Legislative Information

Legislative intent: Follow detailed steps to locate materials useful in researching the legislative intent of a bill.
Bill-chapter number cross reference: Determine a bill number from the session law chapter number, or find the chapter number for a bill from the 47th - 81st legislative sessions.
Bill histories: View actions for bills. Bill histories are available as scanned Adobe PDF documents.
Session years: View legislative session numbers and their corresponding dates from the 1st Legislature to the present.
Special sessions: Dates, rules, topics, and other information about special sessions.
Vetoes: View lists of the Governor's vetoes by legislative session. Link to scanned versions of veto proclamations.
Index to Sections Affected: Search for legislation affecting Texas statutes back to the 74th session (1995).
Constitutional amendments: View amendments to the Texas Constitution from 1879 - 2009. Search by legislative session or article.
Members and leaders: Link to current and historical information about members of the legislature and other elected officials, including statistics, biographies, and photographs.
Messages & proclamations: Link to scanned documents from the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and the Speaker of the House.
Conference committee reports - 78th - 81st Legislatures: Link to scanned legislation with side-by-side analyses comparing the House and Senate versions of legislation from the regular and called sessions.