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Committee advances bill requiring public record of communications about redistricting to Board of Apportionment members; failure to record could be misdemeanor
Summary
Senate Bill 12, passed by the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee, requires members of the Board of Apportionment and staff to create written or electronic records of communications about redistricting; committee discussion said failure to record may be a class A misdemeanor for officials responsible for the record.
The Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs Committee passed Senate Bill 12, which restricts private communications about redistricting by members of the Board of Apportionment and requires that communications about redistricting be memorialized in written or electronic form.
Senator King, sponsor of the bill, said the measure applies only to communications regarding redistricting by members of the Board of Apportionment — the governor, the attorney general and the secretary of state — and to staff who receive such communications. “If someone…comes and talks to any staff or member of the board of apportionment about anything…
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