Eighty-second Texas Legislature

The 82nd Texas Legislature began on January 11, 2011 and ended on May 29, 2011. All members of the House and 16 of the 31 members of the Senate were elected in the general election held on November 2, 2010.

Party summary[]

Senate[]

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party^[1]	19
	Democratic Party^[1]	12
Total		31

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party^[2]	101
	Democratic Party^[2]	49
Total		150

Officers[]

Senate[]

Lieutenant Governor: David Dewhurst (R)
President Pro Tempore: Steve Ogden (R)

House of Representatives[]

Speaker of the House: Joe Straus (R)
Speaker Pro Tempore: TBD

Members[]

Senate[]

	Party	District	Home Town	Took Office
Kevin Eltife	Republican	1	Tyler	2004
Bob Deuell	Republican	2	Greenville	2003
Robert Nichols	Republican	3	Jacksonville	2007
Tommy Williams	Republican	4	The Woodlands	2003
Steve Ogden	Republican	5	Bryan	1997
Mario Gallegos, Jr.	Democratic	6	Houston	1995
Dan Patrick	Republican	7	Houston	2007
Florence Shapiro	Republican	8	Plano	1993
Chris Harris	Republican	9	Arlington	1991
Wendy Davis	Democratic	10	Fort Worth	2009
Mike Jackson	Republican	11	La Porte	1999
Jane Nelson	Republican	12	Lewisville	1993
Rodney Ellis	Democratic	13	Houston	1990
Kirk Watson	Democratic	14	Austin	2007
John Whitmire	Democratic	15	Houston	1983
John Carona	Republican	16	Dallas	1996
Joan Huffman	Republican	17	Southside Place	2008
Glenn Hegar	Republican	18	Katy	2007
Carlos I. Uresti	Democratic	19	San Antonio	2006
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa	Democratic	20	Mission	2002
Judith Zaffirini	Democratic	21	Laredo	1987
Brian Birdwell	Republican	22	Granbury	2010
Royce West	Democratic	23	Dallas	1993
Troy Fraser	Republican	24	Horseshoe Bay	1997
Jeff Wentworth	Republican	25	San Antonio	1993
Leticia R. Van de Putte	Democratic	26	San Antonio	1999
Eddie Lucio, Jr.	Democratic	27	Brownsville	1991
Robert L. Duncan	Republican	28	Lubbock	1997
José R. Rodríguez	Democratic	29	El Paso	2011
Craig Estes	Republican	30	Wichita Falls	2001
Kel Seliger	Republican	31	Amarillo	2004

House of Representatives[]

	Party	Home Town/City	District ↑	County
George Lavender	Republican	New Boston	1	Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
Dan Flynn	Republican	Canton	2	Rains, Hunt, Van Zandt
	Republican	Paris	3	Lamar, Hopkins, Delta, Franklin, Titus, Red River
Lance Gooden	Republican	Athens	4	Henderson, Kaufman
Bryan Hughes	Republican	Marshall	5	Camp, Upshur, Wood, Harrison
Leo Berman	Republican	Tyler	6	Smith
David Simpson	Republican	Longview		Smith, Gregg
Byron Cook	Republican	Corsicana		Anderson, Freestone, Limestone, Navarro
Wayne Christian	Republican	Center		Shelby, Nacogdoches, San Augustine, Sabine, Jasper
Jim Pitts	Republican	Waxahachie		Ellis, Hill
	Republican	Jacksonville		Panola, Rusk, Cherokee, Houston
James White	Republican	Lufkin		Angelina, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler
Lois Kolkhorst	Republican	Brenham		Austin, Grimes, Walker, Washington
Fred Brown	Republican	Bryan		Brazos
Rob Eissler	Republican	The Woodlands		Montgomery
Brandon Creighton	Republican	Conroe		Montgomery
	Republican	Giddings		Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Fayette, Lee
	Republican	Dayton		Montgomery, Liberty, Polk
Mike "Tuffy" Hamilton	Republican	Mauriceville		Hardin, Newton, Orange
Charles Schwertner	Republican	Georgetown		Milam, Williamson
	Republican	Nederland		Jefferson
Joe D. Deshotel	Democratic	Port Arthur		Jefferson, Orange
Craig Eiland	Democratic	Galveston		Chambers, Galveston
Larry Taylor	Republican	League City		Galveston
Dennis Bonnen	Republican	Angleton		Brazoria
Charles F. Howard	Republican	Sugar Land		Fort Bend
Ron Reynolds	Democratic	Missouri City		Fort Bend
John Zerwas	Republican	Katy		Wharton, Fort Bend, Waller
Randy Weber	Republican	Pearland		Brazoria, Matagorda
Geanie Morrison	Republican	Victoria		Refugio, Victoria, Jackson, DeWitt, Lavaca
Ryan Guillen	Democratic	Rio Grande		Duval, Starr, Webb, Zapata
Todd Ames Hunter	Republican	Portland		Calhoun, Aransas, San Patricio, Nueces
Raul Torres	Republican	Corpus Christi		Nueces
Connie Scott	Republican	Corpus Christi		Nueces
Jose Aliseda	Republican	Beeville		Atascosa, Karnes, McMullen, Live Oak, Bee, Jim Wells, Goliad
Ismael "Kino" Flores	Democratic	Mission		Hidalgo
Rene O. Oliveira	Democratic	Brownsville		Cameron
Eddie Lucio III	Democratic	San Benito		Cameron
Armando Martinez	Democratic	Weslaco		Hidalgo
Aaron Peña	Republican	Edinburg		Hidalgo
Veronica Gonzalez	Democratic	McAllen		Hidalgo
Richard Raymond	Democratic	Laredo		Webb
J. M. Lozano	Democratic	Kingsville		Jim Hogg, Brooks, Kleberg, Kenedy, Willacy, Cameron
John Kuempel	Republican	Seguin		Wilson, Guadalupe, Gonzales
	Republican	Austin		Blanco, Hays, Caldwell
Dawnna Dukes	Democratic	Austin		Travis
	Republican	Austin	47	Travis
Donna Howard	Democratic	Austin		Travis
Elliott Naishtat	Democratic	Austin		Travis
Mark Strama	Democratic	Austin		Travis
Eddie Rodriguez	Democratic	Austin		Travis
	Republican	Round Rock		Williamson
Harvey Hilderbran	Republican	Kerrville		Crockett, Sutton, Schleicher, Real, Kerr, Kimble, Menard, Mason, Llano, San Saba, McCulloch, Concho, Coleman, Runnels, Callahan
Jimmie Don Aycock	Republican	Lampasas		Lampasas, Burnet, Bell
	Republican	Temple		Bell
Charles "Doc" Anderson	Republican	Waco		McLennan
Marva Beck	Republican	Waco		McLennan, Falls, Leon, Madison, Robertson
	Republican	Burleson		Bosque, Johnson
Sid Miller	Republican	Stephenville		Erath, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Coryell, Somervell
Jim Keffer	Republican	Eastland		Brown, Eastland, Shackelford, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Hood
Phil King	Republican	Weatherford		Parker, Wise
Larry Phillips	Republican	Sherman	62	Fannin, Grayson
Tan Parker	Republican	Flower Mound	63	Denton
Myra Crownover	Republican	Lake Dallas	64	Denton
Burt Solomons	Republican	Carrollton	65	Denton
Van Taylor	Republican	Plano	66	Collin
Jerry Madden	Republican	Plano	67	Collin
Rick Hardcastle	Republican	Vernon		Motley, Dickens, Cottle, King, Hardeman, Foard, Knox, Haskell, Wilbarger, Baylor, Throckmorton, Young, Jack, Clay, Montague, Cooke
Lanham Lyne	Republican	Wichita Falls		Wichita, Archer
Ken Paxton	Republican	McKinney		Collin
	Republican	Abilene		Nolan, Taylor
Drew Darby	Republican	San Angelo		Coke, Mitchell, Scurry, Tom Green
	Republican	New Braunfels		Gillespie, Kendall, Comal, Bandera
Pete Gallego	Democratic	Alpine		Uvalde, Edwards, Val Verde, Terrell, Pecos, Brewster, Presidio, Jeff Davis, Ward, Reeves, Loving, Culberson, Hudspeth
Chente Quintanilla	Democratic	El Paso		El Paso
Naomi Gonzalez	Democratic	El Paso		El Paso
Marisa Marquez	Democratic	El Paso		El Paso
Dee Margo	Republican	El Paso		El Paso
Joe Pickett	Democratic	El Paso		El Paso
Tracy King	Democratic	Eagle Pass		Kinney, Maverick, Zavala, Dimmit, La Salle, Frio, Medina
	Republican	Odessa		Andrews, Winkler, Ector
Tom Craddick	Republican	Midland		Crane, Upton, Midland, Martin, Dawson
Charles Perry	Republican	Lubbock	83	Lubbock, Hockley, Cochran, Yoakum, Gaines
John Frullo	Republican	Lubbock		Lubbock
Jim Landtroop	Republican	Crosbyton		Reagan, Irion, Sterling, Glasscock, Howard, Borden, Terry, Lynn, Garza, Crosby, Kent, Stonewall, Fisher, Jones, Hale, Floyd
John T. Smithee	Republican	Amarillo		Dallam, Hartley, Oldham, Deaf Smith, Randall
Four Price	Republican	Amarillo		Sherman, Moore, Carson, Potter
	Republican	Pampa		Parmer, Bailey, Lamb, Castro, Swisher, Armstrong, Briscoe, Hall, Donley, Collingsworth, Childress, Gray, Wheeler, Hutchison, Roberts, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Hansford
Jodie Anne Laubenberg	Republican	Rockwall		Rockwall, Collin
Lon Burnam	Democratic	Fort Worth		Tarrant
Kelly Hancock	Republican	Fort Worth		Tarrant
Todd Smith	Republican	Bedford		Tarrant
Barbara Nash	Republican	Arlington		Tarrant
Diane Patrick	Republican	Arlington		Tarrant
Marc Veasey	Democratic	Fort Worth		Tarrant
Bill Zedler	Republican	Arlington		Tarrant
Mark M. Shelton	Republican	Fort Worth		Tarrant
Vicki Truitt	Republican	Southlake		Tarrant
Charlie Geren	Republican	River Oaks		Tarrant
Eric Johnson	Democratic	Dallas		Dallas
Cindy Burkett	Republican	Mesquite		Dallas
Stefani Carter	Republican	Dallas		Dallas
Rafael Anchia	Democratic	Dallas		Dallas
Roberto R. Alonzo	Democratic	Dallas		Dallas
	Republican	Irving		Dallas
Rodney E. Anderson	Republican	Grand Prairie	106	Dallas
	Republican	Dallas		Dallas
Dan Branch	Republican	Dallas		Dallas
Helen Giddings	Democratic	De Soto		Dallas
Barbara Mallory Caraway	Democratic	Dallas		Dallas
Yvonne Davis	Democratic	Dallas		Dallas
Angie Chen Button	Republican	Richardson		Dallas
Joe Driver	Republican	Garland		Dallas
Will Ford Hartnett	Republican	Dallas		Dallas
Jim Jackson	Republican	Carrollton		Dallas
Trey Martinez Fischer	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
John Garza	Republican	San Antonio		Bexar
Joe Farias	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
Roland Gutierrez	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
Ruth Jones McClendon	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
Joe Straus	Republican	San Antonio		Bexar
Lyle Larson	Republican	San Antonio		Bexar
Mike Villarreal	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
José Menéndez	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
Joaquin Castro	Democratic	San Antonio		Bexar
Patricia Harless	Republican	Spring		Harris
Dan Huberty	Republican	Kingwood		Harris
Wayne Smith	Republican	Baytown		Harris
John E. Davis	Republican	Houston		Harris
	Republican	Houston		Harris
Alma Allen	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Bill Callegari	Republican	Houston		Harris
Jim Murphy	Republican	Houston		Harris
Sarah Davis	Republican	Houston		Harris
Gary Elkins	Republican	Houston		Harris
Beverly Woolley	Republican	Houston		Harris
Scott Hochberg	Democratic	Houston	137	Harris
Dwayne Bohac	Republican	Houston		Harris
Sylvester Turner	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Armando Walle	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Senfronia Thompson	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Harold V. Dutton, Jr.	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Ana Hernandez	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Ken Legler	Republican	Pasadena		Harris
Carol Alvarado	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Borris Miles	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Garnet Coleman	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Jessica Farrar	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Hubert Vo	Democratic	Houston		Harris
Debbie Riddle	Republican	Houston	150	Harris

Legislation[]

The 82nd Legislature's passing of HB-351 and SB-462 reformed Texas' expungement code to include relief for those convicted but later determined to be innocent.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Texas Legislature Online - Senate Members." Texas Legislature Online - Senate Members. Texas Legislature Online, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Members/Members.aspx?Chamber=S>.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Texas Legislature Online - House Members." Texas Legislature Online - House Members. Texas Legislature Online, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Members/Members.aspx?Chamber=H>.
^ National Employment Law Project, National H.I.R.E. Network, Sentencing Project (December 2011). "State Reforms Promoting Employment of People with Criminal Records: 2010‐11 Legislative Round‐Up" (PDF). Legislative Update: 12, 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2012-12-14.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Quinzi, Paul (2011-07-07). "Texas Expunction Law Changes, effective 9-1-2011". Retrieved 2012-12-14.

External links[]

Texas Legislature Online
Texas Senate
Texas House of Representatives
Election Results from the Office of the Secretary of State
Legislative Reference Library

[senateref-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Texas Legislature Online - Senate Members." Texas Legislature Online - Senate Members. Texas Legislature Online, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Members/Members.aspx?Chamber=S>.

[houseref-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Texas Legislature Online - House Members." Texas Legislature Online - House Members. Texas Legislature Online, n.d. Web. 03 Dec. 2012. <http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/Members/Members.aspx?Chamber=H>.

[NELP_2011-12-3] National Employment Law Project, National H.I.R.E. Network, Sentencing Project (December 2011). "State Reforms Promoting Employment of People with Criminal Records: 2010‐11 Legislative Round‐Up" (PDF). Legislative Update: 12, 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-23. Retrieved 2012-12-14.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Quinzi_2011-07-07-4] Quinzi, Paul (2011-07-07). "Texas Expunction Law Changes, effective 9-1-2011". Retrieved 2012-12-14.

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