TX HB 4

enacted

Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.

Texas · 892 · lower

Quick answers

Did TX HB 4 pass?

Yes. TX HB 4 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-05. Latest recorded action (2025-09-05): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX HB 4 about?

TX HB 4 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 4?

King, Hunter, Guillen and 3 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 4, joined by 77 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-18
Latest action: 2025-09-05 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-08-15
Filed
filing
2025-08-18
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-18
Referred to Congressional Redistricting, Select
referral-committee
2025-08-18
Considered in formal meeting
2025-08-18
Committee substitute considered in committee
substitution
2025-08-18
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-18
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-18
Committee report distributed
2025-08-19
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-19
Considered in Calendars
2025-08-20
Placed on Major State Calendar
2025-08-20
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Amendment tabled
deferral
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-20
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-20
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-20
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-20
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-20
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-20
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-20
Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
withdrawal
2025-08-20
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-20
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-20
Point of order sustained (amendment)
2025-08-20
Amendment withdrawn
amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal
2025-08-20
Passed to engrossment
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Motion prevails
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-20
Passed
passage
2025-08-20
Record vote
2025-08-20
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-20
Reported engrossed
2025-08-20
Received from the House
introduction
2025-08-20
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-20
Referred to Congressional Redistricting, Special
referral-committee
2025-08-21
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-21
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-21
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-22
Co-sponsor authorized
2025-08-22
Ordered not printed
2025-08-22
Record vote
2025-08-22
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-22
Record vote
2025-08-22
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-22
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-08-22
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-22
Record vote
2025-08-22
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-08-22
Record vote
2025-08-22
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-22
Record vote
2025-08-22
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-23
Previous question ordered
2025-08-23
Record vote
2025-08-23
Passed
passage
2025-08-23
Record vote
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-23
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-25
Senate passage reported
passage
2025-08-25
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-08-25
Signed in the House
passage
2025-08-26
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-08-27
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-08-29
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-09-05
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-20 · pass · 88-52
Member-level votes (150)
- Mr. Speaker(C): yes
- Alders: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bumgarner: yes
- Button: yes
- Cain: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cook: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lowe: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Money: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Paul: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vasut: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Allen: no
- Anchía: no
- Bernal: no
- Bowers: no
- Bryant: no
- Bucy: no
- Canales: no
- Cole: no
- Collier: no
- Cortez: no
- Davis, Y.: no
- Dutton: no
- Flores: no
- Gámez: no
- Garcia, L.: no
- Garcia Hernandez: no
- Gervin-Hawkins: no
- González, J.: no
- González, M.: no
- Goodwin: no
- Guerra: no
- Hernandez: no
- Hinojosa: no
- Howard: no
- Johnson: no
- Jones, V.: no
- Lalani: no
- Longoria: no
- Lopez, R.: no
- Manuel: no
- Martinez: no
- Fischer: no
- Meza: no
- Moody: no
- Morales, E.: no
- Morales Shaw: no
- Muñoz: no
- Ordaz: no
- Perez, M.: no
- Perez, V.: no
- Plesa: no
- Raymond: no
- Reynolds: no
- Romero: no
- Rose: no
- Rosenthal: no
- Talarico: no
- Thompson: no
- Turner: no
- Walle: no
- Wu: no
- Zwiener: no
- Bhojani: absent
- Campos: absent
- Davis, A.: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Vo: absent
- Ward Johnson: absent
other
2025-08-20 · fail · 52-84
Member-level votes (154)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turner: yes
- Walle: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Ashby: no
- Barry: no
- Bell, C.: no
- Bell, K.: no
- Bonnen: no
- Buckley: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Button: no
- Cain: no
- Capriglione: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Cunningham: no
- Curry: no
- Darby: no
- Dean: no
- DeAyala: no
- Dorazio: no
- Dyson: no
- Frank: no
- Gates: no
- Gerdes: no
- Guillen: no
- Harless: no
- Harris: no
- Harris Davila: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hefner: no
- Hickland: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Hunter: no
- Isaac: no
- Kerwin: no
- King: no
- Kitzman: no
- LaHood: no
- Lambert: no
- Leach: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lopez, J.: no
- Louderback: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Lujan: no
- Luther: no
- McLaughlin: no
- McQueeney: no
- Metcalf: no
- Meyer: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Noble: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Orr: no
- Patterson: no
- Paul: no
- Phelan: no
- Pierson: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Smithee: no
- Spiller: no
- Swanson: no
- Tepper: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Troxclair: no
- VanDeaver: no
- Vasut: no
- Villalobos: no
- Virdell: no
- Wharton: no
- Wilson: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Landgraf(C: not voting
- Bryant: absent
- Campos: absent
- Davis, A.: absent
- Fairly: absent
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Geren: absent
- Jones, J.: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
- Simmons: absent
- Vo: absent
- Ward Johnson: absent
- Landgraf: no
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Geren(C: not voting
other
2025-08-22 · fail · 11-18
Member-level votes (30)
- Alvarado: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Cook: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Miles: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Bettencourt: no
- Birdwell: no
- Campbell: no
- Creighton: no
- Flores: no
- Hagenbuch: no
- Hall: no
- A. Hinojosa: no
- Huffman: no
- Hughes: no
- King: no
- Kolkhorst: no
- Middleton: no
- Nichols: no
- Parker: no
- Perry: no
- Schwertner: no
- Sparks: no
- Paxton: absent
passage
2025-08-22 · pass · 18-11
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Paxton: absent
HB 4 be placed on final passage.
2025-08-22 · pass · 18-11
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
- Paxton: absent

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HB4

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