DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law
or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 16 Original 2022 First Extraordinary Session Gadberry
Abstract: Provides for the redistricting of the La. House of Representatives and provides for the
composition of each of the 105 House districts. Effective for election purposes for the
regular elections in 2023 and for all other purposes at 10:00 a.m. on Jan. 8, 2024.
Statistical summaries of proposed law, including district variances from the ideal population
of 44,359 and the range of those variances, as well as maps illustrating proposed district
boundaries accompany this digest. (Attached to the bill version on the internet.)
Present constitution (Const. Art. III, ยง6(A)) requires the legislature, by the end of the year following
the year in which the state's population is reported to the president of the U.S. for each decennial
federal census, to reapportion the representation in each house as equally as practicable on the basis
of population shown by the census.
Proposed law redraws district boundaries for the 105 House districts effective upon signature of
governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action for purposes of the 2023 election.
Proposed law retains present districts until 10:00 a.m., Jan. 8, 2024, at which time present law is
repealed and proposed districts are effective for all other purposes.
Proposed law specifies that precincts referenced in district descriptions are those precincts identified
as Voting Districts (VTDs) in the 2020 Census Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the state
of La. as validated through the data verification program of the La. legislature. Also specifies that
if any such precinct has been subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a
nongeographic basis or subdivided by action of the parish governing authority on a geographic basis
in accordance with present law, the enumeration of the general precinct designation shall include all
nongeographic and all geographic subdivisions thereof. Further provides that the territorial limits
of the districts as enacted shall continue in effect until changed by law regardless of any subsequent
change made to the precincts by the parish governing authority.
Proposed law specifies that proposed law does not reduce the term of office of any person holding
any position or office on the effective date of proposed law for which the appointment or election
is based upon a House district as composed pursuant to present law. Specifies that any position or
office filled after Jan. 8, 2023, for which the appointment or election is based on a House district
shall be appointed or elected based on the district as it is described in proposed law.
Population data in the summaries accompanying this digest are derived from 2020 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171), Summary File for Louisiana. Population data, statistical
information, and maps are supplied for purposes of information and analysis and comprise no part
of proposed law.
Effective for election purposes only for the regular legislative elections in 2023; effective for other
purposes at 10:00 a.m., Jan. 8, 2024.
(Adds R.S. 24:35.3; Repeals R.S. 24:35.2)