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IN SB0105
Bill
AI Summary
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Establishes redistricting standards for Indiana's 100 House districts, 50 Senate districts, and congressional districts, requiring districts be based on population with state legislative districts deviating no more than 2% from ideal population
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Requires districts to be compact, contiguous, and not breach precinct boundaries, while minimizing divisions of counties, cities, and communities with common cultural, ethnic, political, or socioeconomic interests
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Prohibits consideration of incumbent legislators' residential addresses when drawing district maps
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Mandates compliance with the federal Voting Rights Act regarding language and racial minority groups
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Allows the General Assembly to adopt modifications that deviate from standards during the legislative process, provided reasons for each deviation are publicly explained and documented
Legislative Description
Redistricting standards. Establishes redistricting standards for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides that the initial proposed plans for congressional and state legislative districts must comply with the redistricting standards. Allows the general assembly, during the process by which the initial proposed plans become effective by being enacted as a law, to consider and adopt modifications to the initial proposed plans that deviate from the redistricting standards as long as the reason or reasons for each deviation are publicly explained and documented.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment
3/7/2019