Bill Text: IN HJR0002 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Redistricting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment [HJR0002 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HJR0002-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No. 2

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION

Citations Affected: Article 4 of the Indiana Constitution.

Synopsis: Redistricting. Provides that an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members elected to the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to pass a redistricting bill. Requires the general assembly to establish legislative districts rather than apportion the number of senators and representatives in districts.

Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's voters voting on the question to be effective.

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Bartlett

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    January 10, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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HOUSE JOINT
RESOLUTION No 2

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    A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 4 of the Indiana Constitution concerning the general assembly.

Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: CON 4; (12)HJ9202.1. -->     SECTION 1. ARTICLE 4, SECTION 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 5. (a) The General Assembly elected during the year in which a federal decennial census is taken shall do the following by law:
        (1) Fix by law the number of Senators and Representatives. and apportion them among
         (2) Establish districts according to the number of inhabitants in each district, as revealed by that federal decennial census. The territory in each district shall be contiguous.
     (b) Notwithstanding section 25 of this article, an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the members elected to each House is necessary to pass a bill to enact a law described in subsection (a).