Overview

• The chamber voted 88–52 after Democrats ended a two‑week walkout that had denied a quorum.
• Republicans say the redesign could yield up to five additional Republican‑leaning U.S. House districts.
• President Donald Trump pressed Texas lawmakers to advance the map as his party seeks to protect a three‑seat House majority ahead of 2026.
• Democrats and civil‑rights groups plan lawsuits alleging dilution of Black and Latino voting power within a legal landscape narrowed by a 2019 Supreme Court ruling on partisan gerrymanders.
• Officials in other states, including California, Ohio, Florida, Maryland and Illinois, are pursuing or weighing counter‑maps, setting up broader political and court battles before the midterms.