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The '''68th Texas Legislature''' met in regular session from January 11, 1983, to May 30, 1983, and in two subsequent special called sessions (see below). All members present during this session were elected in the 1982 general elections.

==Sessions==
'''Regular Session:''' January 11, 1983 - May 30, 1983<br>
'''1st Called Session:''' June 22, 1983 - June 25, 1983<br>
'''2nd Called Session:''' June 4, 1984 - July 3, 1984

==Party summary==

===Senate===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | Affiliation
! valign="bottom" | Members
! valign="bottom" | Note
|-
| bgcolor="#3333CC" | &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| align="center" | 26
|
|-
| bgcolor="#CC0000" | &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| align="center" | 5
|
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" | '''Total'''
! align="center" | '''31'''
!
|}

===House===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" valign="bottom" | Affiliation
! valign="bottom" | Members
! valign="bottom" | Note
|-
| bgcolor="#3333CC" | &nbsp;
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]
| align="center" | 113
|
|-
| bgcolor="#CC0000" | &nbsp;
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
| align="center" | 37
|
|-
! colspan="2" align="center" | '''Total'''
! align="center" | '''150'''
!
|}

==Officers==

===Senate===
* '''[[Lieutenant Governor of Texas|Lieutenant Governor]]:''' [[William P. Hobby, Jr.]], Democrat
* '''President Pro Tempore ''(regular session)'':''' J. Grant Jones, Democrat
* '''President Pro Tempore ''(1st called session)'':''' [[Lloyd Doggett]], Democrat
* '''President Pro Tempore ''(2nd called session)'':''' Lindon Williams, Democrat

===House===
* '''[[Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]]:''' Gibson D. "Gib" Lewis, Democrat

==Members==

===Senate===
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'''Dist. 1'''
* Ed Howard (D), [[Texarkana, TX|Texarkana]]

'''Dist. 2'''
* Ted Lyon (D), [[Rockwall, TX|Rockwall]]

'''Dist. 3'''
* Don Adams (D), [[Jasper, TX|Jasper]]

'''Dist. 4'''
* Carl A. Parker (D), [[Port Arthur, TX|Port Arthur]]

'''Dist. 5'''
* [[Kent Caperton|Kent A. Caperton]] (D), [[Bryan, TX|Bryan]]

'''Dist. 6'''
* Lindon Williams (D), [[Houston, TX|Houston]]

'''Dist. 7'''
* Don Henderson (R), [[Houston, TX|Houston]]

'''Dist. 8'''
* [[O.H. "Ike" Harris]] (R), [[Dallas, TX|Dallas]]

'''Dist. 9'''
* [[Chet Edwards]] (D), [[Duncanville, TX|Duncanville]]

'''Dist. 10'''
* [[Bob McFarland]] (R), [[Arlington, TX|Arlington]]

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'''Dist. 11'''
* [[Chet Brooks]] (D), [[Houston, TX|Houston]]

'''Dist. 12'''
* [[Hugh Parmer|Hugh Q. Parmer]] (D), [[Fort Worth, TX|Fort Worth]]

'''Dist. 13'''
* [[Craig Washington]] (D), [[Houston, TX|Houston]]

'''Dist. 14'''
* [[Lloyd Doggett]] (D), [[Austin, TX|Austin]]

'''Dist. 15'''
* [[John Whitmire]] (D), [[Houston, TX|Houston]]

'''Dist. 16'''
* [[John N. Leedom]] (R), [[Dallas, TX|Dallas]]

'''Dist. 17'''
* [[J. E. "Buster" Brown]] (R), [[Galveston, TX|Galveston]]

'''Dist. 18'''
* [[John Sharp (Texas politician)|John Sharp]] (D), [[Victoria, TX|Victoria]]

'''Dist. 19'''
* Glenn Kothmann (D), [[San Antonio, TX|San Antonio]]

'''Dist. 20'''
* Carlos F. Truan (D), [[Corpus Christi, TX|Corpus Christi]]

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'''Dist. 21'''
* John Traeger (D), [[Seguin, TX|Seguin]]

'''Dist. 22'''
* Bob Glasgow (D), [[Stephenville, TX|Stephenville]]

'''Dist. 23'''
* Oscar Mauzy (D), [[Dallas, TX|Dallas]]

'''Dist. 24'''
* Grant Jones (D), [[Abilene, TX|Abilene]]

'''Dist. 25'''
* Bill Sims (D), [[San Angelo, TX|San Angelo]]

'''Dist. 26'''
* R.L. "Bob" Vale (D), [[San Antonio, TX|San Antonio]]

'''Dist. 27'''
* Raul Longoria (D), [[Edinburg, TX|Edinburg]]

'''Dist. 28'''
* [[John T. Montford]] (D), [[Lubbock, TX|Lubbock]]

'''Dist. 29'''
* Tati Santiesteban (D), [[El Paso, TX|El Paso]]

'''Dist. 30'''
* [[Ray Farabee]] (D), [[Wichita Falls, TX|Wichita Falls]]

'''Dist. 31'''
* [[Bill Sarpalius]] (D), [[Amarillo, TX|Amarillo]]
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===House===

==External links==
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