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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0005 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Modifies provisions concerning legislative redistricting. Provides specified requirements for each Legislative District, Representative District, and Congressional District for redistricting purposes. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting. Provides for the creation of a sixteen-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Justice of a different political party, in accordance with specified criteria. Requires the commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census. Permits the public to submit redistricting plans during the redistricting process for consideration by the Commission. Specifies that, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the commission and budgetary matters related to the commission. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2031 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2032. LRB104 07326 SPS 17365 e 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0005 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Modifies provisions concerning legislative redistricting. Provides specified requirements for each Legislative District, Representative District, and Congressional District for redistricting purposes. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting. Provides for the creation of a sixteen-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Justice of a different political party, in accordance with specified criteria. Requires the commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census. Permits the public to submit redistricting plans during the redistricting process for consideration by the Commission. Specifies that, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the commission and budgetary matters related to the commission. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2031 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2032. LRB104 07326 SPS 17365 e LRB104 07326 SPS 17365 e
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0005 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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6	6	Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Modifies provisions concerning legislative redistricting. Provides specified requirements for each Legislative District, Representative District, and Congressional District for redistricting purposes. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting. Provides for the creation of a sixteen-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Justice of a different political party, in accordance with specified criteria. Requires the commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census. Permits the public to submit redistricting plans during the redistricting process for consideration by the Commission. Specifies that, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the commission and budgetary matters related to the commission. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2031 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2032.
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11	11	1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
12	12	2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
13	13	3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
14	14	4 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
15	15	5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
16	16	6 electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
17	17	7 election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
18	18	8 of this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the
19	19	9 Illinois Constitution by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
20	20	10 ARTICLE IV
21	21	11 THE LEGISLATURE
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23	23	13 SECTION 2. LEGISLATIVE COMPOSITION
24	24	14 (a) One Senator shall be elected from each Legislative
25	25	15 District. Immediately following each decennial redistricting,
26	26	16 the General Assembly by law shall divide the Legislative
27	27	17 Districts as equally as possible into three groups. Senators
28	28	18 from one group shall be elected for terms of four years, four
29	29	19 years and two years; Senators from the second group, for terms
30	30	20 of four years, two years and four years; and Senators from the
31	31	21 third group, for terms of two years, four years and four years.
32	32	22 The Legislative Districts in each group shall be distributed
33	33	23 substantially equally over the State.
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37	37	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0005 Introduced , by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
38	38	ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 2 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3
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41	41	Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Modifies provisions concerning legislative redistricting. Provides specified requirements for each Legislative District, Representative District, and Congressional District for redistricting purposes. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting. Provides for the creation of a sixteen-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Justice of a different political party, in accordance with specified criteria. Requires the commission to adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census. Permits the public to submit redistricting plans during the redistricting process for consideration by the Commission. Specifies that, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the commission and budgetary matters related to the commission. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2031 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2032.
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64	64	1 (b) Each Legislative District shall be divided into two
65	65	2 Representative Districts. In 1982 and every two years
66	66	3 thereafter one Representative shall be elected from each
67	67	4 Representative District for a term of two years.
68	68	5 (c) To be eligible to serve as a member of the General
69	69	6 Assembly, a person must be a United States citizen, at least 21
70	70	7 years old, and for the two years preceding his election or
71	71	8 appointment a resident of the district which he is to
72	72	9 represent. In the general election following a redistricting,
73	73	10 a candidate for the General Assembly may be elected from any
74	74	11 district which contains a part of the district in which he
75	75	12 resided at the time of the redistricting and reelected if a
76	76	13 resident of the new district he represents for 18 months prior
77	77	14 to reelection.
78	78	15 (d) Within thirty days after a vacancy occurs, it shall be
79	79	16 filled by appointment as provided by law. If the vacancy is in
80	80	17 a Senatorial office with more than twenty-eight months
81	81	18 remaining in the term, the appointed Senator shall serve until
82	82	19 the next general election, at which time a Senator shall be
83	83	20 elected to serve for the remainder of the term. If the vacancy
84	84	21 is in a Representative office or in any other Senatorial
85	85	22 office, the appointment shall be for the remainder of the
86	86	23 term. An appointee to fill a vacancy shall be a member of the
87	87	24 same political party as the person he succeeds.
88	88	25 (e) No member of the General Assembly shall receive
89	89	26 compensation as a public officer or employee from any other
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100	100	1 governmental entity for time during which he is in attendance
101	101	2 as a member of the General Assembly.
102	102	3 No member of the General Assembly during the term for
103	103	4 which he was elected or appointed shall be appointed to a
104	104	5 public office which shall have been created or the
105	105	6 compensation for which shall have been increased by the
106	106	7 General Assembly during that term.
107	107	8 (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4,
108	108	9 1980.)
109	109	10 (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3)
110	110	11 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING
111	111	12 (a) As used in this Section, "consumer price index-u"
112	112	13 means the index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
113	113	14 the United States Department of Labor or a successor agency
114	114	15 that measures the average change in prices of goods and
115	115	16 services purchased by all urban consumers, United States city
116	116	17 average, all items, 1982-84=100.
117	117	18 (b) Each Legislative District, Representative District,
118	118	19 and Congressional District shall, in the following order of
119	119	20 priority:
120	120	21 (1) fully comply with the United States Constitution
121	121	22 and federal laws, such as the federal Voting Rights Act;
122	122	23 (2) be substantially equal in population;
123	123	24 (3) provide racial minorities and language minorities
124	124	25 with the equal opportunity to participate in the political
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135	135	1 process and elect candidates of their choice;
136	136	2 (4) provide racial minorities and language minorities
137	137	3 who constitute less than a voting-age majority of a
138	138	4 Legislative District, Representative District, or
139	139	5 Congressional District with an opportunity to
140	140	6 substantially influence the outcome of an election;
141	141	7 (5) be contiguous;
142	142	8 (6) be compact;
143	143	9 (7) respect, to the extent practical, geographic
144	144	10 integrity of units of local government;
145	145	11 (8) respect, to the extent practical, communities
146	146	12 sharing common social or economic interests; and
147	147	13 (9) not discriminate against or in favor of any
148	148	14 political party or individual.
149	149	15 (c) No later than December 30 of the year that each federal
150	150	16 decennial census occurs, the Chief Justice and the most senior
151	151	17 Supreme Court Justice who is not elected from the same
152	152	18 political party as the Chief Justice shall select sixteen
153	153	19 commissioners to form an Independent Redistricting Commission.
154	154	20 The commissioners shall reflect the ethnic, gender, and racial
155	155	21 demographics of Illinois. Fourteen of the commissioners shall
156	156	22 represent, in equal number, the two political parties whose
157	157	23 gubernatorial candidates received the greatest number of votes
158	158	24 in the last gubernatorial election. Two of the commissioners
159	159	25 shall represent neither of those parties. The two Justices
160	160	26 responsible for selecting the sixteen commissioners shall
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171	171	1 consider party identification and all campaign contributions
172	172	2 in determining a potential commissioner's eligibility. There
173	173	3 shall be at least two commissioners from each Judicial
174	174	4 District.
175	175	5 (d) A person is ineligible to serve on the Commission if,
176	176	6 within the preceding four calendar years, the person or his or
177	177	7 her spouse or immediate family member was appointed or elected
178	178	8 to a position with the State, federal, or local government; is
179	179	9 a State employee; is a lobbyist as defined by law; has an
180	180	10 ownership interest in an entity with a State or federal
181	181	11 contract; or is appointed or elected to serve a political
182	182	12 party. A commissioner is ineligible for a period of 10 years to
183	183	13 serve in the General Assembly or to be appointed to a position
184	184	14 subject to Senate confirmation. Commissioners must file
185	185	15 financial disclosure statements and abide by any ethics
186	186	16 requirements established by law.
187	187	17 (e) The Commission shall act in public meetings by the
188	188	18 affirmative vote of ten commissioners. The Commission shall
189	189	19 elect its chairperson and vice chairperson, who shall not be
190	190	20 affiliated with the same political party. Each meeting of the
191	191	21 Commission shall be open to the public. There must be public
192	192	22 notice at least seven days before a meeting. All records of the
193	193	23 Commission, including all communications to or from the
194	194	24 Commission regarding the work of the Commission, shall be
195	195	25 available for public inspection. The Commission shall adopt
196	196	26 rules governing its procedures. The Commission shall be
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207	207	1 considered a public body subject to the Freedom of Information
208	208	2 Act or a successor Act and the Open Meetings Act or a successor
209	209	3 Act. Commissioners and staff may not communicate with or
210	210	4 receive communications about redistricting matters from anyone
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212	212	6 (f) The Commission shall hold at least twenty public
213	213	7 hearings throughout the State before adopting a redistricting
214	214	8 plan, with a majority of the hearings occurring before the
215	215	9 Commission releases any proposed redistricting plan. At least
216	216	10 10 public hearings must occur throughout the State after the
217	217	11 release of any proposed redistricting plan.
218	218	12 The Commission must provide a meaningful opportunity for
219	219	13 racial minorities and language minorities to participate in
220	220	14 the public hearings, including, but not limited to, issuing
221	221	15 notices in multiple languages and ensuring that translation
222	222	16 services are available at all hearings at the Commission's
223	223	17 expense or through partnership with outside organizations.
224	224	18 These public hearings must be open to all members of the public
225	225	19 and must be planned to encourage attendance and participation
226	226	20 across the State, including the use of technology that allows
227	227	21 for real-time, virtual participation and feedback during the
228	228	22 hearings. When releasing a proposed redistricting plan, the
229	229	23 Commission must also release population data, geographic data,
230	230	24 election data, and any other data used to create the plan, when
231	231	25 the Commission receives this information. The Commission must
232	232	26 also provide terminals for members of the public to access the
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243	243	1 data and associated software. During the redistricting
244	244	2 process, any member of the public may submit redistricting
245	245	3 proposals for consideration to the Commission. Those
246	246	4 submissions are public records that are open to comment.
247	247	5 The Commission may not adopt a redistricting plan until
248	248	6 the Commission adopts and publishes a report explaining the
249	249	7 plan's compliance with the United States Constitution and
250	250	8 Illinois Constitution. Before the adoption of a redistricting
251	251	9 plan, the Commission shall release to the public the final
252	252	10 plan and its associated compliance report. The meeting to vote
253	253	11 on adoption of a redistricting plan shall occur no sooner than
254	254	12 thirty days after the release of the final plan and its
255	255	13 associated compliance report. All proposed and adopted
256	256	14 redistricting plans and any data used to develop these
257	257	15 redistricting plans are public records. The Commission shall
258	258	16 maintain a website or other similar electronic platform to
259	259	17 disseminate information about the Commission, including
260	260	18 records of its meetings and hearings, proposed redistricting
261	261	19 plans, assessments and reports on plans, and to allow the
262	262	20 public to view its meetings and hearings in both live and
263	263	21 archived form. The website or electronic platform must allow
264	264	22 the public to submit redistricting plans and comments on
265	265	23 redistricting plans to the Commission for its consideration.
266	266	24 (g) The Commission shall adopt and file with the Secretary
267	267	25 of State a redistricting plan for the Legislative Districts,
268	268	26 Representative Districts, and Congressional Districts by
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279	279	1 August 1 of the year following the federal decennial census.
280	280	2 The Commission may adopt separate redistricting plans for the
281	281	3 Legislative Districts, the Representative Districts, and the
282	282	4 Congressional Districts.
283	283	5 (h) If the Commission fails to adopt and file a
284	284	6 redistricting plan by August 1 of the year following a federal
285	285	7 decennial census, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and
286	286	8 the most senior Supreme Court Justice who is not elected from
287	287	9 the same political party as the Chief Justice shall appoint,
288	288	10 by August 8, a seventeenth member to the Commission. The
289	289	11 seventeenth member of the Commission must not be affiliated
290	290	12 with either major political party. The seventeen-member
291	291	13 Commission shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State
292	292	14 redistricting plans for the Legislative Districts,
293	293	15 Representative Districts, and Congressional Districts by
294	294	16 September 1 of the year following the federal decennial
295	295	17 census.
296	296	18 (i) Members of the Commission shall be compensated at the
297	297	19 rate of $37.50 for each hour the member is engaged in
298	298	20 Commission business. For each succeeding Commission, the rate
299	299	21 of compensation shall be adjusted in each year of the federal
300	300	22 decennial census by the cumulative change in the consumer
301	301	23 price index-u or a successor metric. Members of the Commission
302	302	24 are eligible for reimbursement of personal expenses incurred
303	303	25 in connection with the duties performed pursuant to this
304	304	26 Section. A member's residence is deemed to be the member's
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315	315	1 post of duty for purposes of reimbursement of expenses.
316	316	2 (j) Within thirty days after the selection of the
317	317	3 Independent Redistricting Commission, the Governor shall
318	318	4 include in the budget submitted under Section 2 of Article
319	319	5 VIII to the General Assembly amounts of funding for the
320	320	6 Commission and the Secretary of State that are sufficient to
321	321	7 meet the estimated expenses of each of those officers or
322	322	8 entities in implementing the redistricting process required by
323	323	9 this Section for a three-year period, including, but not
324	324	10 limited to, adequate funding for a statewide outreach program
325	325	11 to solicit broad public participation in the redistricting
326	326	12 process. The Governor shall also make adequate office space
327	327	13 available for the operation of the Commission. The General
328	328	14 Assembly shall make the necessary appropriation for the
329	329	15 Commission, and the appropriation shall be available during
330	330	16 the entire 3-year period. The appropriation made shall be
331	331	17 equal to the greater of $3,000,000 or the amount expended in
332	332	18 accordance with this subsection in the immediately preceding
333	333	19 redistricting process, as each amount is adjusted by the
334	334	20 cumulative change in inflation based on the consumer price
335	335	21 index-u or a successor metric, since the date of the
336	336	22 immediately preceding appropriation made in accordance with
337	337	23 this subsection. The General Assembly may make additional
338	338	24 appropriations in any year that it determines that the
339	339	25 Commission requires additional funding in order to fulfill its
340	340	26 duties. The Commission, with fiscal oversight from the
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351	351	1 Comptroller or its successor, shall have procurement and
352	352	2 contracting authority and may hire staff and consultants, for
353	353	3 the purposes of this Section, including legal representation.
354	354	4 (k) A redistricting plan filed with the Secretary of State
355	355	5 shall be presumed valid and shall be published promptly by the
356	356	6 Secretary of State.
357	357	7 (l) The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive
358	358	8 jurisdiction over actions concerning the redistricting of the
359	359	9 Congressional, Legislative, and Representative Districts,
360	360	10 which shall be initiated in the name of the People of the State
361	361	11 by the Attorney General. Each person who resides or is
362	362	12 domiciled in the State, or whose executive office or principal
363	363	13 place of business is located in the State, may bring an action
364	364	14 in a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain any of the
365	365	15 relief available.
366	366	16 (a) Legislative Districts shall be compact, contiguous and
367	367	17 substantially equal in population. Representative Districts
368	368	18 shall be compact, contiguous, and substantially equal in
369	369	19 population.
370	370	20 (b) In the year following each Federal decennial census
371	371	21 year, the General Assembly by law shall redistrict the
372	372	22 Legislative Districts and the Representative Districts.
373	373	23 If no redistricting plan becomes effective by June 30 of
374	374	24 that year, a Legislative Redistricting Commission shall be
375	375	25 constituted not later than July 10. The Commission shall
376	376	26 consist of eight members, no more than four of whom shall be
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387	387	1 members of the same political party.
388	388	2 The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
389	389	3 Representatives shall each appoint to the Commission one
390	390	4 Representative and one person who is not a member of the
391	391	5 General Assembly. The President and Minority Leader of the
392	392	6 Senate shall each appoint to the Commission one Senator and
393	393	7 one person who is not a member of the General Assembly.
394	394	8 The members shall be certified to the Secretary of State
395	395	9 by the appointing authorities. A vacancy on the Commission
396	396	10 shall be filled within five days by the authority that made the
397	397	11 original appointment. A Chairman and Vice Chairman shall be
398	398	12 chosen by a majority of all members of the Commission.
399	399	13 Not later than August 10, the Commission shall file with
400	400	14 the Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at
401	401	15 least five members.
402	402	16 If the Commission fails to file an approved redistricting
403	403	17 plan, the Supreme Court shall submit the names of two persons,
404	404	18 not of the same political party, to the Secretary of State not
405	405	19 later than September 1.
406	406	20 Not later than September 5, the Secretary of State
407	407	21 publicly shall draw by random selection the name of one of the
408	408	22 two persons to serve as the ninth member of the Commission.
409	409	23 Not later than October 5, the Commission shall file with
410	410	24 the Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at
411	411	25 least five members.
412	412	26 An approved redistricting plan filed with the Secretary of
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423	423	1 State shall be presumed valid, shall have the force and effect
424	424	2 of law and shall be published promptly by the Secretary of
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426	426	4 The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive
427	427	5 jurisdiction over actions concerning redistricting the House
428	428	6 and Senate, which shall be initiated in the name of the People
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