The Texas Senate’s rules are briefer than the Texas House rules; that does not mean they are self-explanatory. Texas Senate Practice is essential for understanding the Senate. Designated as a core text by the Texas Legislative Reference Library for supplementing the Senate Rules, Texas Senate Practice offers the same advantages found in its companion, Texas House Practice:

• more Senate precedents, including pertinent rulings from the last 22 years;
• more Congressional precedents, the default when the Senate Rules are silent or ambiguous;
• more practice notes;
• more cross-references to Rules sections, Constitutional provisions, and statutes;
• more readable and easy-to-use format; and
• more information that you just can’t get from any other publication.

To see the table of contents and sample pages from Texas Senate Practice, click here.

Edited by Ross Peavey, an Austin lawyer and former Senate counsel, Texas Senate Practice is the comprehensive guide to Senate practice and procedure.

The edition for the 87th Legislature was printed in March 2021 and may be ordered through Biblio.com: click here to purchase. If you have questions, contact us.