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  1. Texas Legislature

    The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of the US state of Texas.It is a bicameral body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives.The state legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin.It is a powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government and the strong constitutional ...

  2. Texas State Legislature

    The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of Texas. The legislature meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. ... State Rep. Rafael Anchia (D) said the Senate proposal did not adequately reflect the racial composition of the state. "There are nearly three times as many districts that are majority white compared to majority Hispanic ...

  3. Texas Legislature

    The Texas Legislature is the law-making organ of state government in Texas. It consists of two parts, or chambers: a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The Texas Legislature passes new laws and revises existing ones, sets tax rates and controls the state budget, and provides limited oversight of local governments and ...

  4. Legislative Reference Library

    Senate - Democrat 13 Republican 18. House - Republican 82 Democrat 67. 86th (2019) Senate - Republican 19 Democrat 12. House - Democrat 64 Republican 83. 85th (2017) Senate - Republican 20 Democrat 11. House - Republican 95 Democrat 55.

  5. Texas House of Representatives : House Members

    Website for the Texas House of Representatives. Provides information on legislation, committees, Texas house, and session.

  6. Texas House of Representatives

    Texas State Capitol. Austin, Texas. Website. Texas House of Representatives. The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits.

  7. Demographic Composition of the Texas State Legislature

    The Republican Party controls both the Texas State House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate: The Texas State House of Representatives currently has 83 Republicans and 67 Democrats.. The Texas State Senate currently has 18 Republicans and 13 Democrats.. Figure 3.8 Seat diagram of the Texas Senate as of January 2021 (87th Legislative Session).

  8. As the share of white Texans continues to shrink, the Legislature

    Opening day of the 2023 Texas Legislature at the Capitol in Austin on Jan. 10, 2023. ... If the composition of the Legislature were aligned with the state's demographics, there would be close to ...

  9. In 2021, the Texas Legislature remains mostly white and male

    By Alexa Ura and Carla Astudillo Published: Jan. 11, 2021. In a perennial takeaway of The Texas Tribune's demographic analysis, the Texas Legislature remains mostly white and male. When the 2021 legislative session begins Tuesday, 61% of lawmakers in the state House and Senate will be white, although white Texans make up just 41% of the state ...

  10. Texas Senate

    The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature, with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house.Together, they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas.. There are 31 members of the Senate, representing single-member districts across the U.S. state of Texas, with populations of approximately 940,000 per constituency, based on the 2020 U.S. Census.

  11. TLO

    Website for the Texas Legislature. Provides information on legislation, committees, house, and senate.

  12. Texas Legislature 2023: 6 things to know

    Here are 6 things we're watching. Lawmakers begin work today for their biennial legislative session. They'll debate over the state budget, school issues, border security and property taxes ...

  13. Research Guides: Guide to Law Online: U.S. Texas: Legislative

    Legislative. Texas has a bicameral legislature, named the Texas Legislature, which consists of the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas Senate. The House has 150 members representing 150 districts, with members serving a two-year term. The Senate has 31 members representing 31 districts, serving either a two-year or four-year term ...

  14. Republicans maintain grip on Texas Legislature after 2022 elections

    Updated: Nov. 9, 2022. The Republicans' victories were felt prominently in South Texas, where the GOP won key races after targeting the historically Democratic region of Texas after Democratic ...

  15. The Structure and Function of the Texas Legislature

    Although the formal redistricting process under the Texas Constitution may remain the same, every decade sees a different, often unpredictable, path for state redistricting plans, depending on legislative, gubernatorial, Legislative Redistricting Board, and judicial action. The history of the redistricting process during the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s ...

  16. Texas Government 1.0, The Legislative Branch, Composition

    Gender composition. The Texas State Legislature is predominantly male. Approximately 81% of the Texas State House of Representatives is male (121 males, 29 females) Approximately 74% of the Texas State Senate is male (23 males, 8 females) Take together, almost 80% of the total membership of the Texas State Legislature is male (144 of 181 total ...

  17. Demographic Composition of the Texas State Legislature

    The Republican Party controls both the Texas State House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate: The Texas State House of Representatives currently has 83 Republicans and 67 Democrats.. The Texas State Senate currently has 18 Republicans and 13 Democrats.. Figure 3.8 Seat diagram of the Texas Senate as of January 2021 (87th Legislative Session).). Image credit: Basil the Bat Lord ...

  18. Demographic Composition of the Texas State Legislature

    Approximately 25% of the Texas State House of Representatives is female (112 males, 38 females). Approximately 32% of the Texas State Senate is female (21 males, 10 females). Taken together, only 27% of the total membership of the Texas State Legislature is female (48 of 181 total members). Notably, with the addition of Democrats Julie Johnson, Jessica González, and Erin Zwiener to the 86th ...

  19. How diverse is the 2023 Texas Legislature when compared to the state's

    AUSTIN — As Texas lawmakers return to Austin on Tuesday for the 2023 legislative session, the makeup of the Legislature will be significantly less diverse than the rest of the state's ...

  20. Texas Politics

    The Partisan Composition of the Texas Legislature. The House; The Senate; Source: Texas Legislative Reference Library. Mouse-over for full source, footnote. Full Source: Texas Legislative Reference Library, Legislative Profiles and Senate and House rosters, ...

  21. Texas Legislature 2023

    Texas Legislature 2023. During the 88th Legislature's regular session, lawmakers increased school safety funding, passed a law designed to shore up the state's electrical grid and banned ...

  22. Texas Constitution and Statutes

    Texas Constitution and Statutes - Home. The statutes available on this website are current through the 88th 4th Called Legislative Session, 2023. The constitutional provisions found on this website are current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2023.

  23. Higher education in Texas: What lawmakers hope to tackle in the ...

    With the 89th legislative session set to begin in January, Texas' higher education is again in the crosshairs, with Republican and Democratic lawmakers having disparate views on postsecondary ...

  24. Appeals Court Puts Texas Immigration Law on Hold Again

    The law passed by the Texas Legislature, known as Senate Bill 4, makes it a crime to cross into Texas from a foreign country anywhere other than a legal port of entry, usually the international ...

  25. Texas Legislature

    Texas Legislature adjourns fourth special session — leaving vouchers, school safety and elections bills unfinished. by Zach Despart Updated: Dec. 5, 2023 The latest casualties were Senate Bill 5 ...