Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 1005 (2021S1)

Sponsor

Rep. Ray, P.

Final action

Governor Signed 5/28/2021

Outcome

Became law — signed by Gov. Spencer J. Cox

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• defines a term; and
• modifies the timeline relating to the duties of the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

REDISTRICTING AMENDMENTS
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Paul Ray
Senate Sponsor: 
Scott D. Sandall
LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill modifies the timeline relating to the duties of the Utah Independent
Redistricting Commission.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ defines a term; and
▸ modifies the timeline relating to the duties of the Utah Independent Redistricting
Commission.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
This bill provides a special effective date.
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
20A-20-102
, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2020, Chapter 288
20A-20-301
, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 306
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
20A-20-102
 is amended to read:
20A-20-102.
Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Utah Independent Redistricting Commission created in
Section 
20A-20-201
.
(2) "Committee" means the Legislature's redistricting committee.
(3) "Decennial year" means a year during which the United States Bureau of Census
conducts a national decennial census.
(4) "Linked PL94-171 data" means legacy file decennial census data for Utah,
published by the United States Bureau of Census, that, after publication, is linked to Utah
geographic data files in a manner that the data can be used to draw maps for the purpose of
redistricting.
[
(4)
] 
(5)
 "Regular decennial redistricting" means redistricting required due to a national
decennial census.
[
(5)
] 
(6)
 "Special redistricting" means redistricting that is not a regular decennial
redistricting.
Section 2. Section 
20A-20-301
 is amended to read:
20A-20-301.
Public hearings -- Private conversations.
(1) (a) The commission shall, by majority vote, determine the number, locations, and
dates of public hearings to be held by the commission, but shall hold no fewer than seven
public hearings throughout the state to discuss maps, as follows:
(i) one in the Bear River region, which includes Box Elder, Cache, and Rich counties;
(ii) one in the Southwest region, which includes Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, and
Washington counties;
(iii) one in the Mountain region, which includes Summit, Utah, and Wasatch counties;
(iv) one in the Central region, which includes Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and
Wayne counties;
(v) one in the Southeast region, which includes Carbon, Emery, Grand, and San Juan
counties;
(vi) one in the Uintah Basin region, which includes Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah
counties; and
(vii) one in the Wasatch Front region, which includes Davis, Morgan, Salt Lake,
Tooele, and Weber counties.
(b) The commission shall hold at least two public hearings in a first or second class
county but not in the same county.
(c) The committee and the commission may coordinate hearing times and locations to:
(i) avoid holding hearings at, or close to, the same time in the same area of the state;
and
(ii) to the extent practical, hold hearings in different cities within the state.
(2) Each public hearing must provide those in attendance a reasonable opportunity to
submit written and oral comments to the commission and to propose redistricting maps for the
commission's consideration.
(3) The commission shall hold the public hearings described in Subsection (1) [
no later
than November 1 of
]
, during
 the year following a decennial year[
.
]
, no later than:
(a) October 17, if the commission receives the linked PL94-171 data on or before
September 1; or
(b) 46 days after the day on which the commission receives the linked PL94-171 data,
if the commission receives the linked PL94-171 data after September 1.
(4) (a) A member of the commission may not engage in any private communication
with any individual other than other members of the commission or commission staff,
including consultants retained by the commission, that is material to any redistricting map or
element of a map pending before the commission or intended to be proposed for commission
consideration, without making the communication, or a detailed and accurate description of the
communication including the names of all parties to the communication and the map or
element of the map, available to the commission and to the public.
(b) A member of the commission shall make the disclosure required by Subsection
(4)(a) before the redistricting map or element of a map is considered by the commission.
(5) The committee chairs and the chair of the commission shall, no later than two
business days after the day on which the Legislature appoints a committee, under Subsection
20A-20-201
(3)(a)(ii), for a special redistricting, jointly agree on a schedule for the commission
that:
(a) reasonably ensures that the commission may complete the commission's duties in a
timely manner, consistent with the time frame applicable to the committee and the Legislature;
(b) establishes deadlines for the following:
(i) holding the public hearings described in Subsection (1);
(ii) preparing and recommending maps under Subsection 
20A-20-302
(2);
(iii) submitting the maps and written report described in Subsection 
20A-20-303
(1);
and
(iv) holding the public meeting described in Subsection 
20A-20-303
(2); and
(c) provides that the commission dissolves upon approval of the Legislature's
redistricting maps by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
the date of veto override.
Section 3. 
Effective date.
If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
the date of veto override.