Indiana 2023 Regular Session

Indiana Senate Bill SJR0014 Compare Versions

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Old	New	Differences
1	1	SJ9613
2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	SENATE JOINT
4	4	RESOLUTION No. 14
5	5	_____
6	6	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
7	7
8	8	Citations Affected: Article 2 and Article 4 of the Constitution of the
9	9	State of Indiana.
10	10	Synopsis: Redistricting standards. Establishes standards for drawing
11	11	Indiana congressional districts and Indiana legislative districts.
12	12	Effective: This proposed amendment must be agreed to by two
13	13	consecutive general assemblies and ratified by a majority of the state's
14	14	voters voting on the question to be effective.
15	15	Qaddoura
16	16	January 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Elections.
17	17	20231937
18	18	2023 SJ 14—SJ 9613/DI 75 Introduced
19	19	First Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2023)
20	20	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
21	21	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
22	22	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
23	23	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
24	24	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the word
25	25	NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds a
26	26	new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
27	27	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
28	28	between statutes enacted by the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
29	29	SENATE JOINT
30	30	RESOLUTION No. 14
31	31	A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to Article 2
32	32	and Article 4 of the Constitution of the State of Indiana concerning the
33	33	general assembly.
34	34	Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
35	35	1 SECTION 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of the
36	36	2 State of Indiana is proposed and agreed to by this, the One Hundred
37	37	3 Twenty-Third General Assembly of the State of Indiana, and is referred
38	38	4 to the next General Assembly for reconsideration and agreement.
39	39	5 SECTION 2. ARTICLE 2 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE
40	40	6 STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED BY ADDING A NEW
41	41	7 SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS: Section 15. (a) The following
42	42	8 apply to a redistricting plan for Indiana congressional districts:
43	43	9 (1) A redistricting plan and any individual district may not be
44	44	10 drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or
45	45	11 an incumbent.
46	46	12 (2) A redistricting plan and any individual district may not be
47	47	2023 SJ 14—SJ 9613/DI 75 2
48	48	1 drawn with the intent or result of denying or abridging the
49	49	2 equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to
50	50	3 participate in the political process or to diminish their ability
51	51	4 to elect representatives of their choice.
52	52	5 The order in which the standards of this subsection are stated do
53	53	6 not establish the priority of a single standard over the other
54	54	7 standards stated in this subsection.
55	55	8 (b) Each of the following apply to the districts of a redistricting
56	56	9 plan for Indiana congressional districts:
57	57	10 (1) The territory in each district must be contiguous.
58	58	11 (2) The districts of a plan must be as nearly equal in
59	59	12 population as is practicable.
60	60	13 (3) The districts of a plan must, where feasible, utilize existing
61	61	14 political and geographical boundaries.
62	62	15 The order in which the standards of this subsection are stated do
63	63	16 not establish the priority of a single standard over the other
64	64	17 standards stated in this subsection.
65	65	18 SECTION 3. ARTICLE 4, SECTION 5 OF THE CONSTITUTION
66	66	19 OF THE STATE OF INDIANA IS AMENDED TO READ AS
67	67	20 FOLLOWS: Section 5. (a) The General Assembly elected during the
68	68	21 year in which a federal decennial census is taken shall fix by law the
69	69	22 number of Senators and Representatives and apportion them among
70	70	23 districts according to the number of inhabitants in each district, as
71	71	24 revealed by that federal decennial census.
72	72	25 (b) The following apply to a redistricting plan for senate
73	73	26 districts and to a redistricting plan for house of representative
74	74	27 districts:
75	75	28 (1) A redistricting plan and any individual district may not be
76	76	29 drawn with the intent to favor or disfavor a political party or
77	77	30 an incumbent.
78	78	31 (2) A redistricting plan and any individual district may not be
79	79	32 drawn with the intent or result of denying or abridging the
80	80	33 equal opportunity of racial or language minorities to
81	81	34 participate in the political process or to diminish their ability
82	82	35 to elect representatives of their choice.
83	83	36 The order in which the standards of this subsection are stated do
84	84	37 not establish the priority of a single standard over the other
85	85	38 standards stated in this subsection.
86	86	39 (c) Each of the following apply to the districts of a redistricting
87	87	40 plan for senate districts and to the districts of a redistricting plan
88	88	41 for house of representative districts:
89	89	42 (1) The territory in each district shall must be contiguous.
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91	91	1 (2) The districts of a plan must be as nearly equal in
92	92	2 population as is practicable.
93	93	3 (3) The districts of a plan must, where feasible, utilize existing
94	94	4 political and geographical boundaries.
95	95	5 The order in which the standards of this subsection are stated do
96	96	6 not establish the priority of a single standard over the other
97	97	7 standards stated in this subsection.
98	98	2023 SJ 14—SJ 9613/DI 75