Sunset Advisory Sponsor List

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The Sunset Advisory Commission is an independent state agency composed of 12 members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor and the Speaker of the House. The overall purpose of the Sunset Advisory Commission’s review is to assess the need to retain the agency, look for potential duplication of programs, and consider changes to improve agency operation.

Sunset this session included a total of 28 reviews of agencies in areas such as transportation, insurance, environmental quality, and energy. The recommendations adopted at the Sunset Advisory Commission hearings will be considered in Sunset legislation by the 82^nd Texas Legislature. Below is the list of agency and the sponsor of the legislation. If a bill has been filed, it is noted below.

Agency	House Sponsor	Senate Sponsor	House Bill*	Senate Bill*
Capital Metro	Eddie Rodriguez	Hegar/Watson
Coastal Coordination Council	Bonnen	Huffman
DIR	Cook	Nichols
Emergency Communications	Anchia	Whitmire		SB 648
ERCOT, PUC, OPUC	Solomons	Nichols
Forest Service	Cook	Nichols		SB 646
Hearing Instruments	Anchia	Nichols
Housing & Community Affairs	Harper-Brown	Hinojosa
Injured Employee Counsel	Taylor	Huffman	HB 1774	SB 651
OPIC	Taylor	Hegar		SB 647
Public Finance Authority	Bonnen	Whitmire
Racing Commission	Anchia	Hinojosa
Railroad Commission	Keffer	Hegar
Schedule Bill	Bonnen	Hegar
Soil & Water Conservation	Cook	Nichols	HB 1808	SB 645
Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology	Anchia	Nichols
TCEQ/ On-site Waste Water	Bonnen	Huffman
TDI	Taylor	Hegar		SB 644
TJPC/TYC	Madden	Whitmire (co-author Hinojosa)
TWDB	Ritter	Hinojosa
Tx State Affordable Housing Corp.	Harper-Brown	Hinojosa	HB 1818	SB 649
TXDOT	Harper-Brown	Hinojosa/Nichols
Workers’ Comp	Taylor	Huffman

*Not all Sunset Bills have been filed. If the bill has been filed, the Bill Number is shown above.