End Prison Gerrymandering Act
Latest action · Nov 1, 2022 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.
- IntroducedFeb 1, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
End Prison Gerrymandering Act
This bill requires the Department of Commerce, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to attribute an individual incarcerated in a correctional center to the individual's last place of residence before incarceration. Further, a state must treat such an individual's last place of residence in the state before incarceration as the individual's place of residence for purposes of congressional redistricting.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2022 to Mar 15, 2022; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Feb 1, 2022 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Feb 2, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Mar 15, 2022 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2022 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 1, 2022 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Nov 1, 2022 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 1, 2022Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Feb 1, 2022Introduced in House
- Feb 1, 2022Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 20, February 1, 2022, page H331.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2905 | End Prison Gerrymandering Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 26, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title 13, United States Code, to provide that individuals in prison shall, for the purposes of a decennial census, be attributed to the last usual place of residence before incarceration, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- End Prison Gerrymandering Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 1, 2022Introduced in House
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