Texas House of Representatives | |
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Eighty-eighth Texas Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | of the Texas Legislature |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 10, 2023 |
Leadership | |
Speaker pro tempore | Charlie Geren (R) since February 8, 2023 |
Majority Leader | Tom Oliverson (R) since April 3, 2024 |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 150 |
Political groups |
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Length of term | 2 years |
Authority | Article 3, Texas Constitution |
Salary | $7,200/year + per diem |
Elections | |
First-past-the-post | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 (150 seats) |
Next election | November 5, 2024 (150 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative control |
Meeting place | |
House of Representatives Chamber 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. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
The leadership for the 88th Legislature is as follows:
Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
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Speaker of the House | Dade Phelan | Republican | Beaumont | 21 |
Speaker Pro Tempore | Charlie Geren | Republican | Fort Worth | 99 |
Republican Caucus Chair | Tom Oliverson | Republican | Cypress | 130 |
Democratic House Leader | Trey Martinez Fischer | Democratic | San Antonio | 116 |
The Speaker of the House is the presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the House. The Speaker's duties include maintaining order within the House, recognizing members during debate, ruling on procedural matters, appointing members to the various committees and sending bills for committee review.
The Speaker pro tempore is primarily a ceremonial position, but does, by long-standing tradition, preside over the House during its consideration of local and consent bills.
Unlike other state legislatures, the House rules do not formally recognize majority or minority leaders. The unofficial leaders are the Republican Caucus Chairman and the Democratic House Leader, both of whom are elected by their respective caucuses.
Republicans currently hold a majority of seats in the House.
Texas' legislative districts are an example of gerrymandering; however, requirements in the Texas Constitution are more strict than other states. [1] [2] [ citation needed ]
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Republican | Democratic | Ind | Vacant | ||
End 2010 | 75 | 73 | 0 | 148 | 2 |
Begin 2011 | 101 | 49 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
End 2012 | 48 | 149 | 1 | ||
Begin 2013 | 95 | 55 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
End 2014 | |||||
Begin 2015 | 98 | 52 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
End 2016 | 99 | 50 | 1 | ||
Begin 2017 | 95 | 55 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
End 2018 | 94 | 56 | |||
2019–2020 | 83 | 67 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
Begin 2021 [lower-alpha 1] | 82 | 67 | 0 | 149 | 1 |
End 2022 | 85 | 65 | 150 | 0 | |
Begin 2023 | 86 | 64 | 0 | 150 | 0 |
May 9, 2023 [lower-alpha 2] | 85 | 149 | 1 | ||
February 14, 2024 [lower-alpha 3] | 86 | 150 | 0 | ||
August 15, 2024 [lower-alpha 4] | 85 | 149 | 1 | ||
August 30, 2024 [lower-alpha 5] | 86 | 63 | |||
Latest voting share | 57.7% | 42.3% |
The Speaker of the House of Representatives has duties as a presiding officer as well as administrative duties. As a presiding officer, the Speaker must enforce, apply, and interpret the rules of the House, call House members to order, lay business in order before the House and receive propositions made by members, refer proposed legislation to a committee, preserve order and decorum, recognize people in the gallery, state and hold votes on questions, vote as a member of the House, decide on all questions to order, appoint the Speaker Pro Tempore and Temporary Chair, adjourn the House in the event of an emergency, postpone reconvening in the event of an emergency, and sign all bills, joint resolutions, and concurrent resolutions. The administrative duties of the Speaker include having control over the Hall of the House, appointing chair, vice-chair, and members to each standing committee, appointing all conference committees, and directing committees to make interim studies. [5]
The Chief Clerk is the head of the Chief Clerk's Office which maintains a record of all authors who sign legislation, maintains and distributes membership information to current house members, and forwards copies of legislation to house committee chairs. [6] The Chief Clerk is the primary custodian of all legal documents within House. Additional duties include keeping a record of all progress on a document, attesting all warrants, writs, and subpoenas, receiving and filing all documents received by the house, and maintaining the electronic information and calendar for documents. When there is a considerable update of the electronic source website, the Chief Clerk is also responsible for noticing House members via email. [5]
The committee structure below is valid for the 88th Legislature (numbers in parentheses are the number of committee members; under House rules 1/2 of each committee's membership is determined by seniority and the remaining 1/2 by the Speaker of the House, excluding Procedural Committees [note 1] the membership of which are wholly chosen by the Speaker). [7]
In addition to these committees, there are also six joint committees composed of members of both the State House and Senate:
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