Terms of Service

• Senate, 86th ^{(1) (2) (5)} Legislature
  1/8/2019 - 4/30/2020
  Democrat
  Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/8/2019.
• Senate, 85th & 84th Legislatures
  1/13/2015 - 1/8/2019
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 83rd ⁽³⁾ Legislature
  1/8/2013 - 1/13/2015
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 82nd ⁽⁴⁾ Legislature
  1/11/2011 - 1/8/2013
  Democrat
  
• Senate, 81st & 80th Legislatures
  1/9/2007 - 1/11/2011
  Democrat
  

(1) Proclamation, 3/16/2020, Ordering special election on 7/14/2020 in Senate District 14 to serve unexpired term of Senator Kirk Watson. Governor Greg Abbott .
(2) Resignation letter to Governor Abbott, effective at midnight, 4/30/2020. Governor Greg Abbott .
(3) 83rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/23/2013, SR 36, pp. 81-82. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 2012 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators .
(5) "Sen. Watson resigns Senate seat to lead the University of Houston Hobby School of Public Affairs," 2/18/2020. Texas Senate .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Kirk Watson, Texas Senate
• Photograph. Kirk Watson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Kirk Watson, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Kirk Watson, Texas Senate

Other Resources

• Book in LRL Collection, 976.431 W334AU 2019. Austin Unlimited: The People, Place, Passion and Prospects 2019.
• Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas Senate .
• Biography. Texas Senator Kirk Watson 2007.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 80th Legislative Session 2007.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 81st Legislative Session 2009.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 82nd Legislative Session 2011.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 83rd Legislative Session 2013.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 84th Legislature 2015.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 85th Legislature 2017.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 86th Legislature 2019.
• Watson, Kirk Preston. Texas State Cemetery .

Committee Information

• 86th R.S. - 2019
• Education  
• Finance  
• Higher Education  
• Nominations (Vice Chair) 
• Redistricting, Select  
• Senate Chamber Review  
• 85th R.S. - 2017
• Finance  
• Government Facilities  
• Health and Human Services  
• Higher Education  
• Nominations (Vice Chair) 
• Prescribing and Dispensing Controlled Substances  
• 84th R.S. - 2015
• Advertising Public Notices (Vice Chair) 
• Business and Commerce  
• Finance  
• Government Facilities  
• Government Facilities, Select  
• Higher Education  
• Nominations  
• State Real Property Data Collection, Reporting, and Assessment, Select  
• 83rd R.S. - 2013
• Business and Commerce  
• Economic Development  
• Economic Development Subcommittee on Public-Private Partnerships  
• Education Policy for a Skilled Workforce  
• Higher Education (Vice Chair) 
• Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency, Select Oversight  
• Nominations  
• Transportation  
• 82nd R.S. - 2011
• Business and Commerce  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development  
• Higher Education  
• Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency, Oversight  
• Nominations  
• Transportation and Homeland Security (Vice Chair) 
• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Business and Commerce  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development  
• Higher Education  
• Jurisprudence  
• Nominations  
• Transportation and Homeland Security (Vice Chair) 
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Business and Commerce  
• Business and Commerce Subcommittee on Emerging Technologies and Economic Development  
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Economic Development, Select  
• Jurisprudence  
• Nominations  
• Transportation and Homeland Security (Vice Chair)