The proposed joint resolution, S.J.R. No. 2, seeks to amend the Texas Constitution by adding Section 28a to Article 3. This amendment would prohibit the Texas legislature from reducing the proportion of a demographic group that is a minority in the state when apportioning a congressional district, provided that a majority of the district's residents belong to that minority group and the district has been apportioned at least once since the last U.S. decennial census. The only exception to this rule would be if such a reduction is required by the United States Constitution.
Furthermore, the resolution clarifies that while the legislature cannot decrease the proportion of the minority group in the specified congressional district, it is permitted to increase that proportion. The proposed amendment is set to be presented to voters in an election scheduled for May 2, 2026, where they will have the opportunity to vote for or against the proposition.