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Governor: Rick Perry
- Vetoes
Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst
Speaker(s) of the House:
Joe Straus
- (Proclamations)
The House Journal and Senate Journal for the 82nd Regular Session are available online.
Transcripts of House and Senate sessions are available from the Texas Tribune.
Rules
Staff Directories for the 82nd Regular Session
House Research Organization. Legislative Staff: 82nd Legislature
Description | House Members*** | Senate Members | Total |
---|---|---|---|
Gender * | |||
Male | 118 | 25 | 143 |
Female | 32 | 6 | 38 |
Party affiliation * | |||
Democrat | 49 | 12 | 61 |
Republican | 101 | 19 | 120 |
Incumbency ** | |||
Incumbents | 113 | 29 | 142 |
Freshmen | 35 | 2 | 37 |
Age * | |||
Under 30 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
30 - 39 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
40 - 49 | 35 | 4 | 39 |
50 - 59 | 54 | 13 | 67 |
60 - 69 | 32 | 13 | 45 |
70 and over | 6 | 1 | 7 |
* Gender, party affiliation, and age calculations are based on the membership as of the first day of session: 01/11/2011.
** Incumbent totals include members who served the previous session. Freshman totals include members whose first terms began the first day of session: 01/11/2011.
*** Rep. Edmund Kuempel died on 11/4/2010. He was elected to the 82nd House of Representatives on 11/2/2010. He is not included in the statistics above.
Statistics for race and ethnicity are not available.
Status | HB | HCR | HJR | HR | SB | SCR | SJR | SR | Total HB & SB |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Filed | 3865 | 172 | 154 | 2812 | 1931 | 60 | 53 | 1268 | 5796 | 10315 |
Passed | 797 | 101 | 3 | 2733 | 582 | 41 | 8 | 1262 | 1379 | 5526 |
Vetoed | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 |