Redistricting
Redistricting refers to the process of dividing the state into congressional, legislative, or other districts based on population, with the goal of equalizing population among districts.
Texas Redistricting
Visit the Texas Legislative Council's Texas Redistricting site for detailed information on reapportionment and redistricting in Texas, including history, maps, statistics, and legal information.
Redistricting legislation
The Legislative Reference Library has compiled a list of all redistricting bills introduced in the Texas Legislature from the 27th Legislature (1901) through the present. You may also limit your search by type of legislation:
- Redrawing state House districts
- Redrawing state Senate districts
- Redrawing state State Board of Education districts
- Redrawing Congressional districts
- Other measures relating to the redistricting process
At times, the legislature has failed to pass redistricting legislation during the first regular session after the publication of the census. If the legislature does not adopt new legislative districts Article III, Section 28 of the Texas Constitution assigns the task to the Legislative Redistricting Board.
In some cases, the courts may create or modify plans or require the Legislature to modify a plan.
Redistricting resources
Search a collection of documents related to redistricting.
Other states' approaches to redistricting
States' procedures for drawing districts varies; Ballotpedia categorizes state redistricting systems as Legislature-dominant, Commission, or Hybrid.
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