AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Legislature is set for another debate over new congressional maps.

After returning Monday, the Texas House met a quorum for the first time in weeks. The house adjourned and Democrats who left the state were asked to sign a form dismissing them into DPS custody. They were apparently considered a flight risk.

Then the Texas House chamber emptied except for one member Monday evening.

Democrat Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth told KHOU 11 she did not want to be released into Department of Public Safety custody.

"I immediately felt appalled, I was offended, I felt in my heart it just wasn't right," said Collier, who spent the night in the House chambers. On Tuesday, Travis County records show she filed a writ of habeas corpus in response to her staying in the Hous

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