PRINTER'S NO. 1081
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
878
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY M. DALEY, KINSEY, THOMAS, MULLERY, FREEMAN,
SANTARSIERO, KIM, HANNA, STURLA, DEASY, DeLUCA, CARROLL,
SIMS, McCARTER, DEAN, BRIGGS, McNEILL, YOUNGBLOOD, DAVIDSON,
RAVENSTAHL AND HARHAI, APRIL 6, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 6, 2015
AN ACT
Providing for legislative reapportionment and for openness and
fairness in the redistricting process.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Redistricting
Openness and Fairness Act.
Section 2. Declaration of policy.
The General Assembly finds and declares as follows:
(1) In our representative democracy, the people elect
their elected officials and entrust to them the complex task
of government.
(2) In order for this process to work ideally, openness
and fairness in the redistricting process is essential, as
are efforts to educate, inform and engage the residents of
this Commonwealth about the matter.
(3) Public participation must be encouraged to help
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