Texas Legislature

The legislature is a bicameral (2 chamber) body composed of a 31-member Senate and a 150-member House of Representatives. The legislature is a lawmaking institution and possesses the traditional legislative power of the purse (to tax, spend, and borrow money for public purposes), and to organize and confer powers on the executive and the judiciary not otherwise provided for or prohibited in the Texas Constitution. The Texas Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin, Texas.