End Gerrymandering

Related bills not counted

• Redistricting Transparency and Accountability Act

  House ·HR 5921

  Adds transparency and public-comment requirements to state redistricting but does not require states to transfer mapmaking authority to an independent commission.

• Ban on mid-decade redistricting (Kiley)

  House ·HR 4889

  Prohibits a state from redistricting more than once per decade, barring the mid-decade map redraws at the center of the 2025 and 2026 redistricting fights, but does not require states to transfer mapmaking authority to an independent commission, the reform's standard.

• Drain the Swamp Act (Title X)

  House ·HR 9222

  An omnibus of government-ethics measures whose Title X, Nonpartisan Redistricting Reform, bans mid-decade redistricting and sets criteria for maps. It assigns those duties to whatever entity a state already uses to draw its plan, never requiring an independent commission, so on this reform it falls short in the same way the other criteria-only bills here do. Other titles of the same bill address three more of these reforms and are ruled separately.

• FAIR MAP Act

  House ·HR 7219

  Sets standards the maps themselves must meet, requiring districts to be contiguous and compact and barring maps drawn to favor a party or an incumbent, and prohibits mid-decade redistricting. It leaves mapmaking authority wherever a state has already placed it, and creates no commission, so it does not meet the reform's standard. The bill also reaches well beyond redistricting: it excludes people without lawful immigration status from apportionment counts, bars ranked choice voting in federal elections, requires photo identification or signature verification to vote, and prohibits same-day registration.

• Fairness and Independence in Redistricting Act

  House ·HR 5426

  The long-running Tanner/Cooper bill; it does require an independent redistricting commission, meeting the reform's standard, but is a solo introduction with no cosponsors and no companion, so it is noted here rather than tracked alongside the Redistricting Reform Act (H.R. 5449 / S. 2885), which carries the same commission mandate with real cosponsorship.