Austin, Texas – Enough Texas Dems have returned to Austin to allow the state House to hold a hearing on a controversial restrictive voting bill.

According to the Houston Chronicle, there are now enough lawmakers present for the Texas House to vote on the elections bill and other conservative legislation.

The news came after three more Democratic House members, Houston-area Reps. Ana Hernandez, Garnet Coleman, and Armando Walle, defected from their cohorts in Washington DC and returned to the Lone Star State.

"We took the fight for voting rights to Washington, D.C. and brought national attention to the partisan push in our state to weaken ballot access. Our efforts were successful and served as the primary catalyst to push Congress to take action on federal voter protection legislation," the three Dems said in a statement. "Now, we continue the fight on the House Floor."

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The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which aims to reinstate some federal voting protections, could go to a vote in DC as early as next week, but it's not clear the bill would receive enough Republican support to pass.

Meanwhile, Texas Republicans are wasting no time after six weeks of waiting, with a House hearing for the state's voting bill scheduled for Saturday. The Democratic minority already proved unable to stave off its passage in the Senate.

Republicans are also expected to raise other GOP-priority legislation, including a ban on transgender student athletes joining female school sports teams, limiting abortion-inducing drugs, and restricting cashless bail.

With GOP control of both legislative chambers and the governorship, it's unlikely Texas Democrats will succeed in preventing the bills' passage.