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MO HJR32

Joint Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/7/2013

Primary Sponsor

Myron Neth

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Origin

House of Representatives

2013 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Replaces partisan reapportionment commission process with nonpartisan redistricting division within the joint committee on legislative research to establish districts after each decennial census.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Elections3/28/2013

Full Bill Text

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