Even though the 30-day clock is not set to expire until Tuesday, the House and Senate are expected to adjourn out of the special session today. They will, however, be called immediately by the governor into a second special session that restarts the legislative process.
The Senate has completed all of the work set forth by the governor in the original special session call. In contrast, nothing was accomplished in the House because Democrats—rather than fight—fled out of the state to disrupt the quorum requirements for conducting legislative business.
The governor has said this second special session will have the same agenda, including congressional redistricting.
Speaking at an event in Williamson County yesterday, State Sen. Charles Schwertner said he expects his chamber to move quickly to re-file and pass all the legislation again within the first few days. Constitutionally, the legislative process must start anew with each special session.
The Texas House Democrat Caucus issued two demands yesterday as “conditions” for their return. Several Capitol insiders described the statement, issued from Chicago by caucus chairman Gene Wu (D–Houston), as “laughable” and “sophomoric.”
One demand—that the House adjourn today—had been announced by Speaker Dustin Burrows (R–Lubbock) earlier in the week. The second demand was that California promise to gerrymander itself further by reducing the number of Republican congressional seats there. Currently, more than 40 percent of the statewide vote there goes to the GOP, while less than 20 percent of the congressional districts can be won by Republicans.
If California gerrymanders from its current 43-9 Dem advantage (83%) to a 52-0 Dem advantage (100%)…
…then Texas should go from a 24-14 GOP advantage (63%) to 38-0 (100%). https://t.co/yentfw48tj
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) August 14, 2025
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