The Texas Office of the Attorney General has weighed in on issues of first impression: A legislative committee in an impeachment proceeding does have contempt powers, but it must provide constitutional protections and follow the same limits on contempt as a trial court.
At this stage of the game, however, it’s unlikely that anyone will be held in legislative contempt. The A.G.’s office released its opinion on May 12, the same day that the House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations voted that there are grounds to impeach Wallace Hall Jr., regent of The University of Texas System. The committee hasn’t yet drafted or voted upon articles of impeachment.
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