Terms of Service

• Senate, 83rd ⁽¹⁾ Legislature
  1/8/2013 - 1/13/2015
  Republican
  
• Senate, 82nd ⁽²⁾ Legislature
  1/11/2011 - 1/8/2013
  Republican
  
• Senate, 81st & 80th Legislatures
  1/9/2007 - 1/11/2011
  Republican
  

(1) 83rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/23/2013, SR 36, pp. 81-82. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal .
(2) 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 .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

• Photograph. Dan Patrick, Texas Senate
• Photograph. Dan Patrick, State Preservation Board
• Photograph. Dan Patrick, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

• 42nd Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick. Photos and biographical sketch. Presiding Officers of the Texas Legislature, 1846-2016 2016.
• Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas Senate .
• 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.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 87th Legislature 2021.
• Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 88th Legislature 2023.

Committee Information

• 83rd R.S. - 2013
• Criminal Justice  
• Education (Chair) 
• Finance  
• Higher Education  
• Higher Education Governance, Excellence, and Transparency, Select Oversight  
• Redistricting, Select  
• Transportation  
• 82nd R.S. - 2011
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Justice  
• Education (Vice Chair) 
• Finance  
• Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Matters  
• Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education Funding  
• Finance Subcommittee on Public Education Funding  
• Health and Human Services  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee on Flooding and Evacuations  
• Medicaid Reform Waiver, Legislative Oversight  
• Public School Finance System  
• Redistricting, Select  
• 81st R.S. - 2009
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Criminal Justice  
• Education (Vice Chair) 
• Health and Human Services  
• Higher Education (Vice Chair) 
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee on Flooding and Evacuations  
• Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments, Select  
• Redistricting, Select  
• 80th R.S. - 2007
• Committee of the Whole Senate  
• Education  
• Education Subcommittee on Higher Education  
• Health and Human Services  
• Intergovernmental Relations  
• Intergovernmental Relations Subcommittee on Flooding and Evacuations  
• International Relations and Trade (Vice Chair)