-C; Phillips-VC, Creighton, Gallego, Hunter

HIGHER EDUCATION: Branch-C; Castro-VC, Alonzo, Berman, McCall, Cohen, D. Howard, Patrick, Rose

HOUSE ADMINISTRATION: Geren-C; Rose-VC, Allen, Callegari, Eissler, D. Howard, D. Miller, Ortiz, Riddle, Shelton, Vo

HUMAN SERVICES: Rose-C; Herrero-VC, Herrero, Naishtat, Walle, Darby, Elkins, Hernandez, Hughes, Legler

INSURANCE: Smithee-C; Martinez Fischer-VC, Deshotel, Eiland, Hunter, Hancock, Isett, Taylor, Thompson

JUDICIARY & CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE: Hunter-C; Hughes-VC, Branch, Hartnett, Hughes, Leibowitz, Alonzo, Jackson, Lewis, Madden, Martinez, Woolley

LAND & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT: Bonnen-C; Farrar-VC, Orr, Alvarado, Bolton, Hamilton, Homer, Paxton, Thibaut

LICENSING & ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES: Kuempel-C; Thompson-VC, Jones, Menendez, Thompson, Chisum, Geren, Gutierrez, Hamilton, Quintanilla

LOCAL & CONSENT CALENDARS: Thompson-C; Cook-VC, Anchia, Bohac, Bolton, Gutierrez, Laubenberg, Martinez Fischer, Merritt, Morrison, Orr

NATURAL RESOURCES: Ritter-C; Callegari-VC, Corte, T. King, Martinez Fischer, Smithee, Creighton, Frost, Laubenberg, Lucio, D. Miller

PENSIONS, INVESTMENTS, & FINANCIAL SERVICES: Truitt-C; Anchia-VC, Anderson, Flynn, Woolley, Hernandez, Hopson, Parker, Veasey

PUBLIC EDUCATION: Eissler-C; Hochberg-VC, Allen, Dutton, Jackson, Olivo, Aycock, Farias, Patrick, Shelton, Weber

PUBLIC HEALTH: Kolkhorst-C; Naishtat-VC, Coleman, Hopson, McReynolds, Truitt, J. Davis, Gonzales, S. King, Laubenberg, Zerwas

PUBLIC SAFETY: Merritt-C; Frost-VC, Driver, Vo, Burnam, P. King, Lewis, Mallory Caraway, Rodriguez

REDISTRICTING: Jones-C; Villarreal-VC, Alvarado, Deshotel, Eissler, Harless, Herrero, Hilderbran, Keffer, Merritt, Peña, Pickett, Pitts, T. Smith, Veasey

RULES & RESOLUTIONS: McClendon-C; Crabb-VC, Anderson, Edwards, Farias, Kent, Kleinschmidt, Marquez, Rios Ybarra, Sheffield, Walle

STATE AFFAIRS: Solomons-C; Menendez-VC, Craddick, Gallego, Hilderbran, Oliveira, Swinford, S. Turner, Cook, Farabee, Geren, Harless, Jones, Lucio, Maldonado

TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, & WORKFORCE: Strama-C; Parker-VC, F. Brown, Eissler, Ritter, Button, Gattis, Harless, Rodriguez

TRANSPORTATION: Pickett-C; Phillips-VC, Callegari, Y. Davis, Merritt, T. Smith, Dunnam, Guillen, Harper-Brown, McClendon, W. Smith

URBAN AFFAIRS: Y. Davis-C; C. Howard-VC, Fletcher, Mallory Caraway, Alvarado, Gutierrez, Kent, Miklos, Pierson, C. Turner, Walle

WAYS & MEANS: Oliveira-C; Otto-VC, Bohac, C. Howard, P. King, Paxton, Hartnett, Hilderbran, Peña, Taylor, Villarreal

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By member:

Allen: Elections; House Administration; Public Education

Alonzo: Higher Education; Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Alvarado: Land & Resource Management; Redistricting; Urban Affairs

Anchia: Elections; Local & Consent Calendars; VC-Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Anderson: VC-Agriculture & Livestock; Pensions, Investments & Financial Services; Rules & Resolutions

Aycock: Appropriations; Public Education

Berman: County Affairs; Higher Education

Bohac: Elections; Local & Consent Calendars; Ways & Means

Bolton: County Affairs; Land & Resource Management; Local & Consent Calendars

Bonnen: Elections; C-Land & Resource Management

Branch: C-Higher Education; Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

B. Brown: Agriculture & Livestock; Elections

F. Brown: Appropriations; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Burnam: Environmental Regulation; Public Safety

Button: Appropriations; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Callegari: House Administration; VC-Natural Resources; Transportation

Castro: County Affairs; VC-Higher Education

Chavez: Appropriations; Calendars; Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Chisum: VC-Environmental Regulation; Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Christian: Business & Industry; VC-Criminal Jurisprudence

Cohen: Appropriations; Higher Education

Coleman: Calendars; C-County Affairs; Public Health

Cook: Calendars; C-Environmental Regulation; VC-Local & Consent Calendars; State Affairs

Corte: C-Defense & Veterans' Affairs; Natural Resources

Crabb: Agriculture & Livestock; Energy Resources; VC-Rules & Resolutions

Craddick: Energy Resources; State Affairs

Creighton: Appropriations; Calendars; General Investigating & Ethics; Natural Resources

Crownover: Appropriations; VC-Energy Resources

Darby: Appropriations; Human Services

J. Davis: Public Health; County Affairs

Y. Davis: Transportation; C-Urban Affairs

Deshotel: C-Business & Industry; Insurance; Redistricting

Driver: Appropriations; Public Safety

Dukes: Appropriations; Culture, Recreation & Tourism

Dunnam: Environmental Regulation; Transportation

Dutton: Corrections; Public Education

Edwards: Appropriations; Defense & Veterans' Affairs; Rules & Resolutions

Eiland: Appropriations; Insurance

Eissler: House Administration; C-Public Education; Redistricting; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Elkins: VC-Business & Industry; Human Services

England: Business & Industry; Corrections

Farabee: Energy Resources; State Affairs

Farias: Defense & Veterans' Affairs; Public Education; Rules & Resolutions

Farrar: Environmental Regulation; VC-Land & Resource Management

Fletcher: Criminal Jurisprudence; Urban Affairs

Flores: Appropriations; Border & Intergovernmental Affairs

Flynn: VC-Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Frost: Natural Resources; VC-Public Safety

Gallego: C-Criminal Jurisprudence; General Investigating & Ethics; State Affairs

Gattis: Business & Industry; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Geren: Calendars; C-House Administration; Licensing & Administrative Procedures; State Affairs

Giddings: Appropriations; Business & Industry

Gonzales: C-Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; Public Health

Gonzalez Toureilles: C-Agriculture & Livestock; Energy Resources

Guillen: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; Transportation

Gutierrez: Licensing & Administrative Procedures; Local & Consent Calendars; Urban Affairs

Hamilton: Land & Resource Management; Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Hancock: Environmental Regulation; Insurance

Hardcastle: Agriculture & Livestock; Energy Resources

Harless: Redistricting; State Affairs; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Harper-Brown: Elections; Transportation

Hartnett: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence; Ways & Means

Heflin: Agriculture & Livestock; Elections

Hernandez: Human Services; Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Herrero: Appropriations; VC-Human Services; Redistricting

Hilderbran: Redistricting; State Affairs; Ways & Means

Hochberg: Appropriations; VC-Public Education

Hodge: Corrections; Criminal Jurisprudence

Homer: C-Culture, Recreation & Tourism; Land & Resource Management

Hopson: C-General Investigating & Ethics; Pensions, Investments & Financial Services; Public Health

C. Howard: Ways & Means; VC-Urban Affairs

D. Howard: VC-Culture, Recreation & Tourism; Higher Education; House Administration

Hughes: Human Services; VC-Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Hunter: General Investigating & Ethics; Insurance; C-Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Isett: Appropriations; Insurance

Jackson: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence; Public Education

Jones: Licensing & Administrative Procedures; State Affairs; C-Redistricting

Keffer: Business & Industry; Calendars; C-Energy Resources; Redistricting

Kent: Criminal Jurisprudence; Rules & Resolutions; Urban Affairs

P. King: Public Safety; Ways & Means

S. King: Appropriations; Public Health

T. King: Culture, Recreation & Tourism; Natural Resources

Kleinschmidt: Agriculture & Livestock; Culture, Recreation & Tourism; Rules & Resolutions

Kolkhorst: Calendars; Corrections; C-Public Health

Kuempel: Calendars; Culture, Recreation & Tourism; C-Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Laubenberg: Local & Consent Calendars; Natural Resources; Public Health

Legler: Environmental Regulation; Human Services

Leibowitz: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Lewis: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence; Public Safety

Lucio: VC-Calendars; Natural Resources; State Affairs

Madden: VC-Corrections; Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Maldonado: Defense & Veterans' Affairs; State Affairs

Mallory Caraway: Public Safety; Urban Affairs

Marquez: Corrections; County Affairs; Rules & Resolutions

Martinez: Corrections; Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

Martinez Fischer: VC-Insurance; Local & Consent Calendars; Natural Resources

McCall: C-Calendars; Culture, Recreation & Tourism; Higher Education

McClendon: Appropriations; C-Rules & Resolutions; Transportation

McReynolds: Calendars; C-Corrections; Public Health

Menendez: Licensing & Administrative Procedures; VC-State Affairs

Merritt: Local & Consent Calendars; C-Public Safety; Redistricting; Transportation

Miklos: Criminal Jurisprudence; Urban Affairs

D. Miller: Appropriations; House Administration; Natural Resources

S. Miller: Business & Industry; Corrections

Moody: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; Criminal Jurisprudence

Morrison: Appropriations; VC-County Affairs; Local & Consent Calendars

Naishtat: Human Services; VC-Public Health

Oliveira: State Affairs; C-Ways & Means

Olivo: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; Public Education

Orr: Business & Industry; Land & Resource Management; Local & Consent Calendars

Ortiz: Corrections; Defense & Veterans' Affairs; House Administration

Otto: Appropriations; VC-Ways & Means

Parker: Pensions, Investments & Financial Services; VC-Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Patrick: Higher Education; Public Education

Paxton: Land & Resource Management; Ways & Means

Peña: VC-Elections; Redistricting; Ways & Means

Phillips: Culture, Recreation & Tourism; VC-General Investigating & Ethics; VC-Transportation

Pickett: Defense & Veterans' Affairs; Redistricting; C-Transportation

Pierson: Criminal Jurisprudence; Urban Affairs

Pitts: C-Appropriations; Redistricting

Quintanilla: Business & Industry; Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Raymond: VC-Appropriations; Border & Intergovernmental Affairs

Riddle: Appropriations; Criminal Jurisprudence; House Administration

RiosYbarra: Agriculture & Livestock; Energy Resources; Rules & Resolutions

Ritter: Calendars; C-Natural Resources; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Rodriguez: Public Safety; Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Rose: Higher Education; VC-House Administration; C-Human Services

Sheffield: Corrections; County Affairs; Rules & Resolutions

Shelton: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs; House Administration; Public Education

T. Smith: C-Elections; Redistricting; Transportation

W. Smith: County Affairs; Transportation

Smithee: C-Insurance; Natural Resources

Solomons: Calendars; C-State Affairs

Strama: Energy Resources; C-Technology, Economic Development & Workforce

Swinford: Agriculture & Livestock; State Affairs

Taylor: Insurance; Ways & Means

Thibaut: Culture, Recreation & Tourism; Land & Resource Management

Thompson: Insurance; VC-Licensing & Administrative Procedures; C-Local & Consent Calendars

Truitt: Public Health; C-Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

C. Turner: Defense & Veterans' Affairs; Urban Affairs

S. Turner: Business & Industry; State Affairs

Vaught: Criminal Jurisprudence; VC-Defense & Veterans' Affairs

Veasey: Environmental Regulation; Pensions, Investments & Financial Services; Redistricting

Villarreal: Appropriations; VC-Redistricting; Ways & Means

Vo: Criminal Jurisprudence; House Administration; Public Safety

Walle: Human Services; Rules & Resolutions; Urban Affairs

Weber: Environmental Regulation; Public Education

Woolley: Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence; Pensions, Investments & Financial Services

Zerwas: Appropriations; Public Health

What happened to the people chairing committees under deposed Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland?

Five of those 40 chairmen are no longer in the House. Four were among the Republicans who brought Craddick down last month. Nine joined that bunch and made Joe Straus the new speaker. The rest stuck with Craddick. The end result? A dozen of the 40 still have committees.

Some of Craddick's chairfolk aren't in the House anymore: Kevin Bailey, D-Houston, and Tony Goolsby, R-Dallas, got beat; Dianne White Delisi, R-Temple, Fred Hill, R-Richardson, and Mike Krusee, R-Austin, didn't seek reelection.

Several were in the "Polo Road Gang" of 11 Republicans who met at Byron Cook's Austin home (thus the moniker) to elevate Straus as the lone opponent to Craddick, team up with the House Democrats, and toss the boss. That bunch includes Cook, R-Corsicana; Rob Eissler, R-The Woodlands, Jim Keffer, R-Eastland, and Burt Solomons, R-Carrollton. They made out like bandits in Straus' assignments: He's the speaker and the other ten guys who were in the room are all chairing committees. In addition, each is either on the Calendars Committee that sets bills for consideration, or on the Redistricting Committee, which is setting the table for legislative and congressional redrawing of political districts in 2011.

Some were among the 15 Republicans and 70 Democrats on the first list of names that put Straus over the top: Dan Branch, R-Dallas, Joe Deshotel, D-Beaumont, Kino Flores, D-Palmview, Helen Giddings, D-Dallas, Tracy King, D-Batesville, Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio, Aaron Peña, D-Edinburg, and Patrick Rose, D-Dripping Springs. And Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton, R-Mauriceville, had pledged to vote for another Craddick opponent. Branch, Deshotel, McClendon, and Rose all won chairs.

The remaining chairmen stuck with Craddick, at least until Straus had the votes to declare victory: Leo Berman, R-Tyler, Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, Bill Callegari, R-Katy, Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, Frank Corte, R-San Antonio, Joe Crabb, R-Humble, Joe Driver, R-Garland, Harold Dutton, D-Houston, Rick Hardcastle, R-Vernon, Will Hartnett, R-Dallas, Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville, Charlie Howard, R-Sugar Land, Phil King, R-Weatherford, Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, Sid Miller, R-Stephenville, Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria, Rob Orr, R-Burleson, Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, Wayne Smith, R-Baytown, John Smithee, R-Amarillo, David Swinford, R-Dumas, Vicki Truitt, R-Keller, Sylvester Turner, D-Houston, and Beverly Woolley, R-Houston.

But that status didn't kill their chances of making Team Straus — it just made it highly unlikely. Of the bunch, Bonnen, Corte, Smithee, and Truitt are still chairs. Bonnen moved from Environmental Regulation to Land & Resource Management. Corte remains at Defense & Veterans Affairs, but he's the only Republican on his nine-member committee. Smithee, a late and semi-reluctant candidate offered by Craddick Rs as an alternative to Straus, will remain at Insurance. And Truitt will remain in the middle seat at the renamed Pensions, Investments & Financial Services.

Members who chaired the top committees for Craddick didn't fare as well. Chisum, King, Swinford, and Woolley — who chaired Appropriations, Regulated Industries, State Affairs, and Calendars, respectively — won't chair any committees this year.