The lawmakers working in the 83rd session of the Texas Legislature passed 5,909 of 10,630 bills introduced during the regular session, which began on Jan. 8 and ended on May 27, according to information on the Texas Legislature website. Gov. Rick Perry immediately called a 30-day special session, which is currently in progress. For the 2013 Lobbying Scorecard, Texas Lawyer looked at legislative results for selected clients at some of the busiest lobby shops for the 2013 session. We used our judgment and categorized the legislative results for selected clients as hits (those that make clients happy) and misses (those where clients didn't get what they wanted.) Lawyer lobbyists at Austin firms Bickerstaff Heath Delgado Acosta and Brown McCarroll did not return telephone messages seeking comment.
— MIRIAM ROZEN and BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD
Lead Lobbyists: Bryce Adams, Beth Ann Bryan, Alexander "Sandy" Kress
Number of Clients: 8
Total Reported Compensation: $95,000 – $310,000

ANDREWS KURTH
Lead Lobbyists: Katherine Coleman, Phillip Oldham
Number of Clients: 7
Total Reported Compensation: $610,000 – $1,035,000
HITS
Texas Association of Manufacturers: pleased with passage of Public Utilities Commission sunset bill and bill that allows cogenerators to sell electricity to multiple retail customers
MISS
Sam Houston Race Park, PM Texas and Maxxam Inc.: disappointed that bill to create Texas Gaming Commission and expand gaming didn't make it out of committee

BAKER BOTTS
Lead Lobbyists: Andrea Chavez, Pamela Giblin, Jim Grace Jr., Royce Poinsett
Number of Clients: 32
Total Reported Compensation: $2,510,000 – $4,155,000
HITS
Raise Your Hand for Public Schools: thrilled with charter school reform bill and bill that reduces number of exams required for graduation
Aramark: supports bill that could increase number of school kids who get free breakfast
Texas Society of Professional Engineers: happy sunset bill went through
MISS
The Pew Charitable Trusts: wanted bill to allow online voter registration

BICKERSTAFF HEATH DELGADO ACOSTA
Lead Lobbyists: David Mendez, Claudia Russell
Number of Clients: 18
Total Reported Compensation: $290,000 – $840,000

BROWN McCARROLL
Lead Lobbyist: Christopher Hughes
Number of Clients: 8
Total Reported Compensation: $200,000 – $420,000

CAMMACK & STRONG
Lead Lobbyists: Amy Beard, Kerry Cammack
Number of Clients: 13
Total Reported Compensation: $760,000 – $1,235,000

GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL
Lead Lobbyists: Nan Beaird, Dewey Brackin, Val Perkins, Leslie Ritchie Robnett, Mark Vane, Cathy Webking, Kimberly Yelkin