HR7375Referred to Committee
End Prison Gerrymandering Act
Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber4
Passed Both5
Signed into Law119th
Congress
2026-02-04
Introduced
12
Cosponsors
HR
ⓘType
Sponsor
Deborah K. Ross
Democrat · NC · Representative
Votes with party: 99.0% (671 recorded votes)
Top industries funding sponsor:
- Progressive Groups$78k
- Climate & Environment$1k
Full profile: /officials/R000305
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Cosponsors (12)
Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12)Original· 2026-02-04
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17)Original· 2026-02-04
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8)Original· 2026-02-04
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)Original· 2026-02-04
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5)Original· 2026-02-04
- Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13)Original· 2026-02-04
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4)Original· 2026-02-04
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4)Original· 2026-02-04
- Mark Pocan (D-WI-2)Original· 2026-02-04
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12)Original· 2026-02-04
- Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)· 2026-02-09
Latest Action
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Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2026-02-04
Source: Congress.gov
Committee Activity
Currently in
- House Committee on Oversight and Government ReformReferred To · 2026-02-04
- House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-02-04
Previously
- Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-04
- Oversight and Government Reform CommitteeReferred To · 2026-02-04
Plain-English Summary
End Prison Gerrymandering Act This bill requires the Bureau of the Census, beginning with the 2030 decennial census, to attribute an individual incarcerated in a correctional facility or detention center to the individual's last place of residence before incarceration. Further, a state must treat such an individual's last place of residence in the state before incarceration as the individual's place of residence for purposes of congressional redistricting.
Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.
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