Texas Democrats are joining a colleague who can't leave the state Capitol because she won't agree to having law enforcement officers shadow her.

Democratic leaders say they will return for a second special legislative session after seeing California Democratic leaders proceed with plans to redraw their own US House maps to neutralize Republican gains in Texas.

Collier has sued over the police escort requirement, and her protest has become yet another flashpoint in the national fight caused by Texas' push to redraw the state's congressional districts. Texas politics have always been uniquely insane, but President Donald Trump's demand for redistricting has caused already boiling tensions to explode.