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Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] · D–HI
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2026-09-15 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would generally prevent states from redrawing congressional districts again between allocations of U.S. House seats among states. Courts could require another map for specified legal reasons, but only following a challenge filed within a year of the map becoming law, and changes would have to be minimized. The rules would apply to congressional redistricting after the November 2032 federal election.
may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives under such section, unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent redistricting
in which case such redistricting shall be conducted to comply with such court order in a manner that minimizes changes to the State district map to the greatest extent possible.
only if a civil action challenging the redistricting plan is filed not later than the date that is 365 days after the date of the enactment into law of the redistricting plan being challenged.
shall apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the regularly scheduled election for Federal office held in November 2032.
Once a state had lawfully redrawn its congressional districts following an apportionment—the allocation of House seats among states—it generally could not redraw them again until after the next apportionment.
A State which has been redistricted in the manner provided by law after an apportionment under section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives under such section
A court could require another congressional map to comply with the U.S. Constitution, enforce federal law, or comply with a state constitutional provision that was in effect at the most recent apportionment. The replacement map would have to comply with the court order while minimizing changes to the greatest extent possible.
unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution of the United States, a provision of the constitution of a State in effect at the time of the most recent apportionment described in this section, or to otherwise enforce a Federal law, in which case such redistricting shall be conducted to comply with such court order in a manner that minimizes changes to the State district map to the greatest extent possible.
A court could order that subsequent redistricting only if the lawsuit challenging the map was filed within 365 days after the map was enacted into law. This condition concerns when the lawsuit is filed; it does not set a deadline for the court's decision.
A court may require the State to conduct subsequent redistricting under subsection (a) only if a civil action challenging the redistricting plan is filed not later than the date that is 365 days after the date of the enactment into law of the redistricting plan being challenged.
The proposal would leave states' conduct of state and local elections, including the drawing of districts for those offices, unaffected.
Nothing in this Act may be construed to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections for State or local office, including the process by which a State establishes the districts used in such elections.
The proposal would apply to congressional redistricting occurring after the regularly scheduled November 2032 federal election.
This Act and the amendment made by this Act shall apply with respect to any Congressional redistricting which occurs after the regularly scheduled election for Federal office held in November 2032.
The supplied September 22, 2026 source snapshot records that the bill was introduced in the House and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 15, 2026.
Source snapshot updated 2026-09-22T13:42:39Z. 2026-09-15: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2026-09-15: Introduced in House
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Reviewed version: Introduced in House · 2026-09-15. These findings describe provisions and who may benefit; they are not judgments of waste, corruption, or motive.
This review covers the supplied bill text. “None identified” does not rule out provisions in later versions or accompanying reports and disclosures.
Provisions outside the bill’s main subject, or policy changes attached to appropriations.
None identified in the reviewed text
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Spending directed to particular recipients or places outside ordinary competitive or formula-based allocation.
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Narrow exceptions, exemptions, or preferential treatment that warrant a closer look.
None identified in the reviewed text
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