To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.
Coretta Scott King Mid-Decade Redistricting Prohibition Act of 2021
This bill prohibits a state where the congressional districts have been redistricted after a decennial census from carrying out another redistricting until after the next apportionment of Representatives following a decennial census, unless a court requires the state to conduct a subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The bill is applicable to any congressional redistricting which occurs after the regular decennial census conducted during 2020.
Received in the Senate.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123.
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (CR S6516-6517)
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 119.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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