Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan signed 52 civil warrants on Tuesday to arrest Democratic lawmakers who have been absent from the state Capitol for nearly a month.

The warrants, preceded on Tuesday by a House vote authorizing law enforcement to locate absent members, direct the House sergeant-at-arms to take custody of any member under warrant and to “bring said member before the bar of the House instanter” to participate in the special legislative session called by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott.