Legislative Reference Library | Sessions

Description	House Members	Senate Members	Total
Gender *
Male	114	22	136
Female	33	9	42
Total	147	31	178
Party affiliation *
Democrat	64	12	76
Republican	83	19	102
Total	147	31	178
Incumbency **
Incumbents	118	25	143
Freshmen	27	6	33
Total	145	31	176
Age *
Under 30	1	0	1
30 - 39	22	0	22
40 - 49	49	4	53
50 - 59	38	12	50
60 - 69	25	9	34
70 and over	12	6	18

* Gender, party affiliation, and age calculations are based on the membership as of the first day of session: 01/08/2019.

** Incumbent totals include members who served the previous session. Freshman totals include members whose first terms began the first day of session: 01/08/2019.

Rep.Trey Martinez Fischer (first served in 77th session)
Rep.Steve Toth (first served in 83rd session)

*** House totals do not include Carol Alvarado, Joe Pickett, and Justin Rodriguez who were elected to the 86th House of Representatives, but declined to qualify. Carol Alvarado was elected to the Senate and is included in the Senate totals.

Statistics for race and ethnicity are not available.

Bill statistics for the 86th Legislature, Regular Session

Status	HB	HCR	HJR	HR	SB	SCR	SJR	SR	Total HB & SB	Total
Filed	4765	186	147	2217	2559	68	70	865	7324	10877
Passed	969	102	7	2155	460	23	3	862	1429	4581
Vetoed	41	2	0	0	15	0	0	0	56	58