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Texas Bills / Amendments Caption Clips
89th 1st Called Session
HB 4 Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. 124
Legal Documents
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In re Greg Abbott; Emergency petition for writ of quo warranto (No. 25-0674, as a result of breaking quorum, whether Representative Gene Wu has forfeited his office of state representative and created a vacancy; 2025 redistricting, quorum break). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=4d24ef36-39b2-4fcc-887a-0512f18b11f8&coa...
By Texas Supreme Court
Publication Date: August 5, 2025
  45
In re Greg Abbott; Letter (No. 25-0674, responding to Attorney General Ken Paxton's letter, clarifying the Court's jurisdiction in quo warranto proceedings; whether Representative Gene Wu has forfeited his office of state representative and created a vacancy by breaking quorum; redistricting). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia.aspx?MediaVersionID=be9cbba5-f412-4811-aec6-2a86efce3801&coa...
By Texas Supreme Court
Publication Date: August 5, 2025
  17
In re Greg Abbott; Response to emergency petition for writ of quo warranto (No. 25-0674, members of the State Bar of Texas challenging Gov. Abbott's request for a writ allowing him to remove Rep. Gene Wu from office; 2025 redistricting, quorum break). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26045868/gene-wu-response-to-governors-quo-warranto-petition-...
By Texas Supreme Court
Publication Date: August 8, 2025
  20
In re state of Texas; Petition for writs of quo warranto (No. 25-0687, whether 13 members of the Texas House of Representatives have abandoned their office by fleeing the state to break quorum; 2025 redistricting, quorum break). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Quo%20Warranto%20SCOTX%20Filed.pdf
By Texas Supreme Court
Publication Date: August 8, 2025
  27
State of Texas v. Robert Francis O'Rourke and Powered by People; Plaintiff state of Texas' emergency motion for contempt and show cause order (No. 348-367652-25, claiming that Powered by People raised funds for quorum-breaking lawmakers in defiance of a temporary restraining order; 2025 redistricting, quorum break). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/ORourke%20Contempt%20Motion.pd...
By 348th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, Texas
Publication Date: August 12, 2025
  15
State of Texas v. Robert Francis O'Rourke and Powered by People; Temporary restraining order and order setting hearing for temporary injunction (No. 348-367652-25, temporarily blocking Beto O'Rourke and his PAC Powered by People from raising or spending money to help Democratic quorum breakers; 2025 redistricting, quorum break). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Beto%20Bribes%20TRO.pdf
By 348th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, Texas
Publication Date: August 8, 2025
  20
State of Texas v. Robert Francis O'Rourke and Powered by the People; Original petition, application for emergency temporary restraining order, request for temporary and permanent injunction, and notice of lien (No. 348-367652-25, alleging O'Rourke and Powered by the People misled donors to raise political funds to pay for the personal expenses of Democratic House members who left the state to break quorum; 2025 redistricting, quorum break). (Link Type: Texas Court Case)
See: https://texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Beto%20Bribe%20Lawsuit%20Redacted%...
By 348th Judicial District Court of Tarrant County, Texas
Publication Date: August 8, 2025
  22
Texas House of Representatives v. Rhetta Andrews Bowers, et. al.; Texas House of Representatives’ complaint for: full faith and credit, U.S. Const., Art. IV, Sect. 1; full faith and credit, 28 U.S.C. Sect. 1738; and comity (No _____, requesting that California law enforcement officers be allowed to arrest Texas House Democrats who are staying in the state; quorum break, 2025 redistricting). (Link Type: Federal Court Case)
See: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Complaint_2.pdf
By Superior Court of California, County of Tehama
Publication Date: August 8, 2025
  12
Texas House of Representatives v. John H. Bucy III, et al.; Petition for rule to show cause (No. ____, attempting to enforce Texas civil arrest warrants for Democratic Texas legislators taking refuge in Illinois; August 2025 quorum break, redistricting). (Link Type: Other State Court Case)
See: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Quorum%20Warrants%20Filed%20Pe...
By 8th Judicial Circuit Court of Adams County, Illinois
Publication Date: August 7, 2025
  23
Texas Governor Materials
Clips
Statement regarding Democratic Texas Legislators' breaking quorum during 89th 1st C.S. (threatening to have quorum breakers removed from office, citing Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. No. KP-0382; redistricting). (Link Type: Press Release)
See: https://www.lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2025/other08032025_QuorumBreakStatement.pdf
By Governor Greg Abbott
Publication Date: August 3, 2025
  26
Other
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Letter to Director Kash Patel, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), RE: Taking 'any appropriate steps to aid in Texas state law enforcement efforts to locate or arrest potential lawbreakers who have fled the state.' (Link Type: Letter)
See: https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Letter-to-FBI-on-Texas-Legislators.pdf
By U.S. Senator John Cornyn
Publication Date: August 5, 2025
  26
Letter to Governor Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton, RE: Unconstitutional race-based congressional districts (flagging four left-leaning Texas congressional seats and raising concerns over the legality of their racial makeup; redistricting, SB 6, 87th 3rd C.S., PLAN C2193). (Link Type: Letter)
See: https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/archive/2025/57372.pdf
By Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon and Deputy U.S. Assistant Attorney General Michael E. Gates / U.S. Department of Justice
Publication Date: July 7, 2025
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