Fort Worth Democrat Nicole Collier refused to sign the permission slip Monday that allow her to leave only if she is shadowed by a DPS agent until the

Other Texas Democrats, including from DFW, joined Rep. Nicole Collier after they tore up their “permission slips” to leave the chamber.

Rep. Nicole Collier is refusing to sign an order requiring a DPS escort in the Texas House redistricting battle, drawing support from fellow Democrats.

State Rep. Nicole Collier of Fort Worth is the only Democrat who refused Republican leaders’ orders to sign a permission slip and accept a police escort in order to leave the chamber.

Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier from Fort Worth made headlines on Monday after staging an overnight protest on the Texas House floor, responding to a GOP demand that she be placed under watch by the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Collier is among the Texas House Democrats who broke quorum to block mid-decade congressional redistricting. She and at least 51 other lawmakers left the Capitol to block a map that opponents say would disenfranchise voters and position Republicans to gain five seats in Congress.

State Rep. Nicole Collier can’t leave the Texas Capitol building because she won’t sign a paper agreeing to a state police escort.

A state lawmaker from North Texas slept on the Texas House floor on Monday night after refusing a Republican-mandated state trooper escort. State Rep. Nicole Collier said she “refuses to sign away her dignity" and is calling herself a political prisoner.

Texas State Representative Nicole Collier has emerged as a key figure in the state’s ongoing electoral map controversy.

Texas Republicans mandated that Democratic lawmakers not be allowed to leave the state house without a permission slip and a police escort.