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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: "873"
identifier: "SB 6"
citation: "Texas SB 6 (873)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Congress (I0085)", "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES", "US (V0774)", "Redistricting (I0645)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Hunter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 174
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-09-27"
last_action: "2021-10-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ff87896-2c9f-4137-93d1-ae50bdb004b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/873/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 6.xml"
source_hash: "1a77eb2d16663e667c4c8cea3e1785893f8f57883ae52382c0545aa699c29710"
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 6 (873) — 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/873/billtext/html/SB00006I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00006E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00006H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00006S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/873/billtext/html/SB00006F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Hunter — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-09-27** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-09-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-09-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-09-27** Referred to Redistricting, Special `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-09-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-09-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-09-30** Left pending in committee
- **2021-10-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-10-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-10-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-10-04** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-08** Printing rule suspended
- **2021-10-08** Ordered not printed
- **2021-10-08** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-10-08** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment to amendment offered
- **2021-10-08** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-08** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-08** Record vote
- **2021-10-08** Reported engrossed
- **2021-10-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-10-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-08** Referred to Redistricting `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-10-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-10-13** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-10-13** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-10-14** Committee report distributed
- **2021-10-14** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-10-14** Calendars Committee rule adopted
- **2021-10-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-10-16** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2021-10-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-10-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-16** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2021-10-16** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-10-16** Record vote
- **2021-10-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-10-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-10-17** Passed `passage`
- **2021-10-17** Record vote
- **2021-10-17** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-10-17** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-10-17** Read
- **2021-10-17** Senate refuses to concur
- **2021-10-17** Senate requests conference committee
- **2021-10-17** Senate appoints conferees
- **2021-10-17** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2021-10-17** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2021-10-17** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-10-17** House grants request for conference committee
- **2021-10-17** House appoints conferees
- **2021-10-17** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2021-10-17** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2021-10-17** Conference committee report filed
- **2021-10-17** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts conference committee report
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-10-18** Point of order overruled
- **2021-10-18** House adopts conference committee report
- **2021-10-18** Record vote
- **2021-10-18** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2021-10-19** Reported enrolled
- **2021-10-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-10-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-10-19** 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/7ff87896-2c9f-4137-93d1-ae50bdb004b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).