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4 Oct, 52 tweets, 46 min read
#Redistricting cmte hearings today.

Senate will be voting on #SB6, proposed congressional maps, & amendments. Stream: tlcsenate.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph…

House will be hearing #HB1, proposed state House maps, cmte amendments & surprisingly voting it out today. Live-tweeting here. #txlege
Here's the Texas House #redistricting Cmte stream: tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph… #txlege
Redistricting Chair @toddahunter said the plan (PLANH2101) creates a new AfAm majority district & 2 new Hispanic majority districts (38 total).

Hunter also claims the new House maps were drawn w/out using CVAP (estimated citizenship voting age population). #txlege #HB1
More on what majority CVAP means for #redistricting from @alexazura:
This statement appears to run contrary to @scottbraddock and @cassi_pollock's reporting:
Hunter says the Travis County Texas House delegation is working on a proposed committee amendment that he finds constructive, but they (like other members) have a noon deadline. #HB1 #redistricting #txlege
.@BrooksLandgraf said the West Texas delegation signed off early in the process for the proposed Texas House map in #HB1. #txlege
Public testimony is over on the proposed Texas House map. Now individual members are giving comments and are referencing forthcoming committee amendments carried by cmte members. #HB1 #txlege
Moody is sponsoring an amndmnt to address Zwiener & Hays Co.

Rep. Rose is sponsoring an amndmnt for Crockett & other members of Dallas Co. members.

Chairman Anchia is sponsoring an amndmnt for El Paso districts where Reps. Ortega & Ordaz Perez got paired together. #txlege
Chairman Turner is sponsoring an amendment that addresses Denton County, where Rep. Beckley claims the 3 Republicans in the delegation didn't meet w/her in giving a regional proposal & the proposed House map split communities in her district apart. #txlege
Chairman Turner is sponsoring an amendment for Tarrant County (PLANH2121), which he worked with Reps. Collier & Ramero. Collier claims her African American opportunity district (#HD95) was packed w/more AfAms to dilute their voting power in surrounding dictricts. #HB1 #txlege
House Redistricting Cmte is standing at ease for an hour until 10:55pm for cmte members to consider the 37 cmte amendments. You can see them here: dvr.capitol.texas.gov/House/39 #HB1 #txlege
Meanwhile, missed 2 other members who gave comments in this thread. Rep. Stucky wants cmte to consider Morrison amndmnt increasing his district pop. & Rep. Moody wants cmte to consider his amndmnt where El Paso Co. districts get some of their pop. back from #HD73 in #HB1. #txlege
We weren't able to follow the rest of the House map committee hearing last night, but @CFloresNews & @madlinbmek did. Here's what happened to the 37 amendments last night, many of which were withdrawn to be late brought up as a floor amendment. #HB1 #txlege #redistricting
Committee amendment 1 (PLANH2112) for #HB1 giving part of #HD76 to #HD28 in Fort Bend County, adopted w/out objection. #txlege
Committee amendment 2 (PLANH2132) for #HB1 affecting #HD132 & #HD135 in Harris County. #txlege
Committee amendment 3 (PLANH2118) for #HB1 affecting El Paso County's #HD79 & #HD73. #txlege
Committee amendment 4 (PLANH2515) for #HB1 affecting Collin County & Rockwall County #HD33, #HD60, #HD66, #HD67, #HD89. Not sure it creates a new district in Collin Co. #txlege Image
Cmte amendment 4 is adopted.
Committee amendment 5 (PLANH2166) for #HB1 affecting Bell County's #HD54 & #HD55 sponsored by Jetton. #txlege
Cmte amendment 5 is adopted.
Committee amendment 6 (PLANH2103) for #HB1 affecting Hidalgo County's #HD35 & #HD41. #txlege
Committee amendment 7 (PLANH2162) for #HB1 brings back #HD61 in the new map to Parker County from Collin County. #txlege
Committee amendment 8 (PLANH2169?) for #HB1 affecting #HD47, #HD48 & #HD49. As introduced is left, and this cmte amendment is right. Adopted. #txlege ImageImage
Chair Hunter said he'll decide whether to vote out #HB1 as amended by the committee at the end of all the amendments. #txlege
Moody & Rose postpone cmte amendments 9 & 10. Then, cmte amendment 11 (PLANH2110) for #HB1 affecting Williamson County's #HD20, #HD52 & #HD136 is voted down. #txlege
Minjarez withdraws amendment 12. Committee amendment 13 (PLANH2119) for #HB1 affecting Denton County & Wise County's #HD57, #HD63, #HD64, #HD65 & #HD106 is voted down. As introduced is left, committee amendment is right. #txlege
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Committee amendment 14 (PLANH2121) for #HB1 affects Tarrant County's #HD90, #HD91, #HD92, #HD93, #HD94, #HD95, #HD96, #HD97, #HD98, #HD99 & #HD101 is voted down. Left is bill as introduced, right is cmte amendment 14. #txlege ImageImage
Schofield withdraws amendment 15. Committee amendment 16 (PLANH2133) for #HB1. #txlege
Committee amendment 16 (PLANH2133) for #HB1 affecting the entire state is voted down. #txlege
Schofield withdraws amendments 17 & 18 in favor of bringing it to the floor. Ms. T does the same w/ amendment 19. Cmte amndmnt 20 (PLANH2150) for #HB1 affects #HD35, #HD36, #HD37, #HD38, #HD39 & #HD40. As introduced is left, cmte amndmnt is right. #txlege
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More on the Valley delegation's agreed-upon cmte amendment. #txlege
#RGV cmte amendment 20 gets voted down. #HB1 #txlege
Morrison cmte amendment 21 is withdrawn in favor of being laid out as a floor amendment later. Cmte amendment 22 (PLANH2156) for #HB1 affects Bexar County's #HD116, #HD117, #HD118, #HD119, #HD120, #HD121, #HD122, #HD123 & #HD124. #txlege
Reaction to the objection on cmte amendment 22. #HB1 #txlege
Cmte amendment 22 fails. #HB1 #txlege
Committee amendment 23 (PLANH2161) for #HB1 affects many districts. #txlege
Objection to cmte amendment 23 and gets voted down. #HB1 #txlege
Morrison withdraws cmte amendments 24 & 25 for the floor. Turner withdraws amendment 26 & Schofield withdraws amendment 27. Moody withdraws his earlier amendment (PLANH2108) to clean things up and bring it back later. #HB1 #txlege
Rose withdraws earlier amendment 10 for the floor. Committee amendment 28 for #HB1 is a text addition, not affecting the map. #txlege
Here is where the committee amended proposed House map #HB1 stands at the end of the hearing. #txlege
1 correction: quote-tweeted the wrong tweet in this one. Here's the correct tweet about an amendment bringing Fort Bliss coming back from #HD73 into the El Paso-anchored district of #HD79. Adopted.
Update: the committee substitute for #HB1 (PLANH2176), the proposed Texas House map, is out.

Here's the dataset: data.capitol.texas.gov/dataset/planh2…

Here's the interactive viewer: dvr.capitol.texas.gov/House/0/PLANH2… #txlege #redistricting Image
House Redistricting Committee is back in session to consider the committee substitute for the proposed House map #HB1. Watch live here: tlchouse.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.ph… #txlege
Breaking: House Redistricting Committee passes the committee substitute for #HB1, the proposed House map, by a vote of 8-6. It now heads to Calendars Cmte. #txlege #redistricting
Earlier, it sounded like Ms. T suggested that the Texas House map will be scheduled for a floor vote next Tuesday. But that remains to be seen. #txlege
Looks like Ms. T was right about when the proposed House maps (#HB1) will be debated on the floor. #txlege
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