Overview

• Attorney General Ken Paxton petitioned the Texas Supreme Court to declare vacant the seats of 13 Democrats who fled the state
• Paxton also filed a suit in Illinois to enforce Texas House civil arrest warrants and compel missing lawmakers to return
• House Speaker Dustin Burrows has suspended the direct deposit paychecks of absentee Democrats and imposed civil arrest warrants and daily fines
• More than 50 Democrats remain in blue states, rallying support from Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nancy Pelosi while delaying the special session until its Aug. 19 deadline
• California Democrats are drafting a voter ballot measure to redraw their own congressional map, triggered if Texas enacts its mid-decade redistricting plan