“To prohibit States from carrying out Congressional redistricting after a decennial census and apportionment.”
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This section designates the Act as the Restoring Electoral Stability to Enhance Trust (RESET) Act of 2025 and states Congress's finding that it has constitutional authority under Article I, Section 4, and Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to establish terms and conditions for states conducting congressional redistricting after House apportionment.
This section prohibits a state from conducting congressional redistricting more than once after each decennial apportionment of House seats under 2 U.S.C. 2a until the next apportionment, unless (1) a court requires the state to redistrict to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act of 1965; (2) a court conducts redistricting to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act, in which case the state legislature or a state-mandated redistricting commission may propose an alternative plan; or (3) a statewide referendum orders redistricting to comply with the Constitution or enforce the Voting Rights Act. (Thus, the provision generally restricts states to one redistricting cycle per census.)
This section provides that nothing in this Act affects the manner in which a state carries out elections for state or local office, including the process by which the state establishes districts used in such elections.
This section specifies the effective dates for provisions of the Act as follows: (1) sections 2(a) and 2(b), and the amendment made by this Act, apply to congressional redistricting occurring after the 2020 decennial census; and (2) section 2(c) applies only to statewide referenda ordered after November 3, 2026.