Texas Legislature 101: How bills become laws - and how you can participate in the process

Texas’ 2025 legislative session starts tomorrow, Jan. 14, and runs through June 2. Lawmakers will debate a bevy of issues and pass hundreds of bills that affect all Texans’ lives.

Here’s how it works, and what you can do to participate: The Texas Legislature includes the House of Representatives, which has 150 members and is known as the lower chamber.

The Senate has 31 members and is known as the upper chamber.