Where is the NEW Texas State Senate district 15?
Do you even live in the NEW Texas State Senate Dist 15? Find out here!
Take a look and find out! Ballotopedia has great interactive maps and more for you to find out about the 15th district...it's HUGE!
Texas is divided into 31 State Senate Districts, each containing about 940,000 Texans!
That's more than a US Congressional District
SD15
Bellaire
West University & Southside Place
West University & Southside Place
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West University & Southside Place
West University & Southside Place
West University & Southside Place
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Montrose/Midtown/Museum
West University & Southside Place
Montrose/Midtown/Museum
What a dynamic area. I opened the Houston Technology Center in Midtown as one of the founders, with offices on site to oversee buildout and opened our datacenter labs there. We were the first cloud service provider in Houston and helped design HTC as our new home base.
Highland Village
West Heights/Oak Forest/Acres Homes
Montrose/Midtown/Museum
This iconic area resembles Miami North Palm Beach more than any other area of Houston. Adjacent to River Oaks and near Galleria, its the area we've called home for more than a decade.
Memorial Park/Rice Military
West Heights/Oak Forest/Acres Homes
West Heights/Oak Forest/Acres Homes
What a transformation this area has gone through. Many people don't realize the Houston Polo Club is located in Dist 15 adjacent to Memorial Park. My Daughters and I have enjoyed many Sunday evenings watching the sport of kings here.
West Heights/Oak Forest/Acres Homes
West Heights/Oak Forest/Acres Homes
West Heights/Oak Forest/Acres Homes
A glorious older community of homes and small businesses where generations have revitalized, repurposed and redeveloped making it a highly desired near town real estate market.
Spring Branch/Long Point
Cypress Fairbanks/Veterans Memorial
Cypress Fairbanks/Veterans Memorial
So many friends live in this wonderful area including one of my daughters. My daughters swim team practiced here and
Cypress Fairbanks/Veterans Memorial
Cypress Fairbanks/Veterans Memorial
Cypress Fairbanks/Veterans Memorial
Home communities surrounding manufacturing, small business, machining and distributors with very active parents taking control of their school districts which is one of the largest in Texas
Greenspoint/IAH
Cypress Fairbanks/Veterans Memorial
Humble/Atascocita/Lake Houston
Greenspoint, planned as a "north Houston downtown" development of big energy companies with great access to rural north of Houston suburbs and Houston's Intercontinental Airport shows great promise of recovery. The nations largest VA rehab center is going in with BIZPAC Partners spearheading the project.
Humble/Atascocita/Lake Houston
Humble/Atascocita/Lake Houston
Humble/Atascocita/Lake Houston
Old Town Humble has grown massively across small farms and ranches sucumbing to urbanization all the way east toward Lake Houston and southern Atascocita...all in District 15
Eastside/Oats Prairie
Humble/Atascocita/Lake Houston
Eastside/Oats Prairie
This area east of 610 is filled with industry and supply as well as small older communities north of the upper ship channel/Buffalo Bayou. This mainstay of Houston industry never seems to have a shortage of commerce.
What, exactly, does a Texas State Senator do?
Senate compared to House of Representatives
The Texas Senate is comprised of 31 members plus the Lt Governor presides over the State Senate. Both Houses "legislate". The Senate approves Governor appointees, conducts as a jurist court over impeachment trials, its members are selected to the Texas Ethics Commission and more.
The Texas House of Representatives is comprise of 150 members and elects a member as its Speaker to lead the House, appoint members to committee, select committee leadership, so on...
Read more directly from the Texas State Constitution by selecting the image of the Texas Capital to the left.
Legislation
The purpose of a Texas State Senator is to introduce, amend and vote on legislation which become the laws, rules and statutes of the State of Texas. Also, the authorship of resolutions for which the body may confirm.
Generally, the way it works is this: There must be "companion" legislation from the Texas House passed such that both the House and Senate agree in final form. So, there is a fair amount of back and forth between the houses to have a bill in both bodies pass to Executive Branch.
Article 3 Sec 3 Election and Term of Office
The Senators shall be chosen by the qualified voters for the term of four years; but a new Senate shall be chosen after every apportionment, and the Senators elected after each apportionment shall be divided by lot into two classes. The seats of the Senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the first two years, and those of the second class at the expiration of four years, so that one half of the Senators shall be chosen biennially thereafter. Senators shall take office following their election, on the day set by law for the convening of the Regular Session of the Legislature, and shall serve thereafter for the full term of years to which elected.
Senators pay and benefits
Senators are paid $600 a month for each month of their term.
The Texas Ethics Commission currently has set a per diem of $221 per day ONLY during general or extended sessions.
Also, in addition to the per diem the Members of each House shall be entitled to mileage at the same rate as prescribed by law for employees of the State of Texas.