Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0012 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that Legislative Districts and Representative Districts shall preserve the political subdivisions and communities of interest of this State. Provides that an Apportionment Commission (rather than the General Assembly) shall redistrict the Legislative Districts and the Representative Districts. Provides that the Commission shall consist of one member from each county in this State, appointed by a majority vote of the respective county boards. Sets forth prohibitions on the information a public body that determines the borders of Legislative Districts, Representative Districts, or voting districts of any other unit of local government may consider when determining the boundaries of voting districts. LRB104 06485 SPS 16521 e 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0012 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that Legislative Districts and Representative Districts shall preserve the political subdivisions and communities of interest of this State. Provides that an Apportionment Commission (rather than the General Assembly) shall redistrict the Legislative Districts and the Representative Districts. Provides that the Commission shall consist of one member from each county in this State, appointed by a majority vote of the respective county boards. Sets forth prohibitions on the information a public body that determines the borders of Legislative Districts, Representative Districts, or voting districts of any other unit of local government may consider when determining the boundaries of voting districts. LRB104 06485 SPS 16521 e LRB104 06485 SPS 16521 e
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0012 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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5	5	Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that Legislative Districts and Representative Districts shall preserve the political subdivisions and communities of interest of this State. Provides that an Apportionment Commission (rather than the General Assembly) shall redistrict the Legislative Districts and the Representative Districts. Provides that the Commission shall consist of one member from each county in this State, appointed by a majority vote of the respective county boards. Sets forth prohibitions on the information a public body that determines the borders of Legislative Districts, Representative Districts, or voting districts of any other unit of local government may consider when determining the boundaries of voting districts.
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10	10	1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
11	11	2 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
12	12	3 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
13	13	4 HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE
14	14	5 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there shall be submitted to the
15	15	6 electors of the State for adoption or rejection at the general
16	16	7 election next occurring at least 6 months after the adoption
17	17	8 of this resolution a proposition to amend Article IV of the
18	18	9 Illinois Constitution by changing Section 3 as follows:
19	19	10 ARTICLE IV
20	20	11 THE LEGISLATURE
21	21	12 (ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3)
22	22	13 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING
23	23	14 (a) Legislative Districts and Representative Districts
24	24	15 shall be compact and , contiguous. For the purposes of this
25	25	16 Section, "compact" means having the minimum distance between
26	26	17 all parts of a district, such as a circle, square, or hexagon.
27	27	18 For the purposes of this Section, "contiguous" means that all
28	28	19 parts of a district are connected at some point with the rest
29	29	20 of the district and substantially equal in population.
30	30	21 Representative Districts shall be compact, contiguous, and
31	31	22 substantially equal in population.
32	32	23 Legislative Districts and Representative Districts shall
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36	36	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT HC0012 Introduced , by Rep. John M. Cabello SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
37	37	ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3 ILCON Art. IV, Sec. 3
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39	39	Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Provides that Legislative Districts and Representative Districts shall preserve the political subdivisions and communities of interest of this State. Provides that an Apportionment Commission (rather than the General Assembly) shall redistrict the Legislative Districts and the Representative Districts. Provides that the Commission shall consist of one member from each county in this State, appointed by a majority vote of the respective county boards. Sets forth prohibitions on the information a public body that determines the borders of Legislative Districts, Representative Districts, or voting districts of any other unit of local government may consider when determining the boundaries of voting districts.
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61	61	1 preserve the political subdivisions of this State. The
62	62	2 boundaries of a Legislative District or Representative
63	63	3 District shall not cross the boundaries of a county, village,
64	64	4 city, town, or township.
65	65	5 Legislative Districts and Representative Districts shall
66	66	6 preserve communities of common interest in this State. The
67	67	7 boundaries of a Legislative District or Representative
68	68	8 District shall not separate neighborhoods or other areas where
69	69	9 the residents of that area have common interests that do not
70	70	10 necessarily coincide with the boundaries of a political
71	71	11 subdivision.
72	72	12 (b) In the year following each Federal decennial census
73	73	13 year, an Apportionment Commission the General Assembly by law
74	74	14 shall redistrict the Legislative Districts and the
75	75	15 Representative Districts.
76	76	16 The Apportionment If no redistricting plan becomes
77	77	17 effective by June 30 of that year, a Legislative Redistricting
78	78	18 Commission shall be constituted not later than July 10. The
79	79	19 Commission shall consist of one member from each county in
80	80	20 this State, appointed by a majority vote of the respective
81	81	21 county boards eight members, no more than four of whom shall be
82	82	22 members of the same political party.
83	83	23 The Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of
84	84	24 Representatives shall each appoint to the Commission one
85	85	25 Representative and one person who is not a member of the
86	86	26 General Assembly. The President and Minority Leader of the
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97	97	1 Senate shall each appoint to the Commission one Senator and
98	98	2 one person who is not a member of the General Assembly.
99	99	3 The members of the Commission shall be certified to the
100	100	4 Secretary of State by the appointing authorities. A vacancy on
101	101	5 the Commission shall be filled within five days by the
102	102	6 authority that made the original appointment. A Chairman and
103	103	7 Vice Chairman shall be chosen by a majority of all members of
104	104	8 the Commission.
105	105	9 Not later than August 10, the Commission shall file with
106	106	10 the Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by a
107	107	11 majority of its at least five members.
108	108	12 If the Commission fails to file an approved redistricting
109	109	13 plan, the Supreme Court shall submit the names of two persons,
110	110	14 not of the same political party, to the Secretary of State not
111	111	15 later than September 1.
112	112	16 Not later than September 5, the Secretary of State
113	113	17 publicly shall draw by random selection the name of one of the
114	114	18 two persons to serve as a the ninth member of the Commission.
115	115	19 Not later than October 5, the Commission shall file with
116	116	20 the Secretary of State a redistricting plan approved by at
117	117	21 least five members.
118	118	22 An approved redistricting plan filed with the Secretary of
119	119	23 State shall be presumed valid, shall have the force and effect
120	120	24 of law and shall be published promptly by the Secretary of
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122	122	26 The Supreme Court shall have original and exclusive
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133	133	1 jurisdiction over actions concerning redistricting the House
134	134	2 and Senate, which shall be initiated in the name of the People
135	135	3 of the State by the Attorney General.
136	136	4 (c) No public body that determines the borders of
137	137	5 Legislative Districts, Representative Districts, or voting
138	138	6 districts of any other unit of local government shall preserve
139	139	7 the political subdivisions of this State.
140	140	8 No public body that determines the borders of Legislative
141	141	9 Districts, Representative Districts, or voting districts of
142	142	10 any other unit of local government shall use partisan data or
143	143	11 rely on recommendations derived in any part from partisan data
144	144	12 or use election results, voting history political party
145	145	13 registration, or any other socioeconomic data.
146	146	14 No public body that determines the borders of Legislative
147	147	15 Districts, Representative Districts, or voting districts of
148	148	16 any other unit of local government shall consider the places
149	149	17 of residence of incumbent office holders or candidates for
150	150	18 public office or favor or disfavor an incumbent office holder,
151	151	19 candidate for public office, or political party, except that
152	152	20 the boundaries of a voting district shall avoid placing
153	153	21 multiple incumbent office holders in the same voting district.
154	154	22 To the extent practicable, a public body that determines
155	155	23 the borders of Legislative Districts, Representative
156	156	24 Districts, or voting districts of any other unit of local
157	157	25 government shall favor competitive voting districts and avoid
158	158	26 the creation of voting districts that favor a particular
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169	169	1 political party or coalition when doing so does not violate
170	170	2 any other provision of this Section.
171	171	3 (Source: Amendment adopted at general election November 4,
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