Redistricting Reform Act of 2025

This bill would require each state to draw its U.S. House districts using a plan made by an independent redistricting commission, or by a 3-judge federal court if the commission's plan is not enacted. States with existing commissions that meet certain standards, and Iowa's current process, would be exempt from the commission requirement. Each commission would have 15 members drawn from a pool of applicants affiliated with the state's two largest parties and from unaffiliated or other-party applicants, and people such as recent officeholders, lobbyists, and larger political donors could not serve. The bill sets ranked criteria for drawing districts, bans maps that materially favor or disfavor a political party, and bars redrawing districts again until after the next census unless a court requires it. Commissions would have to hold public hearings, accept public comments and maps, and post their work online.

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Sponsors

• Alex Padilla Democrat sponsor
• 3 cosponsors