--- type: "Bill" title: "Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas." description: "Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas." jurisdiction: "us/states/tx" legislature: "Texas Legislature" session: "892" identifier: "HB 4" citation: "Texas HB 4 (892)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "US (V0774)", "Legislature (I0520)", "Redistricting (I0645)"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Hunter", "King", "Pierson", "Spiller", "Vasut"] version_count: 5 action_count: 93 vote_count: 11 first_action: "2025-08-15" last_action: "2025-09-05" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/950500d4-2d92-4073-a77c-33422da41cec" source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 4.xml" source_hash: "af216e4ac7003c34780871c411d0e3d270212d75c846b8335e1e3971ddf9cada" 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 HB 4 (892) — Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the United States House of Representatives from the State of Texas. ## 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/892/billtext/html/HB00004I.HTM) 2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00004E.HTM) 3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00004H.HTM) 4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00004S.HTM) 5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/HB00004F.HTM) ## Votes - HB 4 be placed on final passage. — **18–11** (pass) · upper - passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper - other — **52–84** (fail) · lower - other — **52–82** (fail) · lower - other — **11–18** (fail) · upper - other — **54–83** (fail) · lower - passage — **88–52** (pass) · lower - passage — **88–52** (pass) · lower - passage — **136–1** (pass) · lower - passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper - passage — **18–11** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Guillen — primary (person) - Hunter — primary (person) - King — primary (person) - Pierson — primary (person) - Spiller — primary (person) - Vasut — primary (person) - Alders — cosponsor (person) - Ashby — cosponsor (person) - Barry — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person) - Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person) - Birdwell — cosponsor (person) - Bonnen — cosponsor (person) - Buckley — cosponsor (person) - Bumgarner — cosponsor (person) - Button — cosponsor (person) - Cain — cosponsor (person) - Cook — cosponsor (person) - Craddick — cosponsor (person) - Cunningham — cosponsor (person) - Curry — cosponsor (person) - Dean — cosponsor (person) - Dorazio — cosponsor (person) - Dyson — cosponsor (person) - Fairly — cosponsor (person) - Frank — cosponsor (person) - Gates — cosponsor (person) - Gerdes — cosponsor (person) - Geren — cosponsor (person) - Harless — cosponsor (person) - Harris — cosponsor (person) - Harris Davila — cosponsor (person) - Hayes — cosponsor (person) - Hefner — cosponsor (person) - Hickland — cosponsor (person) - Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person) - Holt — cosponsor (person) - Hopper — cosponsor (person) - Hull — cosponsor (person) - Isaac — cosponsor (person) - Kerwin — cosponsor (person) - King — cosponsor (person) - Kitzman — cosponsor (person) - LaHood — cosponsor (person) - Lambert — cosponsor (person) - Landgraf — cosponsor (person) - Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person) - Little — cosponsor (person) - Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person) - Louderback — cosponsor (person) - Lowe — cosponsor (person) - Lozano — cosponsor (person) - Lujan — cosponsor (person) - Luther — cosponsor (person) - McLaughlin — cosponsor (person) - McQueeney — cosponsor (person) - Metcalf — cosponsor (person) - Meyer — cosponsor (person) - Money — cosponsor (person) - Morgan — cosponsor (person) - Noble — cosponsor (person) - Olcott — cosponsor (person) - Oliverson — cosponsor (person) - Orr — cosponsor (person) - Patterson — cosponsor (person) - Paul — cosponsor (person) - Paxton — cosponsor (person) - Richardson — cosponsor (person) - Schatzline — cosponsor (person) - Schwertner — cosponsor (person) - Shaheen — cosponsor (person) - Shofner — cosponsor (person) - Slawson — cosponsor (person) - Swanson — cosponsor (person) - Tepper — cosponsor (person) - Tinderholt — cosponsor (person) - Toth — cosponsor (person) - Troxclair — cosponsor (person) - VanDeaver — cosponsor (person) - Villalobos — cosponsor (person) - Virdell — cosponsor (person) - Wharton — cosponsor (person) - Wilson — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **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` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/950500d4-2d92-4073-a77c-33422da41cec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).