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The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the Texas General Assembly, the state legislature of Texas. A total of 150 members serve in the lower house of the Texas General Assembly and meet at the State Capitol in Austin. The Legislature of the State of Texas, operating under the biennial system, convenes its regular sessions at noon on the second Tuesday in January of odd-numbered years. The maximum duration of a regular session is 140 days. The governor is given authority under the state constitution to convene the legislature at other times during the biennium[1]

Partisan balance

Affiliation Members
Image:Bluedot.png Democratic Party 74
Image:Reddot.png Republican Party 76
Total 150

List of Members

District Representative Party
1 Stephen Frost Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
2 Dan Flynn Image:Reddot.png Republican
3 Mark Homer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
4 Betty Brown Image:Reddot.png Republican
5 Bryan Hughes Image:Reddot.png Republican
6 Leo Berman Image:Reddot.png Republican
7 Tommy Merritt Image:Reddot.png Republican
8 Byron Cook Image:Reddot.png Republican
9 Wayne Christian Image:Reddot.png Republican
10 Jim Pitts Image:Reddot.png Republican
11 Chuck Hopson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
12 Jim McReynolds Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
13 Lois Kolkhorst Image:Reddot.png Republican
14 Fred Brown Image:Reddot.png Republican
15 Rob Eissler Image:Reddot.png Republican
16 Brandon Creighton Image:Reddot.png Republican
17 Tim Kleinschmidt Image:Reddot.png Republican
18 John Otto Image:Reddot.png Republican
19 Mike Hamilton Image:Reddot.png Republican
20 Dan Gattis Image:Reddot.png Republican
21 Allan Ritter Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
22 Joe Deshotel Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
23 Craig Eiland Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
24 Larry Taylor Image:Reddot.png Republican
25 Dennis Bonnen Image:Reddot.png Republican
26 Charlie Howard Image:Reddot.png Republican
27 Dora Olivo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
28 John Zerwas Image:Reddot.png Republican
29 Randy Weber Image:Reddot.png Republican
30 Geanie Morrison Image:Reddot.png Republican
31 Ryan Guillen Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
32 Todd Hunter Image:Reddot.png Republican
33 Solomon Ortiz, Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
34 Abel Herrero Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
35 Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
36 Ismael Flores Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
37 Rene Oliveira Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
38 Eddie Lucio III Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
39 Armando Martinez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
40 Aaron Pena Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
41 Veronica Gonzalez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
42 Richard Raymond Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
43 Tara Rios Ybarra Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
44 Edmund Kuempel Image:Reddot.png Republican
45 Patrick Rose Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
46 Dawnna Dukes Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
47 Valinda Bolton Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
48 Donna Howard Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
49 Elliott Naishtat Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
50 Mark Strama Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
51 Eddie Rodriguez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
52 Diana Maldonado Image:Reddot.png Republican
53 Harvey Hilderbran Image:Reddot.png Republican
54 Jimmie Don Aycock Image:Reddot.png Republican
55 Ralph Sheffield Image:Reddot.png Republican
56 Charles Anderson Image:Reddot.png Republican
57 Jim Dunnam Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
58 Rob Orr Image:Reddot.png Republican
59 Sid Miller Image:Reddot.png Republican
60 Jim Keffer Image:Reddot.png Republican
61 Phil King Image:Reddot.png Republican
62 Larry Phillips Image:Reddot.png Republican
63 Tan Parker Image:Reddot.png Republican
64 Myra Crownover Image:Reddot.png Republican
65 Burt Solomons Image:Reddot.png Republican
66 Brian McCall Image:Reddot.png Republican
67 Jerry Madden Image:Reddot.png Republican
68 Rick Hardcastle Image:Reddot.png Republican
69 David Farabee Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
70 Ken Paxton Image:Reddot.png Republican
71 Susan King Image:Reddot.png Republican
72 Drew Darby Image:Reddot.png Republican
73 Nathan Macias Image:Reddot.png Republican
74 Pete Gallego Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
75 Chente Quintanilla Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
76 Norma Chavez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
77 Marisa Marquez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
78 Joseph Moody Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
79 Joe Pickett Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
80 Tracy King Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
81 Tryon Lewis Image:Reddot.png Republican
82 Tom Craddick Image:Reddot.png Republican
83 Delwin Jones Image:Reddot.png Republican
84 Carl Isett Image:Reddot.png Republican
85 Joe Heflin Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
86 John T. Smithee Image:Reddot.png Republican
87 David Swinford Image:Reddot.png Republican
88 Warren Chisum Image:Reddot.png Republican
89 Jodie Laubenberg Image:Reddot.png Republican
90 Lon Burnam Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
91 Kelly Hancock Image:Reddot.png Republican
92 Todd Smith Image:Reddot.png Republican
93 Paula Pierson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
94 Diane Patrick Image:Reddot.png Republican
95 Marc Veasey Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
96 Chris Turner Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
97 Mark Shelton Image:Reddot.png Republican
98 Vicki Truitt Image:Reddot.png Republican
99 Charlie Geren Image:Reddot.png Republican
100 Terri Hodge Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
101 Robert Miklos Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
102 Carol Kent Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
103 Rafael Anchia Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
104 Roberto Alonzo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
105 Linda Harper-Brown Image:Reddot.png Republican
106 Kirk England Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
107 Allen Vaught Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
108 Daniel Branch Image:Reddot.png Republican
109 Helen Giddings Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
110 Barbara Mallory-Caraway Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
111 Yvonne Davis Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
112 Angie Chen Button Image:Reddot.png Republican
113 Joe Driver Image:Reddot.png Republican
114 Will Ford Hartnett Image:Reddot.png Republican
115 Jim Jackson Image:Reddot.png Republican
116 Trey Martinez Fischer Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
117 David McQuade Leibowitz Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
118 Joe Farias Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
119 Roland Gutierrez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
120 Ruth Jones McClendon Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
121 Joe Straus Image:Reddot.png Republican
122 Frank Corte, Jr. Image:Reddot.png Republican
123 Michael Villarreal Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
124 Jose Menendez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
125 Joaquin Castro Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
126 Patricia Harless Image:Reddot.png Republican
127 Joe Crabb Image:Reddot.png Republican
128 Wayne Smith Image:Reddot.png Republican
129 John Davis Image:Reddot.png Republican
130 Allen Fletcher Image:Reddot.png Republican
131 Alma Allen Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
132 William Callegari Image:Reddot.png Republican
133 Kristi Thibaut Image:Reddot.png Republican
134 Ellen Cohen Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
135 Gary Elkins Image:Reddot.png Republican
136 Beverly Woolley Image:Reddot.png Republican
137 Scott Hochberg Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
138 Dwayne Bohac Image:Reddot.png Republican
139 Sylvester Turner Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
140 Armando Walle Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
141 Senfronia Thompson Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
142 Harold Dutton, Jr. Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
143 Ana Hernandez Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
144 Ken Legler Image:Reddot.png Republican
145 Carol Alvarado Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
146 Al Edwards Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
147 Garnet Coleman Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
148 Jessica Cristina Farrar Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
149 Hubert Vo Image:Bluedot.png Democrat
150 Debbie Riddle Image:Reddot.png Republican

Amending the constitution

The Texas House of Representatives, together with the Texas Senate, has the authority to propose amendments to the Texas Constitution. Proposed amendments must be approved in a joint resolution of both the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives. The joint resolution can originate in either the House or the Senate.

The resolution must be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of the membership of each house of the legislature. That amounts to a minimum of 100 votes in the House of Representatives and 21 votes in the Senate.

Amendments may be proposed in either regular or special sessions.

House Committees

The Texas House has 34 standing committees:

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Texas House of Representatives" FAQ's, March 13, 2009
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