85th Texas Legislature

The 85th Texas Legislature began on January 10, 2017. All members of the House and Senate were elected in the general election held on November 8, 2016.

Party summary

Senate

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Republican Party[1]	20
	Democratic Party[1]	11
Total		31

House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Republican Party[2]	95
	Democratic Party[2]	55
Total		150

Officers

Senate

• Lieutenant Governor: Dan Patrick (R)
• President Pro Tempore: Kel Seliger (R)

House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Joe Straus (R)
• Speaker Pro Tempore: Dennis Bonnen (R)

Members

Senate

Senator		Party	District	Home Town	Took Office
	Bryan Hughes	Republican	1	Mineola	January 10, 2017
	Bob Hall	Republican	2	Edgewood	January 13, 2015
	Robert Nichols	Republican	3	Jacksonville	January 9, 2007
	Brandon Creighton	Republican	4	Conroe	August 26, 2014
	Charles Schwertner	Republican	5	Georgetown	January 8, 2013
	Carol Alvarado	Democratic	6	East End	December 21, 2018
	Paul Bettencourt	Republican	7	Houston	January 13, 2015
	Van Taylor	Republican	8	Plano	January 13, 2015
	Kelly Hancock	Republican	9	Fort Worth	January 8, 2013
	Konni Burton	Republican	10	Colleyville	January 13, 2015
	Larry Taylor	Republican	11	Friendswood	January 8, 2013
	Jane Nelson	Republican	12	Lewisville	January 14, 2003
	Borris Miles	Democratic	13	Houston	January 10, 2017
	Kirk Watson	Democratic	14	Austin	January 9, 2007
	John Whitmire	Democratic	15	Houston	January 11, 1983
	Don Huffines	Republican	16	Dallas	January 13, 2015
	Joan Huffman	Republican	17	Southside Place	December 29, 2008
	Lois Kolkhorst	Republican	18	Brenham	December 22, 2014
	Pete Flores	Republican	18	Pleasanton	October 12, 2018
	Carlos I. Uresti	Democratic	19	San Antonio	November 7, 2006
	Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa	Democratic	20	Mission	January 14, 2003
	Judith Zaffirini	Democratic	21	Laredo	January 13, 1987
	Brian Birdwell	Republican	22	Granbury	July 2, 2010
	Royce West	Democratic	23	Dallas	January 12, 1993
	Dawn Buckingham	Republican	24	Lakeway	January 10, 2017
	Donna Campbell	Republican	25	New Braunfels	January 8, 2013
	Jose Menendez	Democratic	26	San Antonio	March 4, 2015
	Eddie Lucio Jr.	Democratic	27	Brownsville	January 8, 1991
	Charles Perry	Republican	28	Lubbock	September 30, 2014
	José R. Rodríguez	Democratic	29	El Paso	January 11, 2011
	Craig Estes	Republican	30	Wichita Falls	December 10, 2001
	Kel Seliger	Republican	31	Amarillo	March 2, 2004

On February 22, 2018 a jury found Carlos Uresti on 11 Federal Felony charges relating to his alleged involvement in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.^[3] He resigned 4 months after he was convicted^[4] due to pressure from his democratic colleagues.^[5]

On October 12, 2018 Pete Flores was sworn in after winning the Texas Senate District 19 special election and special election run off to fill in the vacant seat for Carlos Uresti.^[6]

House of Representatives

House Rep		Party	District	Home Town	Took Office
	Gary VanDeaver	Republican	1	New Boston	January 13, 2015
	Dan Flynn	Republican	2	Van	January 14, 2003
	Cecil Bell Jr.	Republican	3	Magnolia	January 8, 2013
	Lance Gooden	Republican	4	Terrell	January 10, 2017
	Cole Hefner	Republican	5	Mount Pleasant	January 10, 2017
	Matt Schaefer	Republican	6	Tyler	January 8, 2013
	Jay Dean	Republican	7	Longview	January 10, 2017
	Byron Cook	Republican	8	Corsicana	January 14, 2003
	Chris Paddie	Republican	9	Marshall	January 8, 2013
	John Wray	Republican	10	Waxahachie	January 13, 2015
	Travis Clardy	Republican	11	Nacgdoches	January 8, 2013
	Kyle Kacal	Republican	12	College Station	January 8, 2013
	Leighton Schubert	Republican	13	Caldwell	March 3, 2015
	John N. Raney	Republican	14	College Station	December 23, 2011
	Mark Keough	Republican	15	The Woodlands	January 13, 2015
	Will Metcalf	Republican	16	Conroe	January 13, 2015
	John Cyrier	Republican	17	Lockhart	March 3, 2015
	Ernest Bailes	Republican	18	Shepherd	January 10, 2017
	James White	Republican	19	Hillister	January 8, 2013
	Terry Wilson	Republican	20	Marble Falls	January 10, 2017
	Dade Phelan	Republican	21	Beaumont	January 13, 2015
	Joe Deshotel	Democratic	22	Beaumont	January 12, 1999
	Wayne Faircloth	Republican	23	Galveston	January 13, 2015
	Greg Bonnen	Republican	24	Friendswood	January 8, 2013
	Dennis Bonnen	Republican	25	Angleton	January 14, 1997
	Rick Miller	Republican	26	Sugar Land	January 8, 2013
	Ron Reynolds	Democratic	27	Missouri City	January 11, 2011
	John Zerwas	Republican	28	Richmond	January 9, 2007
	Ed Thompson	Republican	29	Pearland	January 8, 2013
	Geanie Morrison	Republican	30	Victoria	January 12, 1999
	Ryan Guillen	Democratic	31	Rio Grande City	January 14, 2003
	Todd Ames Hunter	Republican	32	Corpus Christi	January 13, 2009
	Justin Holland	Republican	33	Heath	January 10, 2017
	Abel Herrero	Democratic	34	Robstown	January 8, 2013
	Oscar Longoria	Democratic	35	Mission	January 8, 2013
	Sergio Muñoz	Democratic	36	Mission	January 11, 2011
	Rene Oliveira	Democratic	37	Brownsville	April 28, 1981
	Eddie Lucio III	Democratic	38	Brownsville	January 9, 2007
	Armando Martinez	Democratic	39	Weslaco	January 11, 2005
	Terry Canales	Democratic	40	Edinburg	January 8, 2013
	Robert Guerra	Democratic	41	Mission	September 25, 2012
	Richard Raymond	Democratic	42	Laredo	January 24, 2001
	José Manuel Lozano	Republican	43	Kingsville	January 11, 2011
	John Kuempel	Republican	44	Seguin	December 30, 2010
	Jason Isaac	Republican	45	Austin	January 11, 2011
	Dawnna Dukes	Democratic	46	Austin	January 10, 1995
	Paul D. Workman	Republican	47	Spicewood	January 11, 2011
	Donna Howard	Democratic	48	Austin	March 2, 2006
	Gina Hinojosa	Democratic	49	Austin	January 10, 2017
	Celia Israel	Democratic	50	Texas	February 12, 2014
	Eddie Rodriguez	Democratic	51	Texas	January 14, 2003
	Larry Gonzales	Republican	52	Round Rock	January 11, 2011
	Andrew Murr	Republican	53	Junction	January 13, 2015
	Scott Cosper	Republican	54	Killeen	January 10, 2017
	Hugh Shine	Republican	55	Temple	January 10, 2017
	Charles Anderson	Republican	56	Lorena	January 11, 2005
	Trent Ashby	Republican	57	Lufkin	January 8, 2013
	DeWayne Burns	Republican	58	Celburne	January 13, 2015
	Jesse David Sheffield II	Republican	59	Gatesville	January 8, 2013
	Mike Lang	Republican	60	Granbury	January 10, 2017
	Phil King	Republican	61	Weatherford	January 12, 1999
	Larry Phillips	Republican	62	Sherman	January 14, 2003
	Tan Parker	Republican	63	Flower Mound	January 9, 2007
	Lynn Stucky	Republican	64	Sanger	January 10, 2017
	Ron Simmons	Republican	65	Carrollton	January 8, 2013
	Matt Shaheen	Republican	66	Plano	January 13, 2015
	Jeff Leach	Republican	67	Allen	January 8, 2013
	Drew Springer Jr.	Republican	68	Muenster	January 8, 2013
	James Frank	Republican	69	Wichita Falls	January 8, 2013
	Scott Sanford	Republican	70	McKinney	January 8, 2013
	Stan Lambert	Republican	71	Abilene	January 10, 2017
	Drew Darby	Republican	72	San Angelo	January 9, 2007
	Kyle Biedermann	Republican	73	Fredericksburg	January 10, 2017
	Poncho Nevárez	Democratic	74	Eagle Pass	January 8, 2013
	Mary González	Democratic	75	Clint	January 8, 2013
	Cesar Blanco	Democratic	76	El Paso	January 13, 2015
	Evelina Ortega	Democratic	77	El Paso	January 10, 2017
	Joe Moody	Democratic	78	El Paso	January 8, 2013
	Joe Pickett	Democratic	79	El Paso	January 3, 1995
	Tracy King	Democratic	80	Batesville	January 11, 2005
	Brooks Landgraf	Republican	81	Odessa	January 13, 2015
	Tom Craddick	Republican	82	Midland	January 12, 1993
	Dustin Burrows	Republican	83	Lubbock	January 13, 2015
	John Frullo	Republican	84	Lubbock	November 22, 2010
	Phil Stephenson	Republican	85	Wharton	January 8, 2013
	John T. Smithee	Republican	86	Amarillo	January 8, 1985
	Four Price	Republican	87	Amarillo	January 11, 2011
	Ken King	Republican	88	Canadian	January 8, 2013
	Jodie Anne Laubenberg	Republican	89	Parker	January 14, 2003
	Ramon Romero Jr.	Democratic	90	Fort Worth	January 13, 2015
	Stephanie Klick	Republican	91	Fort Worth	January 8, 2013
	Jonathan Stickland	Republican	92	Beford	January 8, 2013
	Matt Krause	Republican	93	Haslet	January 8, 2013
	Tony Tinderholt	Republican	94	Arlington	January 13, 2015
	Nicole Collier	Democratic	95	Fort Worth	January 8, 2013
	Bill Zedler	Republican	96	Arlington	January 11, 2011
	Craig Goldman	Republican	97	Fort Worth	January 8, 2013
	Giovanni Capriglione	Republican	98	Southlake	January 8, 2013
	Charlie Geren	Republican	99	Fort Worth	January 14, 2003
	Eric Johnson	Democratic	100	Dallas	April 20, 2010
	Chris Turner	Democratic	101	Grand Prairie	January 8, 2013
	Linda Koop	Republican	102	Dallas	January 13, 2015
	Rafael Anchia	Democratic	103	Dallas	January 11, 2005
	Roberto Alonzo	Democratic	104	Dallas	January 12, 1993
	Rodney Anderson	Republican	105	Grand Prairie	January 11, 2011
	Pat Fallon	Republican	106	Frisco	January 8, 2013
	Victoria Neave	Democratic	107	Dallas	January 10, 2017
	Morgan Meyer	Republican	108	University Park	January 13, 2015
	Helen Giddings	Democratic	109	Dallas	January 12, 1993
	Toni Rose	Democratic	110	Dallas	January 8, 2013
	Yvonne Davis	Democratic	111	Dallas	January 12, 1993
	Angie Chen Button	Republican	112	Garland	January 13, 2009
	Cindy Burkett	Republican	113	Sunnyvale	January 8, 2013
	Jason Villalba	Republican	114	Richardson	January 8, 2013
	Matt Rinaldi	Republican	115	Irving	January 13, 2015
	Diana Arevalo	Democratic	116	San Antonio	January 10, 2017
	Philip Cortez	Democratic	117	San Antonio	January 10, 2017
	Tomas Uresti	Democratic	118	San Antonio	January 10, 2017
	Roland Gutierrez	Democratic	119	San Antonio	May 14, 2008
	Barbara Gervin-Hawkins	Democratic	120	San Antonio	January 10, 2017
	Joe Straus	Republican	121	San Antonio	February 10, 2005
	Lyle Larson	Republican	122	San Antonio	January 11, 2011
	Diego Bernal	Democratic	123	San Antonio	March 3, 2015
	Ina Minjarez	Democratic	124	San Antonio	April 30, 2015
	Justin Rodriguez	Democratic	125	San Antonio	January 8, 2013
	Kevin Roberts	Republican	126	Houston	January 8, 2017
	Dan Huberty	Republican	127	Humble	January 11, 2011
	Briscoe Cain	Republican	128	Deer Park	January 10, 2017
	Dennis Paul	Republican	129	Houston	January 13, 2015
	Tom Oliverson	Republican	130	Cypress	January 10, 2017
	Alma Allen	Democratic	131	Houston	January 11, 2005
	Mike Schofield	Republican	132	Katy	January 13, 2015
	Jim Murphy	Republican	133	Houston	January 11, 2011
	Sarah Davis	Republican	134	Houston	January 11, 2011
	Gary Elkins	Republican	135	Jersey Village	January 10, 1995
	Tony Dale	Republican	136	Cedar Park	January 8, 2013
	Gene Wu	Democratic	137	Houston	January 8, 2013
	Dwayne Bohac	Republican	138	Houston	January 14, 2003
	Jarvis Johnson	Democratic	139	Houston	May 19, 2016
	Armando Walle	Democratic	140	Houston	January 13, 2009
	Senfronia Thompson	Democratic	141	Houston	January 11, 1983
	Harold Dutton Jr.	Democratic	142	Houston	January 8, 1985
	Ana Hernandez	Democratic	143	Pasadena	December 20, 2005
	Mary Ann Perez	Democratic	144	Houston	January 10, 2017
	Carol Alvarado	Democratic	145	East End	January 13, 2009
	Shawn Thierry	Democratic	146	Houston	January 10, 2017
	Garnet Coleman	Democratic	147	Houston	October 15, 1991
	Jessica Farrar	Democratic	148	Houston	January 10, 1995
	Hubert Vo	Democratic	149	Houston	January 11, 2005
	Valoree Swanson	Republican	150	Spring	January 10, 2017

Notable legislation

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Texas Senate Bill 4, which bans sanctuary cities, into law on May 7, 2017.