IN SB0194

Establishes redistricting standards for Indiana's 100 state House districts, 50 state Senate districts, and congressional districts, requiring initial proposed plans to comply with standards including population equality (within 2% deviation for state legislative districts), compactness, contiguous territory, and preservation of political subdivision boundaries

Prohibits the general assembly from establishing or modifying legislative or congressional districts except during the first regular session immediately following the federal decennial census, unless responding to a court order invalidating part of a redistricting plan

Bars consideration of incumbent legislators' residential addresses when drawing district maps for state House, state Senate, or congressional seats

Requires districts to minimize division of counties, cities, neighborhoods, school districts, and communities with common cultural, ethnic, political, or socioeconomic interests, while complying with the federal Voting Rights Act

Allows the general assembly to adopt modifications to initial plans that deviate from the standards during the legislative enactment process, provided reasons for each deviation are publicly explained and documented; effective July 1, 2026