Bill Text: TX HB1000 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of Representatives.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1000 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1000-Enrolled.html
PLANH2316 | ||
H.B. No. 1000 |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1000 was passed by the House on April | ||
27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 87, Nays 59, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1000 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |