HB 6566 Summary

• Modifies county commissioner district apportionment timelines from 60 days after decennial census publication to comply with updated population standards within specified deadlines.

• Replaces the traditional apportionment commission (county clerk, treasurer, prosecutor, and two party chairpersons) with a 3-judge commission selected from circuit and district court judges, with party chairpersons having strike authority.

• Expands permissible commissioner board sizes based on county population: counties under 5,001 population (5-7 commissioners), 5,001-10,000 (5-10), 10,001-100,000 (7-15), 100,001-500,000 (11-21), and over 500,000 (13-25).

• Adds strict population deviation requirements: individual districts cannot exceed 5% deviation from target population, and average county deviation cannot exceed 3%.

• Requires all apportionment commission meetings to comply with open meetings law and requires public records to be available under freedom of information act procedures.