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MO HJR32
Joint Resolution
Status
3/7/2013
Primary Sponsor
Myron Neth
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AI Summary
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Increases Missouri House of Representatives from 163 to 180 members and State Senate from 34 to 40 members, with senators not exceeding one-third of house membership.
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Replaces partisan reapportionment commission process with nonpartisan redistricting division within the joint committee on legislative research to establish districts after each decennial census.
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Establishes strict redistricting standards including equal population distribution (quotient cannot exceed 1% of ideal population), contiguous and compact districts, and prohibition on using incumbent addresses, voter registration data, election results, or demographic information beyond population counts.
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Requires general assembly to approve redistricting plans submitted by redistricting division by September 1 of year ending in one, with up to three submission rounds before supreme court assumes responsibility.
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Makes attempts to influence redistricting staff a Class D felony and provides for immediate removal from office or ballot for violators holding elected or appointed positions.
Legislative Description
Proposes a constitutional amendment establishing nonpartisan procedures for apportioning the state into state senatorial and legislative districts on the basis of population
Last Action
Public Hearing Completed (H)
4/9/2013