Terms of Service

• House, 88th Legislature
  1/10/2023 - 1/14/2025
  Democrat
  Dean of the House, 2/8/2023.
• House, 87th Legislature
  1/12/2021 - 1/10/2023
  Democrat
  Dean of the House, 2/4/2021.
• House, 86th Legislature
  1/8/2019 - 1/12/2021
  Democrat
  
• House, 85th Legislature
  1/10/2017 - 1/8/2019
  Democrat
  
• House, 84th Legislature
  1/13/2015 - 1/10/2017
  Democrat
  
• House, 83rd Legislature
  1/8/2013 - 1/13/2015
  Democrat
  
• House, 82nd Legislature
  1/11/2011 - 1/8/2013
  Democrat
  
• House, 81st Legislature
  1/13/2009 - 1/11/2011
  Democrat
  
• House, 80th Legislature
  1/9/2007 - 1/13/2009
  Democrat
  
• House, 79th Legislature
  1/11/2005 - 1/9/2007
  Democrat
  
• House, 78th Legislature
  1/14/2003 - 1/11/2005
  Democrat
  
• House, 77th Legislature
  1/9/2001 - 1/14/2003
  Democrat
  
• House, 76th Legislature
  1/12/1999 - 1/9/2001
  Democrat
  
• House, 75th Legislature
  1/14/1997 - 1/12/1999
  Democrat
  
• House, 74th Legislature
  1/10/1995 - 1/14/1997
  Democrat
  
• House, 73rd Legislature
  1/12/1993 - 1/10/1995
  Democrat
  
• House, 72nd Legislature
  1/8/1991 - 1/12/1993
  Democrat
  
• House, 71st Legislature
  1/10/1989 - 1/8/1991
  Democrat
  
• House, 70th Legislature
  1/13/1987 - 1/10/1989
  Democrat
  
• House, 69th Legislature
  1/8/1985 - 1/13/1987
  Democrat
  
• House, 68th Legislature
  1/11/1983 - 1/8/1985
  Democrat
  
• House, 67th Legislature
  1/13/1981 - 1/11/1983
  Democrat
  
• House, 66th Legislature
  1/9/1979 - 1/13/1981
  Democrat
  
• House, 65th Legislature
  1/11/1977 - 1/9/1979
  Democrat
  
• House, 64th Legislature
  1/14/1975 - 1/11/1977
  Democrat
  
• House, 63rd Legislature
  1/9/1973 - 1/14/1975
  Democrat
  

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• 81st Legislature, R.S., HR 1280. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, R.S., HR 105. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 68th Legislature, R.S., HR 568. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 82nd Legislature, R.S., HR 654. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• Mentioned in 74th Legislature, R.S., HCR 122, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the first female legislators. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 71st Legislature, R.S., SR 29. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 87th Legislature, R.S., HR 1230. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
• 88th Legislature, R.S., HR 2185. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .

Photographs

• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, Members of the 79th Legislature Texas House of Representatives (CD-RW)
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, Texas House of Representatives
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, House Photography
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Senfronia Thompson, Texas House of Representatives
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 74th Legislature 1995.
• Photograph, Flip Book Photographs: Texas House of Representatives, 79th Legislature 2005.

Other Resources

• Biographical sketch, pp. 167-168, 204. Black Women in Texas History 2008.
• "Lawmaker Legend Grows with Bill Passing Record as Democrats Widen Legislation Production Leads," Best of the Texas Legislature 2015, by Mike Hailey, 6/15/2015. Capitol Inside .
• Photo and biographical sketch, Senfronia Paige Thompson, pp. 176-179. In 1973, Senfronia Thompson and Eddie Bernice Johnson were first two black women ever to serve in the Texas House. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
• Oral history interview in LRL collection, 976.4 H449G 2021. Growing Up in the Lone Star State: Notable Texans Remember Their Childhoods 2021.
• Mentioned in Minority Civil Rights and the Texas Legislature 2018.
• Selected reading 3-3 includes Representative Senfronia Thompson's personal privilege speech, 4/12/1973, pp. 165, 176-179. Practicing Texas Politics, 2nd edition 1974.
• Delegate to the Texas Constitutional Convention, 1974. Record of Proceedings, Texas Constitutional Convention: Official Journals, January 8 - July 30, 1974 1975.
• "Senfronia Thompson: The Power of Persistence," Summer 2022, pp. 50-53. State Legislatures .
• Biographical sketch and photo, "Legislator Who Stood Up to Sexism in '73 Sees Some Progress," 11/7/2017. Stateline .
• Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas House of Representatives .
• Biographical sketch, 85th Legislature. Texas House of Representatives .
• Thompson, Senfronia. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 88th R.S. - 2023
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• Redistricting  
• State Affairs  
• Youth Health and Safety, Select (Chair) 
• 87th R.S. - 2021
• Business and Industry  
• Constitutional Rights and Remedies, Select (Vice Chair) 
• Criminal Justice Reform, Interim Study  
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures (Chair) 
• Redistricting  
• 86th R.S. - 2019
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• Public Health (Chair) 
• Redistricting  
• Statewide Health Care Costs, Select (Vice Chair) 
• 85th R.S. - 2017
• Economic Competitiveness, Select (Vice Chair) 
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• Local and Consent Calendars (Chair) 
• State and Federal Power and Responsibility, Select  
• Transportation  
• 84th R.S. - 2015
• Cruise Industry Development  
• Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence  
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• Local and Consent Calendars (Chair) 
• Mental Health, Select  
• Redistricting  
• 83rd R.S. - 2013
• Human Trafficking (Co-Chair) 
• Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence  
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• Local and Consent Calendars (Chair) 
• Redistricting  
• Redistricting, Select  
• Texas Lottery and Texas Lottery Commission  
• Transportation Funding, Select  
• 82nd R.S. - 2011
• Human Trafficking (Co-Chair) 
• Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence  
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• Local and Consent Calendars (Chair) 
• State Sovereignty, Select  
• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Insurance  
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures (Vice Chair) 
• Local and Consent Calendars (Chair) 
• Transportation Funding, Select  
• Transportation Funding, Select, Subcommittee on Planning & Accountability  
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Insurance  
• Licensing and Administrative Procedures  
• 79th R.S. - 2005
• Insurance  
• Juvenile Justice and Family Issues  
• 78th R.S. - 2003
• Economic Development  
• Insurance  
• Property and Casualty Insurance, Legislative Oversight  
• 77th R.S. - 2001
• Calendars  
• Higher Education Excellence Funding, Interim  
• Insurance  
• Judicial Affairs (Chair) 
• Personal Privacy Task Force  
• 76th R.S. - 1999
• Calendars  
• Insurance  
• Judicial Affairs (Chair) 
• 75th R.S. - 1997
• Judicial Affairs (Chair) 
• Statutory Probate Courts Jurisdiction, Interim (Co-Chair) 
• Ways and Means  
• 74th R.S. - 1995
• Affordable Housing, House Joint  
• Judicial Affairs (Chair) 
• Local and Consent Calendars  
• Urban Affairs  
• 73rd R.S. - 1993
• Family Code, Interim  
• International and Cultural Relations  
• Judicial Affairs (Chair) 
• NAFTA and GATT, Special Select  
• 72nd R.S. - 1991
• Judicial Affairs (Chair) 
• Retirement and Aging  
• Retirement and Aging Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight  
• 71st R.S. - 1989
• Insurance  
• Judiciary (Chair) 
• Redistricting  
• 70th R.S. - 1987
• Insurance  
• Judicial Affairs  
• Rules and Resolutions (Chair) 
• 69th R.S. - 1985
• Appropriations  
• Elections (Chair - Budget & Oversight) 
• Elections Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• Merit Selection of Judges, Committee of 100 for the  
• 68th R.S. - 1983
• Appropriations  
• Labor and Employment Relations (Chair - Budget & Oversight) 
• Labor and Employment Relations Subcommittee on Budget and Oversight (Chair) 
• 67th R.S. - 1981
• Appropriations  
• Child Abuse/Neglect and Child Pornography, Select  
• Environmental Affairs  
• Rules  
• 66th R.S. - 1979
• Appropriations  
• Business and Industry  
• Business and Industry Subcommittee on Appropriative Matters  
• Child Abuse/Neglect and Child Pornography, Select  
• Local and Consent Calendars  
• 65th R.S. - 1977
• Election Code Revision  
• General Investigating  
• Higher Education  
• Higher Education Subcommittee on Senior Institutions (Vice Chair) 
• Judicial Affairs (Vice Chair) 
• Judicial Redistricting, House Joint (Chair) 
• Local and Consent Calendars  
• 64th R.S. - 1975
• Board of Managers  
• Constitutional Revision  
• Crime and its Control, Special Task Force  
• Functions of the Judiciary, Select  
• Higher Education  
• Impeachment, Select  
• Judicial Qualifications Commission Study, Special  
• 63rd R.S. - 1973
• Business and Industry  
• Business and Industry Subcommittee on Consumer Protection  
• Education  
• Education Subcommittee on Public Education  
• Educational Needs of Gifted Children, Interim  
• Labor  
• Prairie View A&M College Administration, Investigation, Special  
• State Scholarship Programs (Chair)