End Prison Gerrymandering Act has not moved since its introduction on Feb 4, 2026, with cosponsors, all Democrats
IntroducedFeb 4, 2026
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 67 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Judiciary Committee
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee - Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics: 580 of 5,914 bills became law, 113th–118th (9.8%)
- Sponsor
- 1 of 73 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 277 words
- Latest action
- Feb 4, 2026: 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.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]