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Senator King proposes disclosure of redistricting communications; bill pulled for clarifying amendments
Summary
Sen. King introduced a bill to require written, electronic or recorded public communications to members of the Board of Apportionment about redistricting; the committee asked for narrower language and clarifications on scope and enforcement. The sponsor agreed to amend and pull the bill.
Senate Bill 12, offered by Sen. King, would require that communications to the Board of Apportionment (the governor, secretary of state and attorney general) concerning redistricting be written, electronic or recorded at a public meeting. The sponsor framed the measure as an effort to prevent back‑room influence by lobbyists and to place lobbyists and private citizens on the same public footing during the decade‑long redistricting process.
King described historical concerns…
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