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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: "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. — **1811** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1811** (pass) · upper
- other — **5284** (fail) · lower
- other — **5282** (fail) · lower
- other — **1118** (fail) · upper
- other — **5483** (fail) · lower
- passage — **8852** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8852** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1361** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1811** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1811** (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).