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From the desk of Texas State Senator Royce West

Don’t sit idle and be drawn out of the political process through gerrymandering efforts during the 1st Called Special Session. Texas Senate hearings, with regional focus, set on Mid-Decade Congressional Redistricting this week.

No in-person testimony will be taken at the Senate regional hearings. ALL TESTIMONY will be taken by two-way videoconferencing and witnesses must register by stated deadlines for each hearing. (see links)

SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING REGIONAL HEARING DATES AND FOCUS AREAS

July 25, 2025 – 10am https://bit.ly/457XpuG

Regional focus: South and Central Texas including Bexar County, Travis County and the Rio Grande Valley regions

***** July 26, 2025 – 10am https://bit.ly/4mbxlFU

Regional focus: North Texas including the Dallas-Fort Worth region

July 28, 2025 – 3pm https://bit.ly/4o2pR9Q

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Regional focus: East Texas including the Harris County region

July 29, 2025 – 9am https://bit.ly/40YGtoY

Regional focus: West Texas including the Panhandle and El Paso regions

*All testimony is welcome at any hearing, regardless of the regional focus. Pursuant to Senate Resolution 5 (89th (1)), public testimony at these regional hearings will be by Zoom videoconference only. Details on how to register to testify appear in the publicly posted notice of each of these regional hearings.

To submit written comments and attachments via the public-input portal, please visit the committee’s website at https://senate.texas.gov/redistrictingcomment/

To view the hearing postings, which include instructions for those who wish to testify, please visit the following link: https://capitol.texas.gov/Committees/MeetingsByCmte.aspx…

=C660

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Live streaming of the regional hearings is available here: https://senate.texas.gov/events.php

Within a few days after conclusion of the regional hearing, a video archive of the hearing will be available at the following link: https://senate.texas.gov/cmte.php?c=660#video

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact La Juana Barton.

c/o;
LaJuana D. Barton
Chief of Staff
Office of State Senator Royce West
512-463-0123
512-463-0299 (fax)
Business hours: M-F 8:30 am to 5:30 pm
Lajuana_d.barton@senate.texas.gov

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