The House adopted the map, 88 to 52, along party lines. A Senate panel advanced a similar map Sunday, and the full chamber was expected to send the new lines to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk later this week.

California Democrats are taking up their proposed constitutional amendment to temporarily redraw their congressional maps, hours after Republicans in the Texas House passed new maps of their own.

A Republican bid to approve new congressional maps in Texas cleared a major hurdle on Wednesday as the state House of Representatives advanced the legislation in a procedural vote. The new maps, which would create five new GOP districts to “enhance” Republican performance in the 2026 midterm elections,