title: Seventy-third Texas Legislature
text: # Seventy-third Texas Legislature
  
  The 73rd Texas Legislature met from January 12, 1993, to May 31, 1993. All members present during this session were elected in the 1992 general elections.
  
  ## Sessions
  
  Regular Session: January 12, 1993 - May 31, 1993
  
  ## Party summary
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Party | 18 |
  | | Republican Party | 13 |
  | Total | Total | 31 |
  
  ### House of Representatives
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Party | 91 |
  | | Republican Party | 59 |
  | Total | Total | 150 |
  
  ## Officers
  
  ### Senate
  
  * Lieutenant Governor: Bob Bullock, Democrat
  * President Pro Tempore: John T. Montford, Democrat
  
  ### House
  
  * Speaker of the House: Pete Laney, Democrat
  
  ## Members
  
  ### Senate
  
  | Senator | Party | District | Home Town | Took Office |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Bill Ratliff | Republican | 1 | Mount Pleasant | 1989 |
  | Florence Shapiro | Republican | 2 | Plano | 1993 |
  | Bill Haley | Democratic | 3 | Center | 1992 |
  | Carl A. Parker | Democratic | 4 | Port Arthur | 1977 |
  | Jim Turner | Democratic | 5 | Crockett | 1991 |
  | Dan Shelley | Republican | 6 | Crosby | 1993 |
  | Don Henderson | Republican | 7 | Houston | 1993 |
  | O.H. "Ike" Harris | Republican | 8 | Dallas | 1967 |
  | David Sibley | Republican | 9 | Waco | 1991 |
  | Chris Harris | Republican | 10 | Arlington | 1991 |
  | Jerry E. Patterson | Republican | 11 | Houston | 1993 |
  | Mike Moncrief | Democratic | 12 | Fort Worth | 1991 |
  | Rodney Ellis | Democratic | 13 | Houston | 1990 |
  | Gonzalo Barrientos | Democratic | 14 | Austin | 1985 |
  | John Whitmire | Democratic | 15 | Houston | 1983 |
  | John N. Leedom | Republican | 16 | Dallas | 1981 |
  | J. E. "Buster" Brown | Republican | 17 | Lake Jackson | 1981 |
  | Ken Armbrister | Democratic | 18 | Victoria | 1987 |
  | Gregory Luna | Democratic | 19 | San Antonio | 1985 |
  | Carlos F. Truan | Democratic | 20 | Corpus Christi | 1977 |
  | Judith Zaffirini | Democratic | 21 | Laredo | 1987 |
  | Jane Nelson | Republican | 22 | Lewisville | 1993 |
  | Royce West | Democratic | 23 | Dallas | 1993 |
  | Frank L. Madla | Democratic | 24 | San Antonio | 1993 |
  | Bill Sims | Democratic | 25 | San Antonio | 1983 |
  | Jeff Wentworth | Republican | 26 | San Antonio | 1992 |
  | Eddie Lucio, Jr. | Democratic | 27 | Brownsville | 1991 |
  | John Montford | Democratic | 28 | Lubbock | 1982 |
  | Peggy Rosson | Democratic | 29 | El Paso | 1991 |
  | Steve Carriker | Democratic | 30 | Roby | 1988 |
  | Teel Bivins | Republican | 31 | Amarillo | 1989 |
  
  ## Sources
  
  http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ref/abouttx/holidays.html
  
  https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/sessionOverviews/summary/soe73.pdf (Summary of Enactments for the 73rd Legislature)
  
  