Parents shared heartbreaking testimonies before the Texas Senate, as they called for a bill to pass that would improve safety measures along the Guadalupe River.

Republicans have put the bill for the redistricting on the agenda for when their special session convenes again today on the House floor at 10 a.m. local time. The move came weeks after state Democrats decried the unorthodox mid-decade redistricting as blatant gerrymandering to increase the number of GOP congressional seats.