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Utah House adopts Plan L redistricting map, rejects amendment tying enactment to federal action
Summary
The Utah House approved Senate Bill 5,001, replacing the February congressional map with 'Plan L' after a debate over an amendment that would have made the map's effectiveness contingent on congressional action regarding the District of Columbia; the bill passed 51'to'1 with five absent.
The Utah House of Representatives approved Senate Bill 5,001 on Dec. 4, 2006, adopting a substitute congressional map known as Plan L and sending the measure back to the Senate. Representative Dave Clark, the bill sponsor, described the result as a bipartisan product of committee travel and public comment and said the House was fulfilling its constitutional responsibility to redraw congressional lines.
"We're here today to fulfill our state constitutional responsibility," Clark said during opening remarks,…
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