KY SB205 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 5 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-07 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Pending: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Status: Introduced on March 5 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-03-07 - to Appropriations & Revenue (S)
Pending: Senate Appropriations and Revenue Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [MS Word]
Summary
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit any state legislative or congressional redistricting plan from being drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or an incumbent or to be drawn with the intent or result of denying equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to elect representatives of their choice; to clarify that districts are to be as equal in population as is practicable and that districts are to be compact and, where feasible, existing political and geographic boundaries will be utilized; submit to the voters for their ratification or rejection.
Title
AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to redistricting.
Sponsors
| Sen. Gerald Neal [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-07 | to Appropriations & Revenue (S) | |
| 2012-03-05 | introduced in Senate |
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB205.htm |
| Text | http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/12RS/SB205/bill.doc |
