The Texas House of Representatives has passed a redistricting bill, paving the way for Republican-drawn maps that could net the GOP as many as five US House seats to be finalized in the coming days.

The new protections come after the devastating July Fourth floods in the Texas Hill Country that claimed the lives of dozens of young campers.

In the complaint, 13 Texas voters claim HB4 unlawfully targets majority-minority districts based on race, including in Harris County. In the Houston area, claims court documents, Black voters are being packed into a single district,