81st Regular Session
January 13, 2009 - June 1, 2009

Leadership

Governor: Rick Perry
Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst
Speaker(s) of the House: Joe Straus 

Bill statistics for the 81st Legislature, Regular Session

Status	HB	HCR	HJR	HR	SB	SCR	SJR	SR	Total HB & SB	Total
Filed	4836	285	140	3140	2583	87	50	1117	7419	12238
Passed	867	203	9	3073	592	55	0	1111	1459	5910
Vetoed	20	2	0	0	16	1	0	0	36	39

Membership Statistics for the 81st Legislature

Description	House Members	Senate Members	Total
Gender *
Male	113	25	138
Female	37	6	43
Party affiliation *
Democrat	74	12	86
Republican	76	19	95
Incumbency **
Incumbents	128	29	157
Freshmen	20	2	22
Age *
Under 30	1	0	1
30 - 39	25	1	26
40 - 49	35	3	38
50 - 59	48	20	68
60 - 69	37	7	44
70 and over	4	0	4

* Gender, party affiliation, and age calculations are based on the membership as of the first day of session: 01/13/2009.
Statistics for race and ethnicity are not available.

** Incumbent totals include members who served the previous session. Freshman totals include members whose first terms began the first day of session: 01/13/2009.

Not included as incumbent or freshman:
• Rep.Al Edwards (first served in 66th session)
• Rep.Todd Hunter (first served in 71st session)