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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Dennis Higgins Bonnen
| image=Dennis Bonnen of TX.jpg
| office=[[Speaker]] of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives
| term_start=January 8, 2019
| term_end=January 12, 2021
| predecessor=[[Joe Straus]]
| successor=[[Dade Phelan]]
| office2=Speaker pro tempore of the<br>Texas House of Representatives
| term_start2=January 31, 2013
| term_end2=January 8, 2019
| predecessor2=Beverly Woolley
| successor2=Joe Moody
| office3=Texas State Representative for District 25
| term_start3=January 14, 1997
| term_end3=January 12, 2021
| predecessor3= Jack Harris
| successor3=Cody Vasut
| birth_date=March 3, 1972
| birth_place=Angleton, Texas<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web |url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dennis-bonnen/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Dennis Bonnen District 25 (R-Angleton)|publisher=The Texas Tribune|accessdate=March 1, 2014}}</ref>
| party=[[Republican Party|Republiican]]
| occupation=Banker
| spouse=Kimberly Bonnen
| children=Jackson and Gregory Bonnen
| relatives=Greg Bonnen (brother)
| alma_mater=St. Edward's University ([[Austin]], Texas)
}}
'''Dennis Higgins Bonnen''' (born March 3, 1972) is a former state representative who served as the [[Speaker]] of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives]] for a single-term from 2019 to 2021. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Bonnen represented District 25from 1997 to 2021.<ref name=dhbonnen>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=17|title=Rep. Bonnen, Dennis (District 25)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, then-Speaker [[Joe Straus]] appointed Bonnen as Speaker Pro Tempore, the presiding office in the Speaker's absence.<ref name=ttribune/> In January 2019, Bonnen was elected Speaker, but ten months later announced that he would step down and not seek House re-election in 2020.
In 1990, Bonnen graduated from Angleton High School,<ref name=ttribune/> and in 1994 received a Bachelor of Arts in [[Political Science]] from the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Edward's University in the capital city of [[Austin]]. He is a banker.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/10099/dennis-bonnen|title=Biography for Dennis Bonnen|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> Bonnen worked in the [[Washington, D.C.]] office of [[U.S. Representative]] Greg Laughlin, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-Republican.<ref name="Gerwitz">"Bonnen: Lowering government requirements means more flexibility", ''The Brazosport Facts'' (February 13, 1996), p. 1.</ref>
==Career==
Representative Bonnen worked for passage of legislation to establish a pilot project allowing Brazosport College, Midland College, South Texas College to allow limited four-year degree sbeginning in 2003 The pilot status of the project ended in 2007..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/DOC/0620.DOC |title=Summary of Higher Education Legislation, 78th Texas Legislature|date=July 2003|page=7}}</ref>
In 2013, then Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] appointed Bonnen as the Speaker Pro Tempore, the presiding officer of the House when the Speaker was absent. He served as chairman of the ee/?committee=C490 Ways and Means Committee. He previously served as chairman of the Sunset Advisory Commission.<ref name="ttribune" /> That year, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Bonnen 87 percent favorable. The Young Conservatives of Texas gave him a cumulative career score of 66 percent.
In 2019, Bonnen apologized in a controversy involving Michael Quinn Sullivan, the president of conservative advocacy group Empower Texans, which secretly recorded Bonnen making negative comments about his colleagues.
<ref name="texastribune2">{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/16/texas-house-gop-caucus-chairman-dustin-burrows-resigns/ |title=Dustin Burrows resigns as Texas House GOP Caucus chairman amid allegations of targeting Republicans|author=Cassandra Pollock|publisher=The Texas Tribune|date=August 16, 2019}}</ref> On October 22, 2019, Bonnen announced that he would not seek re-election. His depature hence provided for a new Spaker to be chosen in January 2021. The Texas Ranger Divisiony concluded that Bonnen did not break any laws in the controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/24/brazoria-county-da-says-she-wont-prosecute-dennis-bonnen/ |title=Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen won't face criminal prosecution, Brazoria County DA says|author=Cassandra Pollock|publisher=The Texas Tribune|date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>
Republican [[Dade Phelan]] of [[Beaumont]] was elected in 2021 to succeed Bonnen as Speaker.
==References==
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[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
| name=Dennis Higgins Bonnen
| image=Dennis Bonnen of TX.jpg
| office=[[Speaker]] of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives
| term_start=January 8, 2019
| term_end=January 12, 2021
| predecessor=[[Joe Straus]]
| successor=[[Dade Phelan]]
| office2=Speaker pro tempore of the<br>Texas House of Representatives
| term_start2=January 31, 2013
| term_end2=January 8, 2019
| predecessor2=Beverly Woolley
| successor2=Joe Moody
| office3=Texas State Representative for District 25
| term_start3=January 14, 1997
| term_end3=January 12, 2021
| predecessor3= Jack Harris
| successor3=Cody Vasut
| birth_date=March 3, 1972
| birth_place=Angleton, Texas<ref name=ttribune>{{cite web |url=http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dennis-bonnen/#ui-tabs-1|title=State Rep. Dennis Bonnen District 25 (R-Angleton)|publisher=The Texas Tribune|accessdate=March 1, 2014}}</ref>
| party=[[Republican Party|Republiican]]
| occupation=Banker
| spouse=Kimberly Bonnen
| children=Jackson and Gregory Bonnen
| relatives=Greg Bonnen (brother)
| alma_mater=St. Edward's University ([[Austin]], Texas)
}}
'''Dennis Higgins Bonnen''' (born March 3, 1972) is a former state representative who served as the [[Speaker]] of the [[Texas]] House of Representatives]] for a single-term from 2019 to 2021. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], Bonnen represented District 25from 1997 to 2021.<ref name=dhbonnen>{{cite web|url=http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/member-page/?district=17|title=Rep. Bonnen, Dennis (District 25)|publisher=house.state.tx.us|access-date=March 1, 2014}}</ref> In 2013, then-Speaker [[Joe Straus]] appointed Bonnen as Speaker Pro Tempore, the presiding office in the Speaker's absence.<ref name=ttribune/> In January 2019, Bonnen was elected Speaker, but ten months later announced that he would step down and not seek House re-election in 2020.
In 1990, Bonnen graduated from Angleton High School,<ref name=ttribune/> and in 1994 received a Bachelor of Arts in [[Political Science]] from the [[Roman Catholic]] St. Edward's University in the capital city of [[Austin]]. He is a banker.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/10099/dennis-bonnen|title=Biography for Dennis Bonnen|publisher=Project Vote Smart|access-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> Bonnen worked in the [[Washington, D.C.]] office of [[U.S. Representative]] Greg Laughlin, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-Republican.<ref name="Gerwitz">"Bonnen: Lowering government requirements means more flexibility", ''The Brazosport Facts'' (February 13, 1996), p. 1.</ref>
==Career==
Representative Bonnen worked for passage of legislation to establish a pilot project allowing Brazosport College, Midland College, South Texas College to allow limited four-year degree sbeginning in 2003 The pilot status of the project ended in 2007..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/reports/DOC/0620.DOC |title=Summary of Higher Education Legislation, 78th Texas Legislature|date=July 2003|page=7}}</ref>
In 2013, then Speaker [[Joe Straus]] of [[San Antonio]] appointed Bonnen as the Speaker Pro Tempore, the presiding officer of the House when the Speaker was absent. He served as chairman of the ee/?committee=C490 Ways and Means Committee. He previously served as chairman of the Sunset Advisory Commission.<ref name="ttribune" /> That year, [[Phyllis Schlafly]]'s [[Eagle Forum]], then managed in Texas by [[Cathie Adams]], a former state chairman of the Texas Republican Party, rated Bonnen 87 percent favorable. The Young Conservatives of Texas gave him a cumulative career score of 66 percent.
In 2019, Bonnen apologized in a controversy involving Michael Quinn Sullivan, the president of conservative advocacy group Empower Texans, which secretly recorded Bonnen making negative comments about his colleagues.
<ref name="texastribune2">{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/08/16/texas-house-gop-caucus-chairman-dustin-burrows-resigns/ |title=Dustin Burrows resigns as Texas House GOP Caucus chairman amid allegations of targeting Republicans|author=Cassandra Pollock|publisher=The Texas Tribune|date=August 16, 2019}}</ref> On October 22, 2019, Bonnen announced that he would not seek re-election. His depature hence provided for a new Spaker to be chosen in January 2021. The Texas Ranger Divisiony concluded that Bonnen did not break any laws in the controversy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2019/10/24/brazoria-county-da-says-she-wont-prosecute-dennis-bonnen/ |title=Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen won't face criminal prosecution, Brazoria County DA says|author=Cassandra Pollock|publisher=The Texas Tribune|date=October 24, 2019}}</ref>
Republican [[Dade Phelan]] of [[Beaumont]] was elected in 2021 to succeed Bonnen as Speaker.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnen, Dennis}}
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]