RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 240 (SB 80) 2023 Regular Session Fields
New law requires a local governing body to hold at least two public hearings prior to the
adoption of any redistricting plan. Further requires at least one hearing to be held within
seven days after the publication of any proposed redistricting plan. New law further provides
that each member of the public in attendance at a public redistricting hearing of a local
governing body is entitled to testify in accordance with the rules of the local governing body.
New law requires the legislature to conduct a series of public hearings at different locations
throughout the state, following the release of the redistricting data from the U.S. Bureau of
the Census after each federal decennial census, to solicit public comment concerning the
development of redistricting plans subject to enactment by the legislature. New law requires
the public hearings to be broadcast live via the internet. Provides that if a technical difficulty
occurs, the hearing shall be temporarily paused to address it; however the failure to resolve
the issue shall not require the hearing to be terminated nor construed as a violation of new
law.
New law requires the legislature to establish, maintain, and update a redistricting website
and establishes minimum content requirements.
Effective June 9, 2023.
(Adds R.S. 18:1922.1 and R.S. 24:991 and 992)