Overview

• The Texas Senate approved the new congressional map on a 19–2 vote on August 12, sending the proposal to the House despite a brief Democratic walkout in the upper chamber.
• More than 50 Texas House Democrats have remained out of state since August 3 to deny quorum and delay the mid-decade redistricting effort.
• Gov. Greg Abbott and Speaker Dustin Burrows have pursued civil arrest warrants, imposed $500-a-day fines and filed a lawsuit seeking to remove Rep. Gene Wu for his role in the quorum break.
• Burrows says that if Democrats are still absent on Friday, the legislature will adjourn the current session and Abbott will immediately call a second special session with the same redistricting agenda.
• California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other Democratic governors have threatened retaliatory map redraws in their states to counter any GOP seat gains in Texas.