| Status | HB | HCR | HJR | HR | SB | SCR | SJR | SR | Total HB & SB | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filed | 3855 | 320 | 97 | 1379 | 1911 | 90 | 45 | 1224 | 5766 | 8921 |
| Passed | 960 | 237 | 11 | 1349 | 662 | 66 | 6 | 1209 | 1622* | 4500 |
| Vetoed | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 34 |
* Bills signed by the Governor: 1586
Bills effective without the Governor's signature: 3
Bills signed by the Governor with line-item veto: 1
Other: 1 (Returned to House; no further action taken)
| Description | House Members |
Senate Members |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||
| Male | 121 | 28 | 149 |
| Female | 29 | 3 | 32 |
| Party affiliation | |||
| Democrat | 78 | 15 | 93 |
| Republican | 72 | 16 | 88 |
| Incumbency | |||
| Incumbents | 139 | 29 | 169 |
| Freshmen | 26* | 2 | 28 |
| Ethnicity** | |||
| African-American | 14 | 2 | 16 |
| Caucasian | 108 | 22 | 130 |
| Hispanic | 28 | 7 | 35 |
| Age | |||
| Under 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30-39 | 21 | 1 | 22 |
| 40-49 | 54 | 12 | 66 |
| 50-59 | 39 | 13 | 52 |
| 60-69 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
| 70 and over | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| No response | 4 | 0 | 4 |
* Includes Representative Capelo, elected 05/1998 (before the end of the 76th Regular Session.)
** Terms beginning on or before 01/12/1999.
Senate ethnicity source: Secretary of the Senate memo, February 5, 2003, 'Texas Senate: 63rd - 78th Legislatures'. Secretary of the Senate. 2003.
House ethnicity source: House Chief Clerk's Office, lists of House members and race, 70th - 78th Legislatures. House Chief Clerk's Office. 2003.
Additional sources: Office of the Secretary of the Senate, Texas Senate and Office of the Chief Clerk, Texas House of Representatives