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ND HB1412

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/19/2015

Primary Sponsor

Ben Hanson

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Origin

House of Representatives

64th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • Updates legislative redistricting requirements to apply to census data taken after 2019 instead of after 1999
  • Maintains North Dakota legislature composition of 47 senate members and 94 house members
  • Requires one senator and two representatives per senatorial district, with representatives elected at-large or from subdistricts
  • Authorizes multimember senate districts (two senators, four representatives) only when a proposed single-member district contains a federal facility representing over two-thirds of the district population
  • Requires legislative districts to be compact, contiguous, and as equal in population as practicable, with total population variance not exceeding constitutional limitations

Legislative Description

Legislative redistricting requirements.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 14 nays 79

2/18/2015

Committee Referrals

Government and Veterans Affairs1/19/2015

Full Bill Text

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