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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House proposes constitutional amendment to establish Bipartisan Redistricting Commission for legislative and congressional boundaries
Last action · March 13, 2025: Motion prevailedSponsors: Paul Torkelson and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House File 550 proposes a constitutional amendment for the 2026 general election to create an eight-member Bipartisan Redistricting Commission responsible for drawing legislative and congressional district boundaries starting in 2031. The measure establishes strict districting principles, prohibits current elected officials and political staff from serving on or communicating with the commission, and reallocates incarcerated persons to their last known Minnesota address for population counts.
The measure shifts redistricting authority from the legislature to an appointed bipartisan commission and sets explicit legal priorities for mapping districts, affecting how voters are grouped and represented across every legislative and congressional district in the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Minnesota voters
Incarcerated persons
Elected officials and legislators
Elected officials are barred from serving on the commission or communicating with commissioners about redistricting work, and districts cannot be drawn to protect or defeat incumbents.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are current politicians allowed to serve on the Bipartisan Redistricting Commission?
How does the bill handle incarcerated individuals during redistricting?
When will voters decide on this proposed constitutional change?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · on the House floor.
Procedural history
10 actions- Mar 13, 2025HouseMotion prevailed
- Mar 13, 2025HouseMotion to lay on the table
- Mar 13, 2025HouseHouse rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Mar 12, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading
- Mar 12, 2025HouseCommittee report, to adopt
- Mar 5, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt and re-refer to Rules and Legislative Administration
Show 4 earlier actions
- Mar 3, 2025HouseAuthor added West
- Mar 3, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt and re-refer to Judiciary Finance and Civil Law
- Feb 26, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to State Government Finance and Policy
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations
Version history
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Transfer of Redistricting Power
The bill shifts map-making authority from the Minnesota Legislature to an independent bipartisan commission, fundamentally altering the state's constitutional governance structure.
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www.revisor.mn.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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