Status | HB | HCR | HJR | HR | SB | SCR | SJR | SR | Total HB & SB | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filed | 3701 | 335 | 114 | 1453 | 1843 | 78 | 54 | 1269 | 5544 | 8847 |
Passed | 992 | 258 | 13 | 1430 | 609 | 54 | 7 | 1268 | 1601* | 4631 |
Vetoed | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 83 |
* Bills signed by the Governor: 1507
Bills effective without the Governor's signature: 10
Bills signed by the Governor with line-item veto: 1
Other: 1 (Returned to Senate; no further action taken)
Description | House Members |
Senate Members |
Total |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 120 | 27 | 147 |
Female | 30 | 4 | 34 |
Party affiliation | |||
Democrat | 78 | 15 | 93 |
Republican | 72 | 16 | 88 |
Incumbency | |||
Incumbents | 139 | 30 | 169 |
Freshmen* | 11 | 2 | 13 |
Ethnicity** | |||
African-American | 14 | 2 | 16 |
Caucasian | 108 | 22 | 130 |
Hispanic | 27 | 7 | 34 |
Age | |||
Under 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
30-39 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
40-49 | 51 | 9 | 60 |
50-59 | 45 | 14 | 59 |
60-69 | 25 | 7 | 32 |
70 and over | 9 | 0 | 9 |
* Includes Rep. Crownover, elected 05/2000; Rep. Villarreal, elected 02/2000 and Sen. Van De Putte, elected 11/1999. (76th Regular Session ended 05/31/1999.)
** Terms beginning on or before 01/09/2001.
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