North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina S638: Fair Maps Act.
Status: In committee, March 26, 2025
What the bill says
An act to amend the north carolina constitution to provide for an independent redistricting process, to establish the north carolina citizens redistricting commission, and to make conforming changes to the general statutes.
From the introduced text:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT TO AMEND THE NORTH CAROLINA CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR AN INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING PROCESS, TO ESTABLISH THE NORTH CAROLINA CITIZENS REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, AND TO MAKE CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATUTES. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING PROCESS SECTION 1.(a) Section 3 of Article II of the North Carolina Constitution reads as apportionment of Senators. The Senators shall be elected from districts. The General Assembly, at the first regular session convening after the return of every decennial census of population taken by order of Congress, shall revise the senate districts and the apportionment of Senators among those districts, subject to the following requirements:Assembly shall establish an independent process to revise the senate districts and the apportionment of Senators among those districts pursuant to Section of this Article. (1) Each Senator shall represent, as nearly as may be, an equal number of inhabitants, the number of inhabitants that each Senator represents being determined for this purpose by dividing the population of the district that he represents by the number of Senators apportioned to that district; (2) Each senate district shall at all times consist of contiguous territory; (3) No county shall be divided in the formation of a senate district; (4) When established, the senate districts and the apportionment of …
Sponsors
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42) · primary sponsor
- Everitt, Terence (D, 18) · primary sponsor
- Chitlik, Sophia (D, 22)
- Garrett, Michael (D, 27)
- Grafstein, Lisa (D, 13)
- Mayfield, Julie (D, 49)
- Meyer, Graig (D, 23)
- Murdock, Natalie S. (D, 20)
- Smith, Kandie D. (D, 5)
Latest actions
- : Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- : Passed 1st Reading
- : Filed
Subjects: MINORITIES, CONSTITUTION, NC, COUNCIL OF STATE, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WOOD, ROBERT TRAVIS (NW50W), MEMBERSHIP, ELECTIONS, PUBLIC
Common questions
- What is S638?
- S638 is a bill in the North Carolina Legislature (2025-2026 Session): Fair Maps Act.
- What does S638 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the north carolina constitution to provide for an independent redistricting process, to establish the north carolina citizens redistricting commission, and to make conforming changes to the general statutes.
- What is the status of S638?
- In committee as of March 26, 2025. Latest action: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (March 26, 2025).
- Who sponsored S638?
- Bradley, Woodson (D, 42), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S638?
- On the North Carolina Legislature website: https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/S638
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