HB587 Alabama 2017 Session

Updated Jul 24, 2021

Summary

Primary Sponsor: John F. Knight Jr
Democrat
Session: Regular Session 2017
Title: House of Representatives, districts redrawn, Sec. 29-1-1.2 repealed; Sec. 29-1-1.2 added
Description: Under existing law, districts for members of the Alabama House of Representatives were redrawn following the 2010 decennial census. A three judge federal court declared certain of those districts unconstitutional.
This bill would redraw the districts pursuant to the federal court decision.
Subjects: Reapportionment

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Constitution, Campaigns and Elections