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Governor: Rick Perry
- Vetoes
Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst
Speaker(s) of the House:
Tom Craddick
- (Proclamations)
The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 79th Regular Session are available online.
Rules
Staff Directories for the 79th Regular Session
House Research Organization. Legislative Staff: 79th Legislature
Status | HB | HCR | HJR | HR | SB | SCR | SJR | SR | Total HB & SB |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filed | 3592 | 250 | 102 | 2316 | 1892 | 43 | 43 | 1109 | 5484 | 9347 |
Passed | 876 | 171 | 5 | 2269 | 513 | 27 | 4 | 1105 | 1389 | 4970 |
Vetoed | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 20 |
Description | House Members |
Senate Members |
Total |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
Male | 118 | 27 | 145 |
Female | 31 | 4 | 35 |
Party affiliation | |||
Democrat | 63 | 12 | 75 |
Republican | 86 | 19 | 105 |
Incumbency | |||
Incumbents | 132 | 31 | 163 |
Freshmen | 16 | 0 | 16 |
Age | |||
Under 30 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
30 - 39 | 20 | 0 | 20 |
40 - 49 | 45 | 5 | 50 |
50 - 59 | 34 | 22 | 56 |
60 - 69 | 39 | 4 | 43 |
70 and over | 8 | 0 | 8 |
* Gender, party affiliation, and age calculations are based on the membership as of the first day of session, 01/11/05.
** Incumbent totals include members who served the previous session. Freshman totals include members whose first terms began the first day of session: 01/11/05.
Not included as incumbent or freshman:
Rep. Tracy King (first served in 74th session)
*** Elizabeth Ames-Jones was elected to the 79th House of Representatives, but was not sworn in. She is not included in the statistics above.
***** Melissa Noriega was sworn in on January 11, 2005 as a temporary acting representative to serve as a replacement for Rep. Rick Noriega under Article XVI, Section 72 of the Texas Constitution. The chart above includes statistics for Rep. Rick Noriega only.
Statistics for race and ethnicity are not available.
Sources: Office of the Secretary of the Senate, Texas Senate and Office of the Chief Clerk, Texas House of Representatives