Judiciary Committee, Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This legislation revises how incarcerated individuals are counted in the decennial census, aiming to address the practice of counting prisoners at facility locations. Beginning with the 2030 census, it requires the Secretary to attribute individuals in State, Federal, county, or municipal correctional facilities, or youth detention centers, to their last usual place of residence before incarceration . The bill further mandates that if an incarcerated individual is counted in a state based on this new methodology, their last usual place of residence before incarceration must be used for the purposes of congressional redistricting . This ensures that population counts for political representation accurately reflect communities rather than the geographical locations of correctional facilities.
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.
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.
Government Operations and Politics
End Prison Gerrymandering Act
USA119th CongressHR-7375| House
| Updated: 2/4/2026
This legislation revises how incarcerated individuals are counted in the decennial census, aiming to address the practice of counting prisoners at facility locations. Beginning with the 2030 census, it requires the Secretary to attribute individuals in State, Federal, county, or municipal correctional facilities, or youth detention centers, to their last usual place of residence before incarceration . The bill further mandates that if an incarcerated individual is counted in a state based on this new methodology, their last usual place of residence before incarceration must be used for the purposes of congressional redistricting . This ensures that population counts for political representation accurately reflect communities rather than the geographical locations of correctional facilities.
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.
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.