House File 2215 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2215 BY SIEGRIST A BILL FOR An Act relating to legislative and congressional redistricting 1 concerning the duties of the temporary redistricting 2 advisory commission. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5343YH (2) 89 ec/rn

H.F. 2215 Section 1. Section 42.3, subsection 2, Code 2022, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 2. If the bill embodying the plan submitted by the 3 legislative services agency under subsection 1 fails to be 4 enacted, the legislative services agency shall prepare a bill 5 embodying a second plan of legislative and congressional 6 districting. The bill shall be prepared in accordance with 7 section 42.4 , and, insofar as it is possible to do so within 8 the requirements of section 42.4 , with the reasons cited by 9 the senate or house of representatives by resolution, or the 10 governor by veto message, for the failure to approve the plan. 11 If a second plan is required under this subsection , the bill 12 embodying it shall be delivered to the secretary of the senate 13 and the chief clerk of the house of representatives not later 14 than thirty-five days after the date of the vote by which the 15 senate or the house of representatives fails to approve the 16 bill submitted under subsection 1 , or the date the governor 17 vetoes or fails to approve the bill. If it is necessary to 18 submit a bill under this subsection , the bill shall be brought 19 to a vote not less than seven days after the bill is submitted 20 three days after the report of the commission required by 21 section 42.6 is received and made available to the members of 22 the general assembly, under a procedure or rule permitting no 23 amendments except those of a purely corrective nature. It 24 is further the intent of this chapter that if the bill is 25 approved by the first house in which it is considered, it 26 shall expeditiously be brought to a vote in the second house 27 under a similar procedure or rule. If the bill embodying the 28 plan submitted by the legislative services agency under this 29 subsection fails to be approved by a constitutional majority 30 in either the senate or the house of representatives, the 31 secretary of the senate or the chief clerk of the house, as the 32 case may be, shall transmit to the legislative services agency 33 in the same manner as described in subsection 1 , information 34 which the senate or house may direct by resolution regarding 35 -1- LSB 5343YH (2) 89 ec/rn 1/ 3

H.F. 2215 reasons why the plan was not approved. 1 Sec. 2. Section 42.6, subsection 3, Code 2022, is amended 2 to read as follows: 3 3. Upon the delivery by the legislative services agency to 4 the general assembly of a bill embodying an initial a plan of 5 legislative and congressional redistricting , as required by 6 section 42.3, subsection 1, the commission shall: 7 a. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and 8 conduct at least three public hearings, in different geographic 9 regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the bill 10 delivered by the legislative services agency to the general 11 assembly. 12 b. Following the hearings, promptly prepare and submit to 13 the secretary of the senate and the chief clerk of the house a 14 report summarizing information and testimony received by the 15 commission in the course of the hearings. The commission’s 16 report shall include any comments and conclusions which its 17 members deem appropriate on the information and testimony 18 received at the hearings, or otherwise presented to the 19 commission. The report shall be submitted no later than 20 fourteen days after the date the bill embodying an initial 21 a plan of congressional and legislative redistricting is 22 delivered to the general assembly. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill concerns the duties of the temporary redistricting 27 advisory commission following the delivery of a plan of 28 legislative and congressional redistricting to the general 29 assembly by the legislative services agency. Under current 30 law, the commission is only required to conduct three public 31 hearings and issue a report following submission of the initial 32 plan of redistricting by the legislative services agency. The 33 bill requires the commission to conduct three public hearings 34 and issue a report following submission of a second or third 35 -2- LSB 5343YH (2) 89 ec/rn 2/ 3

H.F. 2215 plan, if necessary, by the legislative services agency. 1 The bill requires that a vote on a second or third plan of 2 redistricting must take place no less than three days after the 3 report of the commission is submitted to the general assembly 4 for that plan. 5 -3- LSB 5343YH (2) 89 ec/rn 3/ 3