Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 1st Special Session
Texas HJR36: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
Status: Introduced, August 7, 2025
What the bill says
A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
From the introduced text, August 7, 2025:
A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 28, Article III, Texas Constitution, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 28. The Legislature shall, at its first regular session after the publication of each United States decennial census, apportion the state into senatorial and representative districts, agreeable to the provisions of Sections 25 and 26 of this Article. In the event the Legislature shall at any such first regular session following the publication of a United States decennial census, fail to make such apportionment, same shall be done by the[ADDED: Texas][[DELETED: Legislative]] Redistricting[ADDED: Commission ] [ADDED: established by Section 28b of this article][[DELETED: Board of Texas, which is ] [DELETED: hereby created, and shall be composed of five (5) members, as ] [DELETED: follows: The Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of ] [DELETED: Representatives, the Attorney General, the Comptroller of Public ] [DELETED: Accounts and the Commissioner of the General Land Office, a ] [DELETED: majority of whom shall constitute a quorum]].[ADDED: The Texas ] [ADDED: Redistricting Commission][[DELETED: Said Board]] shall assemble in the City of Austin within[ADDED: 90][[DELETED: ninety (90)]] days after the final adjournment of such regular session. …
Sponsors
- Harold Dutton (D, HD-142) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed
Subjects: State Finances--Management & Control, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, US, Legislature, AUDITOR, STATE, SECRETARY OF STATE, Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments, REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, TEXAS, Redistricting
Common questions
- What is HJR36?
- HJR36 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 1st Special Session): Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
- What does HJR36 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
- What is the status of HJR36?
- Introduced as of August 7, 2025. Latest action: Filed (August 7, 2025).
- Who sponsored HJR36?
- Harold Dutton (D, HD-142).
- Where is the official record for HJR36?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=HJR00036
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