 He chaired the Education Subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropriations for six years, and served on the Select Committee on Public School Finance.After announcing his retirement from office, Hochberg was appointed by Houston Mayor Annise Parker to lead the conversion of the CIty of Houston crime lab from a division of the Houston Police Department an independent local government corporation.Hochberg chaired the board of that corporation, the Houston Forensic Science Center, for three years, overseeing the successful transition.