The 69th Texas Legislature met in regular session from January 8, 1985, to May 27, 1985, and in three subsequent special called sessions (see below). All members present during this session were elected in the 1984 general elections.

Sessions

Regular Session: January 8, 1985 - May 27, 1985
1st Called Session: May 28, 1985 - May 30, 1985
2nd Called Session: August 6, 1986 - September 4, 1986
3rd Called Session: September 8, 1986 - September 30, 1986

Party summary

Senate

House

Officers

Senate

Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

: William P. Hobby, Jr., Democrat * President Pro Tempore ''(regular session)'': Ray Farabee, Democrat * President Pro Tempore ''(1st called session)'': Carlos Truan, Democrat * President Pro Tempore ''(2nd called session)'': Carlos Truan, Democrat * President Pro Tempore ''(3rd called session)'': Carlos Truan, Democrat

House

Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hung ...

: Gibson D. "Gib" Lewis, Democrat

Members

Senate

Dist. 1 * Richard Anderson (D),

Marshall Marshall may refer to: Places Australia *Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria ** Marshall railway station Canada * Marshall, Saskatchewan * The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia Liberia * Marshall, Liberia Marshall Is ...

Dist. 2 * Ted Lyon (D), Rockwall Dist. 3 * Roy Blake, Sr. (D),

Jasper Jasper, an aggregate of microgranular quartz and/or cryptocrystalline chalcedony and other mineral phases, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. The common red color is due to ...

Dist. 4 * Carl A. Parker (D), Port Arthur Dist. 5 * Kent A. Caperton (D),

Bryan Bryan may refer to: Places in the United States * Bryan, Arkansas, an unincorporated community * Bryan, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Bryan, Ohio, a city * Bryan, Texas, a city * Bryan, Wyoming, a ghost town * Bryan County, Georgia * ...

Dist. 6 * Lindon Williams (D),

Houston Houston ( ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States. Located in Southeast Texas near Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, it is the county seat, seat of ...

Dist. 7 * Don Henderson (R),

Dist. 8 * O.H. "Ike" Harris (R),

Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

Dist. 9 *

Chet Edwards Thomas Chester Edwards (born November 24, 1951) is an American politician who was a United States House of Representatives, United States Representative from Texas, representing a district based in Waco, Texas, Waco, from 1991 to 2011. Previously, ...

(D), Duncanville Dist. 10 * Bob McFarland (R),

Arlington Arlington most often refers to: *Arlington, Virginia **Arlington National Cemetery, a United States military cemetery *Arlington, Texas Arlington may also refer to: Places Australia *Arlington light rail station, on the Inner West Light Rail in S ...

Dist. 11 *

Chet Brooks Terrance Donnell "Chet" Brooks (born January 1, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a safety for three seasons with the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the T ...

(D),

Dist. 12 * Hugh Q. Parmer (D),

Fort Worth Fort Worth is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Tarrant County, Texas, Tarrant County, covering nearly into Denton County, Texas, Denton, Johnson County, Texas, Johnson, Parker County, Texas, Parker, and Wise County, Te ...

Dist. 13 *

Craig Washington Craig Anthony Washington (born October 12, 1941) is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Texas who served in the Texas State Senate and the United States House of Representatives. The son of Roy and Azalia Washington, Washi ...

(D),

Dist. 14 * Gonzalo Barrientos (D),

Austin Austin refers to: Common meanings * Austin, Texas, United States, a city * Austin (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin (surname), a list of people and fictional characters * Austin Motor Company, a British car manufac ...

Dist. 15 *

John Whitmire John Harris Whitmire (born August 13, 1949) is an American attorney and politician who has served as the List of mayors of Houston, 63rd mayor of Houston, Texas, since 2024. Whitmire was previously a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ...

(D),

Dist. 16 * John N. Leedom (R),

Dist. 17 * J. E. "Buster" Brown (R),

Galveston Galveston ( ) is a Gulf Coast of the United States, coastal resort town, resort city and port off the Southeast Texas coast on Galveston Island and Pelican Island (Texas), Pelican Island in the U.S. state of Texas. The community of , with a pop ...

Dist. 18 * John Sharp (D),

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

Dist. 19 * Glenn Kothmann (D),

San Antonio San Antonio ( ; Spanish for " Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the ...

Dist. 20 * Carlos Truan (D), Corpus Christi Dist. 21 * John Traeger (D), Seguin Dist. 22 * Bob Glasgow (D), Stephenville Dist. 23 * Oscar Mauzy (D),

Dist. 24 * Grant Jones (D), Abilene Dist. 25 * Bill Sims (D),

San Angelo San Angelo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Tom Green County, Texas, United States. Its location is in the Concho Valley, a region of West Texas between the Permian Basin (North America), Permian Basin to the northwest, Chihuahuan Desert ...

Dist. 26 * Cyndi Taylor Krier (R),

Dist. 27 * Hector Uribe (D), Brownsville Dist. 28 * John T. Montford (D),

Lubbock Lubbock ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County. With a population of 272,086 in 2024, Lubbock is the 10th-most populous city in Texas and the 84th-most populous in the United States. The city is in the ...

Dist. 29 * Tati Santiesteban (D),

El Paso El Paso (; ; or ) is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Texas, United States. The 2020 United States census, 2020 population of the city from the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau was 678,815, making it the List of ...

Dist. 30 * Ray Farabee (D),

Wichita Falls Wichita Falls ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the principal city of the Wichita Falls metropolitan statistical area, which encompasses all of Archer, Clay, and Wichita Counties. According to ...

Dist. 31 *

Bill Sarpalius William Clarence Sarpalius (; born January 10, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1989 to 1995. A Democrat, he represented , a large tract of land which stretched from the ...

(D), Amarillo

House

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