HB164 Summary

• Establishes a temporary five-member redistricting commission to redraw state legislative and State Board of Education districts following each decennial U.S. census, with the commission consisting of appointees from the Senate President Pro Tempore, House Speaker, Senate Minority Leader, and House Minority Leader, plus a fifth chair member selected by majority vote.

• Commission members must be registered Alabama voters continuously registered for at least three years and cannot have held public office, served as political party officers, registered lobbyists, or campaign committee officers within the three years preceding appointment; no more than two members may reside in the same county.

• Prohibits state legislators and State Board of Education members from contacting or attempting to influence redistricting commission members when establishing district boundaries.

• Requires commission to establish districts complying with the U.S. Constitution and Voting Rights Act, with equal population, geographic compactness, contiguity, and respect for communities of interest to the extent practicable, and preventing multiple incumbents from being placed in the same district.

• Mandates the Permanent Legislative Committee on Reapportionment provide data, maps, and technical assistance to the redistricting commission; commission automatically terminates after the first general election using its districts and districts do not take effect until enacted into law.