119th Congress
H.R. 7375
End Prison Gerrymandering Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Deborah K. Ross(D-NC)
- Introduced
- Feb 4, 2026
- Policy area
- Government Operations and Politics
- Committees
- House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; House Committee on the Judiciary
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (12)
Original cosponsors (10)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA)
- Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO)
- Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- Madeleine Dean (D-PA)
- Mark Pocan (D-WI)
- Summer L. Lee (D-PA)
Added later (2)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI) · Feb 9, 2026
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) · Jun 15, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 4, 2026 · House
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. - Feb 4, 2026
Introduced in House