SJR29 Summary

• Urges Alabama's Reapportionment Office to work with the U.S. Census Bureau to develop a statewide outreach plan increasing census awareness before the 2020 decennial census.

• Notes that Alabama will receive 2020 census population totals no later than April 1, 2021, which determine federal funding allocations and require legislative redistricting every 10 years under Alabama's 1901 Constitution.

• Identifies "hard to count" communities as targets for increased outreach efforts to ensure accurate population counts in Alabama.

• Warns that based on 2017 census estimates, Alabama risks losing one congressional district, dropping from seven districts to six districts due to population shifts relative to national population.

• Adopted by Alabama Senate on January 28, 2018 and House of Representatives on January 30, 2018.