Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This bill deals with election redistricting and is being offered by Democrats.
Title: Redistricting Reform Act of 2015
Subject: Civil actions and liability: Congressional districts and representation: Government information and archives: Judicial review and appeals: Political parties and affiliation: Public participation and lobbying: State and local finance: State and local government operations: Voting rights: Government operations and politics
Description: Redistricting Reform Act of 2015 Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct a subsequent redistricting in order to comply with the U.S. Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Requires such redistricting to be conducted in accordance with the plan developed and enacted into law by the independent redistricting commission established in the state or, if such a plan is not enacted into law, with the redistricting plan developed and enacted into law by a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the establishment by a nonpartisan agency of a state independent redistricting commission (including requirements for holding each of its meetings in public and maintaining a public Internet site); (2) the development and publication of a preliminary redistricting plan and the holding of at least three public hearings on such plan; (3) the enactment of a redistricting plan, under specified conditions, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia; (4) redistricting conducted under a federal court order; and (5) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting. Authorizes the Department of Justice to bring a civil action to enforce this Act, which shall be given expedited consideration
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Last Action Date: June 1, 2015
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2173/all-info
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66 sponsors: Zoe Lofgren (D); Brendan Boyle (D); Julia Brownley (D); Lois Capps (D); Susan Davis (D); Donna Edwards (D); Anna Eshoo (D); Michael Honda (D); John Larson (D); Ted Lieu (D); Alan Lowenthal (D); Eleanor Norton (D); Nancy Pelosi (D); David Price (D); John Sarbanes (D); Adam Schiff (D); Eric Swalwell (D); Mike Thompson (D); Chris Van Hollen (D); Juan Vargas (D); John Yarmuth (D); Raul Grijalva (D); Charles Rangel (D); Peter Welch (D); Ruben Gallego (D); Jared Huffman (D); Richard Nolan (D); Louise Slaughter (D); Steve Israel (D); Brenda Lawrence (D); Sam Farr (D); John Garamendi (D); Barbara Lee (D); Doris Matsui (D); Brad Sherman (D); Mark Takano (D); Denny Heck (D); Jerrold Nadler (D); Lacy Clay (D); Steny Hoyer (D); John Delaney (D); Daniel Kildee (D); Keith Ellison (D); David Loebsack (D); Mark DeSaulnier (D); Derek Kilmer (D); Marcy Kaptur (D); David Cicilline (D); Sean Maloney (D); Marc Veasey (D); Alcee Hastings (D); Peter DeFazio (D); Elizabeth Esty (D); Chellie Pingree (D); Eddie Johnson (D); Mike Quigley (D); Andre Carson (D); Joaquin Castro (D); Bill Foster (D); Steve Cohen (D); Tim Ryan (D); Ron Kind (D); Theodore Deutch (D); Beto O'Rourke (D); Robert Scott (D); Earl Blumenauer (D)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Jun 1 2015 | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. |
| House | Apr 30 2015 | Introduced in House |
| House | Apr 30 2015 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | May 13 2015 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on the Constitution And Civil Justice
There have not been any votes on this bill