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AZ SB1508
Bill
Status
1/31/2022
Primary Sponsor
Martin Quezada
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AI Summary
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Requires the state demographer to revise population counts from the U.S. Census Bureau's decennial census by counting each inmate in the block, block group, and census tract where they resided before incarceration.
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Mandates the state department of corrections to provide all available information requested by the state demographer to carry out this population recount.
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Directs the redistricting entity to prepare redistricting population data reflecting the revised population counts that account for inmates' pre-incarceration residences.
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Defines key terms including "block," "block group," "census tract," "inmate," "redistricting entity," and "state demographer" for purposes of the bill.
Legislative Description
Inmates; census; last known address
Office Of Economic Opportunity
Last Action
Senate read second time
2/1/2022