" Rep. Nicole Collier spends night on Texas House floor after refusing police escort " was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

A Texas House Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after she refused a police escort that Republican leaders imposed on lawmakers who participated in a two-week walkout over a GOP mid-decade redistricting plan.

Rep. Nicole Collier , D-Fort Worth, declined on Monday afternoon to sign a slip giving her permission from Speaker Dustin Burrows , R-Lubbock, to leave the House floor with a state law enforcement officer shadowing her.

“I refuse to sign away my dignity as a duly elected representat

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