Bill Amendment: TX SB6 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

---

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.

Status: 2021-10-25 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . January 18, 2022 [SB6 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB6-House_H_2_4-.html

---

Amend SB 6 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ____

SECTION 1.  (a)  The secretary of state shall conduct a study to evaluate the impact of the provisions of this Act using an impact analysis of those provisions on the Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) of each racial and ethnic group in this state.

(b)  The secretary of state shall prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the attorney general, the United States Department of Justice, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each standing committee of the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over redistricting a written report on the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or other action. The secretary of state shall submit the report before the last day to file as a candidate in the primary election held in 2022 for members of the United States House of Representatives of the 118th Congress from the State of Texas.

(c)  The report required under Subsection (b) of this section is a public record.