Notification of congressional redistricting plan proposed to be adopted by redistricting entity; opportunities for public to respond

(a) Notice of proposed final plan Not later than 10 days prior to holding a final vote on the adoption of a final congressional redistricting plan for the State, the State redistricting entity shall post information about the plan on the internet site established under section 3, including at a minimum the following: (1) An analysis of the proposed final plan, including— (A) a map showing each congressional district established under the plan, together with easily accessible digital files containing the block equivalency and shapefiles for each such district; (B) a statement of the total population, the voting age population, and citizen population of each such district, broken down by race and membership in a language minority group; (C) a statement of the number of registered voters in each such district, broken down by political party affiliation to the extent that such information is available under State law; (D) a statement of the results in each such district for all statewide elections conducted in the State in the 6 years preceding the year in which the most recent decennial census was conducted; (E) an analysis of the plan’s compliance with applicable laws, including the Voting Rights Act of 1965; (F) an assessment of the partisan fairness of the plan under one or more standard quantitative measures of partisan bias; (G) a statement identifying all individuals and entities responsible for the drafting of, or who were consulted in conjunction with drafting of, the plan; and (H) a statement describing any changes made to the plan in response to input from members of the public. (2) A statement explaining the entity’s reasons for adopting the proposed final plan and the reasons why the adoption of the plan, as opposed to the adoption of alternative plans, will best serve the public interest, together with an assessment of how the plan is consistent with the policies described in section 3(a)(1). (3) Any dissenting statement of any member of the entity who did not approve the proposed final plan. (4) A statement that members of the public may submit comments regarding the proposed final plan through the internet site, together with information on how members of the public may submit such comments to the entity through other methods. (b) Public hearing prior to adoption of final plan (1) Mandatory public hearing Not later than 7 days prior to holding a final vote on the adoption of the final congressional redistricting plan for the State, the State redistricting entity shall hold hearings in accordance with the requirements of section 4 at which members of the public may provide comments on the plan. (2) Video and transcripts of hearings The entity shall post a link to a video recording of each such hearing on the internet site established under section 3 immediately following the conclusion of the hearing, and shall publish and post on such website a searchable version of a transcript of the hearing not later than 48 hours after the conclusion of the hearing. (c) Treatment of amended and new plans If the State redistricting entity posts an amended version of the proposed final congressional redistricting plan or posts a new proposed final congressional redistricting plan, subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to the amended version of the plan or the new plan in the same manner as such subsections apply with respect to the proposed final plan which is first posted under subsection (a). (d) Application to subordinate entities holding votes on recommending adoption of plan If a subordinate entity of a State redistricting entity described in section 2(a)(2), including a committee or subcommittee of the State redistricting entity, is directed under State law to hold a vote on recommending the adoption of a final congressional redistricting plan to the State redistricting entity, subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to the subordinate entity and the vote held by the subordinate entity on recommending the adoption of the plan in the same manner as such subsections apply to the State redistricting entity and the final vote held on the adoption of the final plan by the State redistricting entity.