Kentucky House Bill 326 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-28 - to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
Pending: House Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Advisory Redistricting Commission, which shall be composed of members appointed by the General Assembly and members of the public at large; define terms; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; provide that commissioners' terms correlate with obligations of each census cycle; establish the conditions, powers, and duties of the commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for legislative and congressional districts, with parameters prescribed; establish standards to be followed by the commission for commissioners who develop plans; require the commission to submit its redistricting plans to the Legislative Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; require the General Assembly to consider the commission's plans as approved by the Interim Joint Committee on State Government; allow the General Assembly to enact or reject the plans of the commission by a date certain or to return to the commission for adjustment; provide that if the General Assembly does not enact the plans, the plans shall be returned to the commission, which may incorporate changes requested by the General Assembly, but shall not be required to incorporate changes; require the commission to submit to the General Assembly new redistricting plans for enactment at a date certain; allow General Assembly to enact its own redistricting plans after a date certain; provide for penalties and fine upon conviction of persons attempting to influence, or commissioners accepting influence, per the duties of the commission; include severability clause; amend KRS 5.005 to remove the Secretary of State as being named as a defendant in any action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district and replace with the Advisory Redistricting Commission as being named the defendant; provide that the Act may be cited as the "Fair Maps Act."

AN ACT relating to election districts and making an appropriation therefor.

Rep. Joe Graviss [D]	Rep. Joni Jenkins [D]	Rep. Tina Bojanowski [D]	Rep. Charles Booker [D]
Rep. Terri Branham Clark [D]	Rep. George Brown [D]	Rep. Thomas Burch [D]	Rep. McKenzie Cantrell [D]
Rep. Jeffery Donohue [D]	Rep. Kelly Flood [D]	Rep. Alan Gentry [D]	Rep. James Glenn [D]
Rep. Derrick Graham [D]	Rep. Chris Harris [D]	Rep. Angie Hatton [D]	Rep. Kathy Hinkle [D]
Rep. Nima Kulkarni [D]	Rep. Reginald Meeks [D]	Rep. Charles Miller [D]	Rep. Patti Minter [D]
Rep. Ruth Palumbo [D]	Rep. Josie Raymond [D]	Rep. Rachel Roberts [D]	Rep. Dean Schamore [D]
Rep. Attica Scott [D]	Rep. Maria Sorolis [D]	Rep. Cherlynn Stevenson [D]	Rep. Ashley Tackett Laferty [D]
Rep. Susan Westrom [D]	Rep. Buddy Wheatley [D]	Rep. Robert Wiederstein [D]	Rep. Lisa Willner [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-28	House	to Elections, Const. Amendments & Intergovernmental Affairs (H)
2020-01-24	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb326.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb326/orig_bill.pdf