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North Carolina H 927 — 2017 House Redistricting Plan A2 (2017)
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H 927, titled 2017 House Redistricting Plan A2, was adopted by the North Carolina State Legislature and ratified on August 31, 2017. The act created new districts for North Carolina House of Representatives elections taking place after January 1, 2018. A similar bill for North Carolina State Senate elections, S 691, was also ratified on August 31, 2017.
Note: This page summarizes a noteworthy law regarding redistricting in North Carolina. It is not part of a comprehensive list of redistricting legislation for this year or state.
Background
- See also: Redistricting in North Carolina
Legislative history
H 927 was filed with the North Carolina House of Representatives on August 18, 2017. The bill's sponsors were Representatives David Lewis (R), Nelson Dollar (R), James Dixon (R), and Phillip Shepard (R). The first reading was on August 22, 2017. After the first reading, it was referred to the Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House Committee, which re-referred the bill to the House Select Committee on Redistricting. This committee reported favorably on the bill on August 25, 2017, and the bill was placed on the House calendar for August 28, 2017. On August 28, 2017, the bill passed its second reading by a vote of 65-47. The third reading occurred the same day, and the bill was passed by the same vote. It was then introduced to the North Carolina State Senate. Second and third readings took place on August 30, 2017, in the Senate, where it passed with a vote of 30-15 for each reading. The bill was ratified on August 31, 2017.[1]
Provisions
H 927 amended G.S. 120-2(a) of the North Carolina General Statutes, a statute dividing the state into electoral districts, with each district having one elected representative. The act created new districts for elections taking place after January 1, 2018. The section below describes the legal challenges and political process that led to the adoption of the H 927.[1]
Legal challenges to the previous map and the adoption of H 297
See also
- Redistricting in North Carolina
- Redistricting legislation at the state and city levels in the United States, 2017
- North Carolina State Legislature
External links
Footnotes
