FL H6009

Apportions Florida into 120 single-member House districts and 40 single-member Senate districts of contiguous territory, as authorized under Section 8(a), Article X of the Florida State Constitution, using House plan H000H9025.

All district boundaries are based on the United States Decennial Census of 2010, using population figures reported under Pub. L. No. 94-171 and geographic units (blocks, tracts, and voting tabulation districts) from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Districts are defined with granular precision down to the individual census block level where counties or voting tabulation districts are split, using a hierarchical system of counties, VTDs, tracts, and blocks to delineate exact boundaries.

Many districts encompass multiple counties (e.g., District 55 spans Glades, Highlands, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie Counties; District 70 spans Hillsborough, Manatee, Pinellas, and Sarasota Counties), while some districts consist of a single whole county (e.g., District 75 is all of Charlotte County) and heavily populated counties are divided among numerous districts (Broward has at least 8; Palm Beach approximately 11; Miami-Dade at least 12).

Rural districts in North Florida combine multiple whole counties (e.g., District 5 includes all of Holmes, Jackson, Walton, and Washington Counties plus parts of Bay County; District 9 includes all of Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, and Taylor Counties plus parts of Leon County).

Territory entirely surrounded by a single district is automatically included in that district; any unassigned territory is assigned to the contiguous district with the least population per legislator, with ties broken by lowest district number.

Noncontiguous portions of any district are reassigned to the contiguous district with the least population, ensuring all final districts maintain geographic contiguity.

The districts constitute the official representative and senatorial districts of the state, applying to the qualification, nomination, and election of legislators beginning with the 2012 primary and general elections and thereafter.

A severability clause ensures that if any provision or individual district is held invalid, all remaining provisions and districts continue in full force and effect.