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SENATE SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS
SB 8 2024 First Extraordinary Session Womack
KEYWORD AND SUMMARY AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
CONGRESS. Provides for redistricting of Louisiana congressional districts. (Item
#1)(See Act)
SUMMARY OF HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SENATE BILL
1. Removes House committee amendments that changed the composition of the
districts.
2. Reinstates bill to the engrossed version as it left the Senate.
DIGEST OF THE SENATE BILL AS RETURNED TO THE SENATE
DIGEST
SB 8 Engrossed 2024 First Extraordinary Session Womack
Present U.S. Constitution (14th Amendment) provides that representatives in congress shall
be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persons in each state. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that the population
of congressional districts in the same state must be as nearly equal in population as
practicable.
Present law provides for six congressional districts based upon the 2020 federal decennial
census.
Proposed law redraws district boundaries for the congressional districts based upon the 2020
federal decennial census.
Proposed law provides that the new districts become effective upon signature of governor
or lapse of time for gubernatorial action for election purposes only for the regular
congressional elections in 2024. Retains present law districts based upon the 2020 census
until noon on January 3, 2025, at which time present law is repealed and the new districts
based upon the 2020 census, as established by proposed law, become effective for all other
purposes.
Proposed law specifies that precincts referenced in district descriptions are those precincts
identified as Voting Districts (VTDs) contained in the file named "2024 Precinct Shapefiles
(1-10-2024)" available on the La. Legislature's website. Specifies that the 2024 Precinct
Shapefiles are based upon those Voting Districts (VTDs) contained in the 2020 Census
Redistricting TIGER/Line Shapefiles for the State of Louisiana as those files have been
modified and 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 congressional district as composed pursuant to
present law. Specifies that any position or office filled after Jan. 1, 2025, for which the
appointment or election is based upon a congressional district shall be appointed or elected
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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 upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action for election
purposes only for the regular congressional elections in 2024; effective for all other purposes
at noon on January 3, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 18:1276.1; repeals R.S. 18:1276)
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J. W. Wiley
First Assistant Secretary of the Senate