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Senate Bill 453 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 29, 2011
TO REALIGN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FOLLOWING THE RETURN OF THE 2010 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS.
Intro. by Rucho, Brock, Brown.

Status: Ch. SL 2011-403 (Senate Action) (Jul 28 2011)

Bill History:

S 453/S.L. 2011-403

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jul 28 2011 - View Summary

    AN ACT TO REALIGN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS FOLLOWING THE RETURN OF THE 2010 FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS. Summarized in Daily Bulletin 3/29/11, 7/24/11, and 7/27/11. Enacted July 28, 2011. Effective July 28, 2011, and applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2012.


  • Summary date: Jul 27 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 2nd edition.
    Moves a specified voting tabulation district in Greene County from District 3 to District 1. Moves specified portions of Pitt County from District 1 to District 3, and moves other specified portions from District 3 to District 1. Moves specified portion of Iredell County from District 5 to District 9. Moves specified portions of Guilford County from District 6 to District 12. Moves specified portions of Buncombe County from District 10 to District 11, and moves other specified portions from District 11 to District 10.
    A map of the congressional districts proposed in the committee substitute is posted on the General Assembly’s website here.


  • Summary date: Jul 24 2011 - View Summary

    Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition.
    Amends GS 163-201 to divide North Carolina into 13 congressional districts to nominate and elect members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 and every two years thereafter, as follows. District 1 includes the following counties: Bertie, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, Warren, and specified parts of Beaufort, Chowan, Craven, Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Gates, Granville, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Pitt, Vance, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson. District 2 includes the following counties: Lee, Moore, and specified parts of Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Randolph, and Wake. District 3 includes the following counties: Camden, Carteret, Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico, Tyrell, and specified parts of Beaufort, Chowan, Craven, Gates, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, New Hanover, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, and Washington. District 4 includes specified parts of the following counties: Alamance, Chatham, Cumberland, Durham, Harnett, Orange, and Wake. District 5 includes the following counties: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Davie, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin, and specified parts of Catawba, Davidson, Forsyth, Iredell, and Rowan. District 6 includes the following counties: Caswell, Person, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and specified parts of Alamance, Durham, Granville, Guilford, and Orange. District 7 includes the following counties: Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Johnston, Sampson, and specified parts of Cumberland, Hoke, Lenoir, New Hanover, Pender, and Robeson. District 8 includes the following counties: Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly, and specified parts of Cabarrus, Davidson, Mecklenburg, Randolph, Robeson, Rowan, and Union. District 9 includes specified parts of the following counties: Iredell, Mecklenburg, and Union. District 10 includes the following counties: Cleveland, Gaston, Lincoln, Polk, Rutherford, and specified parts of Buncombe and Catawba. District 11 includes the following counties: Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Swain, Transylvania, Yancey, and specified parts of Buncombe. District 12 includes specified parts of the following counties: Cabarrus, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Mecklenburg, and Rowan. District 13 includes specified parts of the following counties: Durham, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Nash, Vance, Wake, Wayne, and Wilson. Applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2012.
    A map of the congressional districts proposed in the committee substitute is posted on the General Assembly’s website here.


  • Summary date: Mar 29 2011 - View Summary

    Amends GS 163-201 but leaves the 13 districts blank. Applies to elections held on or after January 1, 2012.