Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	8	Jan 11, 2011 - Jan 8, 2013	82nd	Republican	Plano / Collin		Collin, Dallas
S	8	Jan 9, 2007 - Jan 11, 2011	80th ⁽¹⁾ 81st	Republican	Plano / Collin		Collin, Dallas
S	8	Jan 14, 2003 - Jan 9, 2007	79th ⁽²⁾ 78th ⁽³⁾ 79th ⁽²⁾	Republican	Plano / Collin	Senate President Pro Tempore (79th)	Collin, Dallas
S	8	Jan 9, 2001 - Jan 14, 2003	77th ⁽⁴⁾	Republican	Plano / Collin		Collin, Dallas
S	8	Jan 14, 1997 - Jan 9, 2001	75th 76th	Republican	Plano / Collin		Collin, Dallas
S	8	Jan 10, 1995 - Jan 14, 1997	74th ⁽⁵⁾	Republican	Plano / Collin		Collin, Dallas
S	2	Jan 12, 1993 - Jan 10, 1995	73rd ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾	Republican	Plano / Collin		Collin, Fannin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains, Rockwall, Smith, Van Zandt, Wood

(1) Won election in Democratic primary 3/7/2006; uncontested in general election. Texas Secretary of State - Historical Election Returns, 1992-2019.
(2) 79th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, Regular Session, elected 1/11/2005. Senate Journal.
(3) 78th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/14/2003, SR 7, pp. 15-16. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(4) 2-year term; entire Senate went up for reelection in 2002 due to redistricting. Texas Constitution Art. III, §3, Election and term of office of Senators.
(5) 74th Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 1/11/1995, pp. 75-76. Drew 2-year term. Senate Journal.
(6) 73rd Legislature - Drawing for Terms of Office, 3/25/1993, pp. 589-590. Drew 4-year term. Senate Journal.
(7) Due to redistricting litigation, entire Senate went up for reelection in 1994. See also Clips database, 4/6/1993 - 4/8/1993, Redistricting - Legislature; and Guide to 2001 Redistricting - Appendix A, 1990s Redistricting (Texas Legislative Council). Terrazas v. Slagle, 821 F.Supp. 1162 (April 5, 1993), 1993.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Mentioned in 74th Legislature, R.S., HCR 122, recognizing the 100th anniversary of the first female legislators. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
Mentioned in 80th Legislature, SR 929, in honor of Martin Donald. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Oral history interview available in Oral History Collection, University of North Texas.
Biographical sketch, 82nd Legislature. Texas Senate.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senate, 77th Legislative Session, 2001.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 73rd Legislature, 1993.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 74th Legislature, 1995.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 75th Legislature, 1997.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 76th Legislative Session, 1999.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 78th Legislative Session, 2003.
Biographical sketch and photo. Texas Senators, 79th Legislative Session, 2005.
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. Women of the Texas Senate, 2019.
Biographical sketch and photo. Women of the Texas Senate, 2017.

Other Resources

Photo, political affiliation, and committee assignment. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Photo and interview, pp. 21-23, Texas Town & City.

Photographs

Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 82nd Legislature, Texas Senate
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 81st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. , 80th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 79th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 78th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 77th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 76th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 75th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 74th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Florence Shapiro, 73rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

73rd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
74th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
75th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
76th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
77th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
78th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
79th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
80th session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
81st session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.
82nd session composite photo of Senate members (Ground floor corridor, north wall. GE.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

82nd R.S. - 2011 Administration Committee of the Whole Senate Economic Development, Select Education (Chair) Finance Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education Funding Finance Subcommittee on Public Education Funding (Chair) Finance Subcommittee on Public Safety Human Trafficking Open Government, Select Public School Finance System (Co-Chair) Transportation and Homeland Security
81st R.S. - 2009 Administration Committee of the Whole Senate Education (Chair) Finance Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Adjustments, Select (Co-Chair) Transportation and Homeland Security
80th R.S. - 2007 Administration Committee of the Whole Senate Education (Chair) Finance Finance Subcommittee on Higher Education Operation and Management of the Texas Youth Commission, Select Public School Accountability, Select (Co-Chair) Transportation and Homeland Security
79th R.S. - 2005 Administration Education (Chair) Education Reform and Public School Finance, Select (Chair) Finance Transportation and Homeland Security
78th R.S. - 2003 Committee of the Whole Senate Education (Chair) Finance Higher Education, Interim (Co-Chair) Higher Education, Legislative Oversight (Co-Chair) Infrastructure Development and Security Natural Resources Public School Finance, Select (Co-Chair) State Affairs
77th R.S. - 2001 Committee of the Whole Senate Education Intergovernmental Relations Public School Finance, Select Redistricting, Special State Affairs (Chair)
76th R.S. - 1999 Administration Advisory Council on the Digital Economy Committee of the Whole Senate Criminal Justice Redistricting State Affairs (Chair)
75th R.S. - 1997 Criminal Justice (Vice Chair) Criminal Justice, Interim Economic Development Economic Development, Interim Housing, Interim Intergovernmental Relations Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate Municipal Franchise Agreements for Telecommunications Utilities Nominations (Vice Chair) Sex Offenders, Interim (Chair) State Affairs Tax Reform and Public School Finance, Select
74th R.S. - 1995 Administration Criminal Justice (Vice Chair) Economic Development Intergovernmental Relations Juvenile Driving While Intoxicated Laws, Interim Juvenile Justice and Child Support, Interim Legislative and Congressional Redistricting, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special
73rd R.S. - 1993 Administration, Special Committee of the Whole Senate Domestic Violence, Interim Economic Development Education Historically Underutilized Businesses, Select Intergovernmental Relations Qualified Providers, Interim Redistricting, Ethics and Elections, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special Redistricting, Ethics and Elections, Committee of the Whole Senate, Special Subcommittee
70th R.S. - 1987 Capital Construction, Select, Interim

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