Bill Sponsors: IL SJRCA0004 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Proposes to amend the Legislature Article of the Illinois Constitution. Removes the requirement for each Legislative District to be divided into two Representative Districts. Modifies provisions concerning legislative redistricting. Provides specified requirements for each Legislative District, Representative District, and Congressional District for redistricting purposes. Replaces the current method of legislative redistricting with the following: a sixteen-member commission, appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the most senior Supreme Court Justice of a different political party in accordance with specified criteria, shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State redistricting plans for Legislative, Representative, and Congressional Districts following a series of public hearings by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census; permits the public to submit maps during the map drawing process for consideration by the Commission; and, if a redistricting plan is not adopted by August 1 of the year following a federal decennial census, then a seventeenth member shall be appointed to the Commission and redistricting plans shall be filed by September 1. Adds provisions concerning the membership of the Commission and budgetary matters related to the Commission. Effective upon being declared adopted and applicable to redistricting beginning in 2021 and to the election of General Assembly members beginning in 2022.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Failed) 2021-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SJRCA0004 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Senator Julie Morrison [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-029FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dave Syverson [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-035FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Heather Steans [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-007FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-049FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Andy Manar [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-048FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator William Cunningham [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-018FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator John Mulroe [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-010FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Laura Fine [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-009FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Melinda Bush [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-031FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Laura Murphy [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-028FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Scott Bennett [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-052FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jason Barickman [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-053FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Steve McClure [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-054FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jim Oberweis [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-025FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Bill Brady [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-044FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dan McConchie [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-026FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jil Tracy [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-050FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Paul Schimpf [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-058FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Donald DeWitte [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-033FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dale Fowler [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-059FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jason Plummer [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-055FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Neil Anderson [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-047FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Chapin Rose [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-051FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Chuck Weaver [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-037FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Brian Stewart [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-045FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator John Curran [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-041FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Susan Rezin [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-038FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dale Righter [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-055FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Craig Wilcox [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-032FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator David Koehler [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-046FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Laura Ellman [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-021FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Steve Stadelman [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-034FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Ann Gillespie [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-027FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Rachelle Crowe [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-056FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Pat McGuire [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-043FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Iris Martinez [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-020FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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