By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 1000
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
  May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Special Committee on
  Redistricting; May 4, 2023, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 2; May 4, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the composition of districts for the election of
  members of the Texas House of Representatives.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The purpose of this Act is to ensure the
  legislature has fulfilled its duty to apportion the state into
  representative districts at its first regular session after the
  publication of the Twenty-fourth Decennial Census of the United
  States, as provided by Section 28, Article III, Texas Constitution.
         SECTION 2.  The districts used to elect members of the Texas
  House of Representatives in 2022, established by Chapter 1 (H.B.
  1), Acts of the 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021
  (PLANH2316 in the Texas Legislature's redistricting system), are
  hereby ratified and adopted as the districts used to elect members
  of the Texas House of Representatives.
         SECTION 3.  The districts described by Section 2 of this Act
  apply to the election of the members of the Texas House of
  Representatives beginning with the primary and general elections in
  2024 for members of the 89th Legislature. This Act does not affect
  the membership or districts of the Texas House of Representatives
  of the 88th Texas Legislature.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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