Charles Perry

Full Name: Charles Perry

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	28	Jan 10, 2023 - Jan 12, 2027	89th ⁽¹⁾ 88th ⁽²⁾ 89th ⁽¹⁾	Republican	Lubbock / Lubbock	Senate President Pro Tempore (89th)	Baylor, Childress, Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Motley, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger
S	28	Jan 12, 2021 - Jan 10, 2023	87th ⁽³⁾	Republican	Lubbock / Lubbock		Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger
S	28	Jan 10, 2017 - Jan 12, 2021	85th 86th	Republican	Lubbock / Lubbock		Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger
S	28	Sep 30, 2014 - Jan 10, 2017	83rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 84th	Republican	Lubbock / Lubbock		Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger
H	83	Jan 8, 2013 - Sep 30, 2014	83rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Republican	Lubbock / Lubbock		Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry
H	83	Jan 11, 2011 - Jan 8, 2013	82nd	Republican	Lubbock / Lubbock		Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum

(1) 89th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 6/2/2025. Senate Journal.
(2) 88th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/2023, SR 9, pp. 26-27. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(3) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 2022 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.
(4) Proclamation, 7/22/2014, Ordering special election in Senate District 28 on 9/9/2014 to serve unexpired term of Robert Duncan. Governor Rick Perry.
(5) In Senate, Charles Perry, in special election 9/9/2014, sworn 9/30/2014, succeeded unexpired term of Robert Duncan, resigned 7/3/2014. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019.

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Senate District 28
Jan 10, 2023 - Jan 12, 2027
Legislatures: 89th ⁽¹⁾ 88th ⁽²⁾ 89th ⁽¹⁾
Senate President Pro Tempore (89th)
(89th)
(89th)
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district: Baylor, Childress, Coleman, Collingsworth, Concho, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Jones, Kent, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mills, Motley, Nolan, Runnels, San Saba, Stonewall, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger

Senate District 28
Jan 12, 2021 - Jan 10, 2023
Legislatures: 87th ⁽³⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district: Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger

Senate District 28
Jan 10, 2017 - Jan 12, 2021
Legislatures: 85th 86th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district: Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger

Senate District 28
Sep 30, 2014 - Jan 10, 2017
Legislatures: 83rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ 84th
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district: Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Eastland, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Hale, Hardeman, Haskell, Hockley, Irion, Jones, Kent, Kimble, King, Knox, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, McCulloch, Mason, Menard, Mitchell, Motley, Nolan, Reagan, Runnels, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Terry, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Upton, Ward, Wilbarger

House District 83
Jan 8, 2013 - Sep 30, 2014
Legislatures: 83rd ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district: Borden, Gaines, Lubbock, Lynn, Mitchell, Scurry, Terry

House District 83
Jan 11, 2011 - Jan 8, 2013
Legislatures: 82nd
Party: Republican
Home City/County: Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district: Cochran, Gaines, Hockley, Lubbock, Yoakum

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Biographical Sketches

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.

Photographs

Photograph. Charles Perry, 88th Legislature, Texas Senate
Photograph. Charles Perry, 86th Legislature, Texas Senate
Photograph. Charles Perry, 84th Legislature, Texas Senate
Photograph. Charles Perry, 83rd Legislature, Texas House of Representatives
Photograph. Charles Perry, 82nd Legislature, Texas House of Representatives

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

82nd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
83rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
83rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
84th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber, west wall. 2E.8). State Preservation Board.
85th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber, west wall. 2E.8). State Preservation Board.
86th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber, west wall. 2E.8). State Preservation Board.
87th session composite photo of Senate members(Senate chamber, west wall. 2E.8). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

89th R.S. - 2025 Finance Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) State Affairs Transportation Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Chair)
88th R.S. - 2023 Finance Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) Redistricting, Special State Affairs State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory (Co-Chair) Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory (Co-Chair) Transportation Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Chair)
87th R.S. - 2021 Child Protective Services, Special (Vice Chair) Education Finance Future of College Sports in Texas, Select Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) Redistricting, Special State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory (Co-Chair) Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory (Co-Chair) To Protect All Texans, Special Transportation Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs (Chair)
86th R.S. - 2019 Agriculture Criminal Justice Finance Health and Human Services (Vice Chair) Mass Violence Prevention and Community Safety, Select Redistricting, Select State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory (Co-Chair) Texas Infrastructure Resiliency Fund Advisory (Co-Chair) Transportation Water and Rural Affairs (Chair)
85th R.S. - 2017 Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs (Chair) Criminal Justice Government Reform, Select Health and Human Services Property Tax Reform, Select State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory (Co-Chair) Transportation
84th R.S. - 2015 Advertising Public Notices Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs (Chair) Border Security Criminal Justice Health and Human Services Higher Education Property Tax Reform and Relief, Select State Water Implementation Fund for Texas Advisory (Co-Chair) Transportation Planning, Select
83rd R.S. - 2013 Appropriations Government Efficiency and Reform (Vice Chair) Higher Education Transparency in State Agency Operations, Select
82nd R.S. - 2011 Corrections Defense and Veterans' Affairs Rules and Resolutions Texas Response to Federal Sequestration, Interim

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