HR 7375 · in committee · significant
End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- The bill requires the Census Bureau to count incarcerated people at their last home address instead of at the prison location.
- This affects state redistricting processes and how congressional districts are drawn in all states.
- The change takes effect with the 2030 Census and applies to all future decennial censuses and redistricting.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would counting incarcerated people at their last home addresses rather than prison locations affect district boundaries and representation in your state?
- 02
What evidence exists that the current prison-location counting method distorts political representation, and who would benefit most from this change?
- 03
What implementation challenges might the Census Bureau face in accurately determining and verifying last home addresses for incarcerated people?
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Sponsor · D-NC-2
Deborah K. Ross
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
11/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2026-02-04
Joining the bill
Bonnie Watson Coleman
D-NJ-12 · original
Emanuel Cleaver
D-MO-5 · original
Christopher R. Deluzio
D-PA-17 · original
Madeleine Dean
D-PA-4 · original
Jesús G. "Chuy" García
D-IL-4 · original
Summer L. Lee
D-PA-12 · original
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
D-VA-8 · original
Eleanor Holmes Norton
D-DC · original
Mark Pocan
D-WI-2 · original
Emilia Strong Sykes
D-OH-13 · original
Gwen Moore
D-WI-4
Legislative timeline
2026-02-04 · house · IntroReferral
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 · house · IntroReferral
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 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2026-02-04 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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