Texas senators redrew the state's congressional map mid-decade in a special-session push

Texans would vote in newly drawn U.S. House districts under a mid-decade congressional remap that cleared the Texas Senate during the first called special session. The bill (SB 4) replaces the congressional district lines adopted after the 2020 census with a new plan crafted to add Republican-leaning seats, a redistricting effort President Trump publicly urged state leaders to undertake.

Sen. King filed the measure and steered it through the Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting, which approved the plan on a near party-line vote. The full Senate passed SB 4 on August 11 after several hours of floor debate, with Democratic senators offering amendments that were tabled.

A companion bill, HB 4, moved in parallel through the House under Rep. Hunter. The remap drew immediate legal challenges from civil-rights groups arguing the new lines dilute minority voting strength, setting up federal litigation expected to stretch into the 2026 election cycle.