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2007 SESSION

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HJ 61 Constitutional amendment; redistricting process for congressional & G.A. district bound. (1st ref).

Introduced by: Ward L. Armstrong | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); congressional and General Assembly districts; the redistricting process.  Provides for a bipartisan panel of three special masters drawn from a pool of retired judges to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census and for voter approval of the plan adopted by the panel. The amendment is patterned after California Proposition 77 (2005).

FULL TEXT

• 01/09/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063252216  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/09/06  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/06 063252216
• 01/09/06  House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
• 01/27/06  House: Continued to 2007 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
• 12/08/06  House: Left in Privileges and Elections