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

1st Called Session: June 22, 1983 - June 25, 1983

2nd Called Session: June 4, 1984 - July 3, 1984

Senate

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	26
	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	5
Total		31

House

Affiliation		Members	Note
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	113
	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	37
Total		150

Senate

• Lieutenant Governor
  Lieutenant Governor of Texas
  The Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the...
  
  : William P. Hobby, Jr.
  William P. Hobby, Jr.
  William Pettus “Bill” Hobby, Jr., is a Texas Democratic politician who served a record eighteen years as the 37th Lieutenant Governor...
  
  , Democrat
• President Pro Tempore (regular session): J. Grant Jones, Democrat
• President Pro Tempore (1st called session): Lloyd Doggett
  Lloyd Doggett
  Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
  
  , Democrat
• President Pro Tempore (2nd called session): Lindon Williams, Democrat

House

• Speaker of the House
  Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
  The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House of Representatives. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, appoint committees, and enforce the Rules of the House...
  
  : Gibson D. "Gib" Lewis, Democrat

Senate

Dist. 1

• Ed Howard (D), Texarkana

Dist. 2

• Ted Lyon (D), Rockwall

Dist. 3

• Don Adams (D), Jasper

Dist. 4

• Carl A. Parker (D), Port Arthur

Dist. 5

• Kent A. Caperton
  Kent Caperton
  Kent Allen Caperton is an attorney and political consultant in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1991 as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from District 5, encompassing twenty-one counties from The Woodlands, to Crockett, and Caperton's then city of residence, Bryan, Texas.-Early...
  
   (D), Bryan

Dist. 6

• Lindon Williams (D), Houston

Dist. 7

• Don Henderson (R), Houston

Dist. 8

• O.H. "Ike" Harris
  O.H. "Ike" Harris
  O. H. "Ike" Harris is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1963 to 1965 and 1967 to 1995 as a Republican member from Dallas County in both houses of the Texas State Legislature. He was elected to his single term as a state representative in 1962. His Senate tenure in District...
  
   (R), Dallas

Dist. 9

• Chet Edwards
  Chet Edwards
  Thomas Chester "Chet" Edwards is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Texas. He represented a district based in Waco, Texas from 1991 to 2011, and served in the Texas Senate from 1983 until 1990. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
  
   (D), Duncanville

Dist. 10

• Bob McFarland
  Bob McFarland
  Millard Robert "Bob" McFarland , is an attorney and lobbyist in Arlington and Austin, Texas, who served from 1983 to 1991 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 10, then parts of Dallas, Denton, and Tarrant counties...
  
   (R), Arlington

Dist. 11

• Chet Brooks
  Chet Brooks
  Chet Brooks is a former safety who played 3 seasons for the San Francisco 49ers in the National Football League. He started in Super Bowl XXIV. During his college years, he coined the name "Wrecking Crew" for the Texas A&M University football team defense.-References:...
  
   (D), Houston

Dist. 12

• Hugh Q. Parmer
  Hugh Parmer
  Hugh Q. Parmer is an attorney and Democratic politician in Fort Worth, Texas. He served in both houses of the Texas State Legislature, on the Fort Worth City Council, and as mayor of Fort Worth. In 1990, he was his party's unsuccessful nominee for the U.S...
  
   (D), Fort Worth

Dist. 13

• Craig Washington (D), Houston

Dist. 14

• Lloyd Doggett
  Lloyd Doggett
  Lloyd Alton Doggett II is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He previously represented from 1995 to 2005. He is a member of the Democratic Party...
  
   (D), Austin

Dist. 15

• John Whitmire
  John Whitmire
  John Harris Whitmire is the longest-serving of current members of the Texas State Senate representing District 15, which includes much of northern Houston, since 1983. Previously he was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1973 through 1982...
  
   (D), Houston

Dist. 16

• John N. Leedom
  John N. Leedom
  John N. Leedom, Sr. , is an engineer and lobbyist from Dallas, Texas, who served from 1981 to 1996 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 16...
  
   (R), Dallas

Dist. 17

• J. E. "Buster" Brown
  J. E. "Buster" Brown
  James Edward Brown, known as J. E. "Buster" Brown , is an attorney and lobbyist in Austin, Texas, who served from 1981 to 2002 as a Republican member of the Texas State Senate from District 17, based in Brazoria, Fort Bend, and part of Harris counties, south and west of Houston...
  
   (R), Galveston

Dist. 18

• John Sharp
  John Sharp (Texas politician)
  John Sharp is the former Democratic Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, having held the office from 1991 to 1999. He is currently a principal in the Austin office of the Dallas-based Ryan & Company, a tax consulting firm. In 2005, he was appointed to serve as Chair of the Texas Tax Reform...
  
   (D), Victoria

Dist. 19

• Glenn Kothmann (D), San Antonio

Dist. 20

• Carlos F. Truan (D), Corpus Christi

Dist. 21

• John Traeger (D), Seguin

Dist. 22

• Bob Glasgow (D), Stephenville

Dist. 23

• Oscar Mauzy (D), Dallas

Dist. 24

• Grant Jones (D), Abilene

Dist. 25

• Bill Sims (D), San Angelo

Dist. 26

• R.L. "Bob" Vale (D), San Antonio

Dist. 27

• Raul Longoria (D), Edinburg

Dist. 28

• John T. Montford (D), Lubbock

Dist. 29

• Tati Santiesteban (D), El Paso

Dist. 30

• Ray Farabee
  Ray Farabee
  Kenneth Ray Farabee, known as Ray Farabee , is a retired attorney in Austin, Texas, who served as a Democratic member of the Texas State Senate from Wichita Falls from 1975 to 1988. He is credited with the authorship of 245 Senate bills that became law during his 13-year tenure. In 1985, he was the...
  
   (D), Wichita Falls

Dist. 31

• Bill Sarpalius
  Bill Sarpalius
  William "Bill" Sarpalius is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives, having represented from 1989 to 1995 District 13, which covers the Texas Panhandle eastward to Wichita Falls, Texas....
  
   (D), Amarillo