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2020 |
| 2019-2020 |
Texas House Redistricting Committee and Senate Special Committee on
Redistricting public hearings. |
| April 1, 2020 |
Census Day. |
2021 |
| April 26, 2021 |
Census Bureau releases apportionment totals; Texas population is 29,145,505; the
state will have two additional congressional seats (38 total). |
| August 12, 2021 |
Census Bureau releases the detailed population data by race and ethnicity needed
for redistricting. |
| September 1, 2021 |
RedAppl updated for 2021 redistricting.Texas Senator Roland Gutierrez and others file Gutierrez v. Abbott in the U.S.
District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, alleging that the
existing maps for the Texas Senate and Texas House of Representatives are
malapportioned and violate the one-person, one-vote principle of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and that Section 28, Article III, Texas
Constitution, prohibits the enactment of new maps until 2023.
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| September 20, 2021 |
87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, begins. State legislative, congressional, and
SBOE redistricting included on the call. |
| October 15, 2021 |
The 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, passes S.B. 4, the Texas Senate
redistricting plan (PLANS2168).
The 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, passes S.B. 7, the State Board of Education
redistricting plan (PLANE2106). |
| October 16, 2021 |
The 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, passes H.B. 1, the Texas House of
Representatives redistricting plan (PLANH2316). |
| October 18, 2021 |
The League of United Latin American Citizens and others file LULAC v. Abbott in the
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, alleging that
H.B. 1, S.B. 4, S.B. 6, and S.B. 7 violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the
Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.Damon James Wilson files Wilson v. Texas in the U.S. District Court for the Western
District of Texas, Austin Division, alleging that S.B. 6 violates Section 2, Article I, U.S.
Constitution, and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in that it
relies on the unconstitutional determination of the residence of prisoners for the
purpose of redistricting congressional districts. |
| October 19, 2021 |
The 87th Legislature, 3rd Called Session, passes S.B. 6, the United States House of
Representatives redistricting plan (PLANC2193). |
| October 25, 2021 |
H.B. 1, S.B. 4, S.B. 6, and S.B. 7 are signed by the governor.
Voto Latino and others file Voto Latino v. Scott in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Texas, Austin Division, alleging that S.B. 6 violates Section 2 of
the Voting Rights Act. |
| November 3, 2021 |
The Mexican American Legislative Caucus files MALC v. Abbott in state district court
in Travis County alleging that H.B. 1 violates the "county line rule" prescribed by
Section 26, Article III, Texas Constitution, with respect to Cameron County.The Mexican American Legislative Caucus files MALC v. Texas in the U.S. District
Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, alleging that H.B. 1, S.B. 6,
and S.B. 7 violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and both the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution.Roy Charles Brooks and others file Brooks v. Abbott in the U.S. District Court for
the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, alleging that S.B. 4 violates Section 2
of the Voting Rights Act and both the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the
U.S. Constitution with respect to Senate District 10. |
| November 5, 2021 |
The Texas State Conference of the NAACP files Texas State Conference of the
NAACP v. Abbott in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin
Division, alleging that H.B. 1, S.B. 4, and S.B. 6 violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights
Act and the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. |
| November 16, 2021 |
Fair Maps Texas Action Committee and others file Fair Maps Texas Action
Committee v. Abbott in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas,
Austin Division, alleging that H.B. 1, S.B. 4, and S.B. 6 violate Section 2 of the
Voting Rights Act and both the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the U.S.
Constitution. |
| November 19, 2021 |
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, issues an
order consolidating Wilson v. Texas, Voto Latino v. Scott, MALC v. Texas, Brooks v.
Abbott, Texas State Conference of the NAACP v. Abbott, and Fair Maps Texas Action
Committee v. Abbott with LULAC v. Abbott. |
| December 6, 2021 |
The federal government files United States v. Texas in the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, alleging that H.B. 1 and S.B. 6 violate
Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. |
| December 13, 2021 |
Filing deadline for new legislative, congressional, and State Board of Education
district elections. |
2022 |
| March 1, 2022 |
Primary elections. |
| May 24, 2022 |
Runoff elections. |
| November 8, 2022 |
General election. |