S.B. No. 375
AN ACT
relating to the composition of districts for the election of
members of the Texas Senate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The purpose of this Act is to ensure the
legislature has fulfilled its duty to apportion the state into
senatorial districts at its first regular session after the
publication of the Twenty-fourth Decennial Census of the United
States, as provided by Section 28, Article III, Texas Constitution.
SECTION 2. The districts used to elect members of the Texas
Senate in 2022, established by Chapter 5 (S.B. 4), Acts of the 87th
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, 2021 (PLANS2168 in the Texas
Legislature's redistricting system), are hereby ratified and
adopted as the permanent districts used to elect members of the
Texas Senate.
SECTION 3. The legislature finds that the districts
described by SECTION 2 of this Act are a continuation of the
districts used for the election of the members of the Senate of the
88th Legislature. Accordingly, the legislature finds that
enactment of this Act does not require a new senate be chosen for
the 89th Legislature for purposes of Section 3, Article III, Texas
Constitution. The legislature's findings expressed in this section
are consistent with the opinion of the court of appeals in
Armbrister v. Morales, 943 S.W.2d 202 (Tex. App.-Austin 1997, no
pet.).
SECTION 4. The districts described by SECTION 2 of this Act
apply to the election of the members of the Texas Senate beginning
with the primary and general elections in 2024 for members of the
89th Legislature. This Act does not affect the membership or
districts of the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 375 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 23, Nays 7.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 375 passed the House on
May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 86, Nays 57,
one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor