WV HB2089

Establishes a permanent 13-member Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission to draw state Senate and House of Delegates district boundaries following each federal decennial census

Requires commissioners to be registered West Virginia voters who have not been candidates for partisan office, elected officials, or political party officers; 10 commissioners affiliate with major parties and 3 are non-affiliated

Creates a selection process where the Secretary of State randomly selects applicants from pools, legislative leaders may strike up to 20 applicants total, and final commissioners are randomly drawn by September 1 of the census year

Mandates at least 15 public hearings (10 before drafting plans, 5 after), with all commission business conducted in open meetings and a 45-day public comment period before adopting final plans

Requires adopted plans to prioritize equal population, compactness, contiguity, communities of interest, and partisan fairness while prohibiting favoritism toward incumbents or candidates; grants the Supreme Court of Appeals original jurisdiction to review challenges