Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with senate concurrence and final pass a bill that establishes a 5-member advisory commission to examine state legislative district maps.

Highlights:

• Establishes a 5-member redistricting advisory commission within the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to examine and draw a new state legislative district map plan based upon the following specified standards (Sec. 2).

• Population requirements imposed under the state constitution;

• House and senate maps based on equal population standards;

• District boundaries imposed that coincide with municipal ward boundaries; and

• Districts composed of convenient contiguous territory;

• Prohibits any legislative district from being drawn for the purpose of favoring a political party, incumbant legislators, political affiliations of registered voters, previous election results, or demographic information to augment or dilute voting strength of a language or racial minority group (Sec. 2).

• Requires that there may only be between 54 and 100 total state legislative districts (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with house passage and further amend a bill that establishes a 5-member advisory commission to examine state legislative district maps.

Highlights:

• Establishes a 5-member redistricting advisory commission within the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to examine and draw a new state legislative district map plan based upon the following specified standards (Sec. 2).

• Population requirements imposed under the state constitution;

• House and senate maps based on equal population standards;

• District boundaries imposed that coincide with municipal ward boundaries; and

• Districts composed of convenient contiguous territory;

• Prohibits any legislative district from being drawn for the purpose of favoring a political party, incumbant legislators, political affiliations of registered voters, previous election results, or demographic information to augment or dilute voting strength of a language or racial minority group (Sec. 2).

• Requires that there may only be between 54 and 100 total state legislative districts (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that establishes a 5-member advisory commission to examine state legislative district maps.

Highlights:

• Establishes a 5-member redistricting advisory commission within the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau (LRB) to examine and draw a new state legislative district map plan based upon the following specified standards (Sec. 2).

• Population requirements imposed under the state constitution;

• House and senate maps based on equal population standards;

• District boundaries imposed that coincide with municipal ward boundaries; and

• Districts composed of convenient contiguous territory;

• Prohibits any legislative district from being drawn for the purpose of favoring a political party, incumbant legislators, political affiliations of registered voters, previous election results, or demographic information to augment or dilute voting strength of a language or racial minority group (Sec. 2).

• Requires that there may only be between 54 and 100 total state legislative districts (Sec. 2).

• Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text