Texas HJR33: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.

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 21, 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

1. August 21, 2025: Filed

Common questions

What is HJR33?

HJR33 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 2nd Special Session): Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.

What does HJR33 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 HJR33?

Introduced as of August 21, 2025. Latest action: Filed (August 21, 2025).

Who sponsored HJR33?

Harold Dutton (D, HD-142).

Where is the official record for HJR33?

On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR00033