---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas Senate."
description: "Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas Senate."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "873"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "Texas SB 4 (873)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature (I0520)", "Redistricting (I0645)", "SENATE", "TEXAS (V0227)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hunter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 95
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-18"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae89b545-4bfd-4e16-9e74-06a01acb49fd"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 4.xml"
source_hash: "f8f3387aaa0518667d183f210fbcd713d3f7657284579552085cda9efc7c9687"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 4 (873) — Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas Senate.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00004I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00004E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00004H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00004S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00004F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-09-18** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-09-18** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-20** Referred to Redistricting, Special `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-09-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-24** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-09-24** Left pending in committee
- **2021-09-25** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-09-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-25** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-09-25** Left pending in committee
- **2021-09-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-09-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-04** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-04** Printing rule suspended
- **2021-10-04** Ordered not printed
- **2021-10-04** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-10-04** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-04** Record vote
- **2021-10-04** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-10-04** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-04** Record vote
- **2021-10-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-10-04** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-04** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-10-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-04** Rules suspended
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-04** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-04** Record vote
- **2021-10-04** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-04** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-04** Record vote
- **2021-10-04** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-10-04** Record vote
- **2021-10-04** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-04** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-04** Record vote
- **2021-10-04** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-10-04** Reported engrossed
- **2021-10-06** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-10-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-06** Referred to Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-10-11** Amendment(s) considered in committee
- **2021-10-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-10-11** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-12** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-13** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2021-10-14** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-10-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-15** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-15** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-15** Record vote
- **2021-10-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-15** House passage reported
- **2021-10-15** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-18** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-18** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-10-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-25** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae89b545-4bfd-4e16-9e74-06a01acb49fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).