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House rejects redistricting amendments but orders congressional map to third reading
Summary
Delegates debated House Bill 488, including proposed amendments to prohibit mid‑cycle redistricting and to substitute the Citizens Redistricting Commission map; most floor amendments failed and the bill was printed for third reading.
Annapolis — The House considered House Bill 488, a package including congressional maps and related language for a constitutional referendum on compactness and contiguity. Lawmakers engaged in lengthy debate over whether mid‑cycle redistricting is constitutional, precedent for pairing statutory and constitutional changes in one bill, and whether the proposed maps are fair or partisan.
A motion to strike the map and bar mid‑cycle congressional…
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