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GA SB455
Bill
Status
Introduced
2/20/2018
Primary Sponsor
Elena Parent
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AI Summary
- Requires the General Assembly to reapportion state legislative and congressional districts during its regular session in the second year following each federal decennial census
- Prohibits drawing reapportionment plans or districts with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent, and bars districts drawn with the intent or result of denying racial or language minorities equal opportunity to participate in the political process
- Requires districts to be contiguous, as nearly equal in population as practicable, compact, and where feasible, to utilize existing political and geographical boundaries
- Mandates the Governor reconvene the General Assembly within 60 days for a special reapportionment session (not to exceed 30 days) if the regular session adjourns without enacting a reapportionment plan or the Governor vetoes such plan
- Requires the Attorney General to petition the Georgia Supreme Court within 15 days of passage for a declaratory judgment on the validity of any reapportionment act, with the Court required to rule within 30 days; if the legislature ultimately fails to adopt a valid plan, the Supreme Court must file its own reapportionment order within 60 days
Legislative Description
General Assembly; procedures and standards for legislative and congressional reapportionment; provide
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
2/21/2018
Full Bill Text
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