Redistricting Reform Act of 2007
Latest action · Jun 25, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Redistricting Reform Act of 2007 - Prohibits a state that has been redistricted after an apportionment from being redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives, unless the state is ordered by a court to conduct such a subsequent redistricting in order to: (1) comply with the U.S. Constitution; or (2) enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Requires such redistricting to be conducted according to: (1) a plan developed by the independent redistricting commission established in the state; or (2) if such plan is not enacted into law, the redistricting plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court.
Provides for: (1) establishment by each state of an independent bi-partisan redistricting commission; (2) development by such commission of a redistricting plan; (3) submission of the plan to, and consideration and enactment of a plan by, the state legislature; (4) selection of a plan by the state's highest court or development of a plan by the U.S. district court, under specified conditions; (5) special rules for redistricting conducted under a federal court order; (6) Election Assistance Commission payments to states for carrying out redistricting; (7) civil enforcement to carry out this Act; and (8) the right of action for a person who is aggrieved by a violation of this Act.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2007 to Jul 17, 2007; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Dennis A. Cardoza | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | George Miller | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Hilda L. Solis | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lois Capps | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Loretta Sanchez | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Sam Farr | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-CA | Tom Lantos | Original | May 9, 2007 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jul 17, 2007 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred May 9, 2007 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Jun 25, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- May 9, 2007Introduced in House
- May 9, 2007Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R42831 | Congressional Redistricting: An Overview Archived | Report | Nov 21, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit States from carrying out more than one Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment, to require States to conduct such redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Redistricting Reform Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Administrative remedies
- Census
- Citizen participation
- Civil actions and liability
- Congress
- Congressional districts
- Congressional elections
- Congressional powers
- District courts
- Economics and Public Finance
- Federal-state relations
- Gerrymandering
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Grants-in-aid
- Grievance procedures
- Injunctions
- Judicial review
- Law
- Legal fees
- Limitation of actions
- Public meetings
- State courts
- State laws
- State legislatures
- Voting rights
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 9, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
