Districting - Single-Member Districts and Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention

HB 2102 proposes a constitutional amendment to replace the current legislative redistricting process with a citizen-based Legislative and Congressional Redistricting and Apportionment Convention. This 188-member body would be elected by county voters every ten years to draw new state and federal district maps, subject to strict eligibility rules that bar current or aspiring elected officials, party staff, and lobbyists from serving. The General Assembly retains the power to challenge a certified map plan in court, but if no challenge is filed or the Supreme Court of Maryland upholds the plan, it automatically becomes law. Additionally, the bill mandates that every state legislative district for the House of Delegates must consist of exactly three single-member delegate districts.