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77th Regular Session
January 9, 2001 - May 28, 2001

Leadership

Governor: Rick Perry - Vetoes

Lieutenant Governor: Bill Ratliff

Speaker(s) of the House: James E. "Pete" Laney

Journals

The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 77th Regular Session are available online.

Rules
House Rules (77th R.S.)
Senate Rules (77th R.S.)

Staff Directories for the 77th Regular Session
House Research Organization. Legislative Staff: 77th Legislature

Bill statistics for the 77th Legislature

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)

Membership statistics for the 77th Legislature

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