Shortly after the vote, Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he ordered the Texas Department of Public Safety to find and arrest the Democrats who fled the state, an order which will remain in effect until they are "accounted for and brought back" to Austin.

The Texas House passed a motion Monday calling for the arrests of over 50 state Democrats who left the state and denied Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) a quorum for the day’s legislative session addressing mid-decade redistricting.