Redistricting, Transgender Athletes & COVID Mandates On Agenda Of Texas' 3rd Special Session

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

September 20, 2021

The Texas Legislature is back in Austin for its third special session of the year. Both houses gaveled in at 10:00 a.m. on September 20.

The primary focus of the session will be redrawing maps for Congress, the Texas House, the Texas Senate and the State Board of Education.

The 2021 cycle of redistricting is meant to revise district boundaries to evenly distribute Texas’ population and ensure voters have fair representation.

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