Lois W. Kolkhorst

"Welcome to my website and thank you for the chance to be your representatve in Austin.

As a Texan, I believe that power should always flow from the people to their government and not the other way around.

I can promise you that I'll always be honest, shoot straight, and speak from the heart."

"You have a right to be cynical about our government.
But if you are truly fed up, then you also have an obligation
to join me in being part of the solution."

Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, serving House District 13, which includes Austin, Grimes, Walker, and Washington Counties. She is responsible for a district spanning over 3,000 square miles, stretching over central Texas, from the pine forests of East Texas to the Coastal Gulf Plains.

As the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, she helps manage the state’s $52 billion health care system and ... read more

State Rep Lois Kolkhorst, center, visits with Walker County Judge Danny Pierce, left, and HEARTS Veterans Museum Board Chairman Richie Harris at the Nov. 11 dedication of the new museum.
Photo by Free Press – Rich Heiland

Free Press Person of the Year 2009: Lois Kolkhorst
State Rep Made A Difference For Walker County
We hadn’t planned on naming a “Person of the Year.” The Chamber of Commerce has its achievement award, given this year to Charlotte Oleinik for her tireless efforts to bring about the dream of a veterans museum in Huntsville. The Huntsville Item has its Citizen of the Year and this Morris Johnson was honored.
(Read complete story from the Free Press here.)

Law Could Shorten Length
of Emergency Outages
A report from KBTX.com

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Kolkhorst Appointed to New Committee
(Austin, TX) January 14, 2010 With Texas and the federal government not seeing eye to eye on several issues, Speaker Joe Straus (R-San Antonio) announced formation of the House Select Committee on Federal Legislation. (more)

Ceremony Honors All Veterans
The HEARTS Veterans Museum of Texas Grand Opening Ceremony Wednesday was marked by much emotion, with about 700 veterans and dignitaries gathering to celebrate both the opening of the museum and Veterans Day — honoring those past and present who have served their country.
(Read complete story from the Hunstville Item here.)

Hospital Association Honors Rep. Lois Kolkhorst For Contributions to Health Care
(Huntsville, TX) December 3, 2009 State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) received the Texas Hospital Advocacy Tribute award during a special reception with hospital leaders today at Huntsville Memorial Hospital. John Hawkins, senior vice president of advocacy and public policy for THA, recognized Rep. Kolkhorst for her legislative accomplishments on behalf of health care during the regular session of the 81st Texas Legislature. (more)

Kolkhorst Pushes for Grant to Help Pay for Local Murder Trials
(Austin, TX) November 4, 2009 State Rep. Lois Kolkhorst is hopeful that the Governor's Criminal Justice Division will step in to help pay for any local funding shortfalls in the upcoming Austin County murder trial in the Aug. 22 fatal shooting of Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez outside Bellville. (more)

T is for Texas...and Transparency
(The John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy) October 30, 2009 When Taurie Randermann, a junior at the University of Texas at Austin, discovered that her course on “Communication and Religion” was actually about Wiccans, Heaven’s Gate, and other fringe cults and religions, she kicked off a major change in the way that Texas’s colleges and universities inform students about classes. (more)