HF 2421 Summary

• Proposes a constitutional amendment to establish a four-member redistricting commission consisting of appointees from the senate majority leader, senate minority leader, house speaker, and house minority leader to adopt congressional and legislative district boundaries by December 31 following each federal decennial census.

• Requires three-fourths commission approval for any plan, with adopted plans filed to the secretary of state within seven days and effective for the next state general election; commission expires after both plans are adopted or January 1 in the second year following census, whichever is earlier.

• Bars current or former judges from serving as commission members and subjects the commission to Minnesota Statutes chapter 13D.

• Establishes redistricting principles including equal population (legislative districts within 0.5% deviation), contiguity, compactness, specific district numbering procedures, minority representation protection under the Voting Rights Act, and preservation of communities of interest.

• Requires the amendment be submitted to voters at the 2020 general election; implementing legislation becomes effective December 1, 2020, if voters approve the amendment.