Signed by Governor Tony Evers

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the 2024 state legislative district map for Wisconsin.

Highlights:

• Establishes new procedures concerning the preparation of legislative redistricting (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes a new redistricting advisory commission to help the Legislative Reference Bureau draw new maps (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies requirements for the new map regarding populations and boundaries (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies the tasks to be accomplished by the Legislative Reference Bureau and specifies that it must be fully operational by the 15th of February of the first year after the passage of the bill (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the LRB to perform certain tasks in preparation for drawing legislative redistricting plans based on each federal decennial census (Sec. 1). 

• Requires either the assembly or the senate to bring the redistricting map bill to a vote expeditiously, but not less than seven days after the report of the redistricting advisory commission is received and made available to the members of the legislature (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes the 2024 state legislative district map for Wisconsin.

Highlights:

• Establishes new procedures concerning the preparation of legislative redistricting (Sec. 1). 

• Establishes a new redistricting advisory commission to help the Legislative Reference Bureau draw new maps (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies requirements for the new map regarding populations and boundaries (Sec. 1). 

• Specifies the tasks to be accomplished by the Legislative Reference Bureau and specifies that it must be fully operational by the 15th of February of the first year after the passage of the bill (Sec. 1). 

• Requires the LRB to perform certain tasks in preparation for drawing legislative redistricting plans based on each federal decennial census (Sec. 1). 

• Requires either the assembly or the senate to bring the redistricting map bill to a vote expeditiously, but not less than seven days after the report of the redistricting advisory commission is received and made available to the members of the legislature (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text