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Monday, October 25, 2021 | Room 8E-B East Wing, Harrisburg, PA

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a public meeting on Monday, October 25, 2021, to consider matters relating to legislative reapportionment. The meeting will be held in Room 8E-B East Wing, from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., and will be livestreamed.

Wednesday, October 13, 2021 | Hearing Room #1, North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a seventh public hearing to explore legislative redistricting issues affecting racial and other minority populations, including concerns under the Federal Voting Rights Act, with testimony from invited experts (Agenda). Watch the meeting.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. The purpose of the hearing is to explore legislative redistricting issues affecting racial and other minority populations, including concerns under the Federal Voting Rights Act, with testimony from invited experts. The hearing will be held in Hearing Room #1, North Office Building, from 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., and will be livestreamed.

Tuesday, September 21, 2021 | Hearing Room #1, North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a third public hearing to gather feedback from Pennsylvania citizens regarding legislative reapportionment (Agenda). Watch the meeting.

At its September 21 meeting, the Legislative Reapportionment Commission approved Resolution 5A, which would exempt prisoners in state correctional institutions who are serving minimum sentences that will expire after April 1, 2030 from data reallocation under the provisions of Resolution 4A, which was adopted by the Commission at its August 24 meeting. A resolution similar to Resolution 5A had been proposed by Senate Majority Leader Kim Ward at that earlier meeting but had been tabled so that Commissioners would have more time to consider its implications.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a meeting (Agenda, Resolution) on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, to consider matters relating to legislative reapportionment. The meeting will be held in Room 515 Irvis Office Building, from 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., and will be livestreamed.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 from 5:00pm - 6:30pm in Hearing Room 1, North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA. The Commission has a special interest in learning more about issues requiring attention because of their impact on particular regions or communities of the Commonwealth.

At its August 24 meeting, the Legislative Reapportionment Commission approved a resolution that would reallocate the census data for most prisoners held in state correctional institutions from the district in which the institution is located to the district that was their last known home address prior to incarceration.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a meeting on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 from 10:30am - 12:30pm, to receive a report on the processing of census data and consider other matters relating to legislative reapportionment (Agenda, Resolution). The meeting will be held in Room 8E-B, State Capitol Building, Harrisburg, PA. The meeting will also be livestreamed at https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/commission/livestream.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a second public hearing to gather feedback from Pennsylvania citizens regarding legislative reapportionment.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission held two public hearings on Tuesday, August 3, 2021.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled three public hearings for this week, occurring on Tuesday, August 3rd and Wednesday, August 4th.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled another public hearing on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 from 5:00pm - 7:00pm, to gather feedback from Pennsylvania citizens regarding legislative reapportionment. The hearing will be held in the North Office Building, Hearing Room 1 in Harrisburg, PA, and will use Zoom to allow virtual participation. The hearing will also be livestreamed at https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/commission/livestream.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a public hearing featuring presentations from representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Center for Rural Pennsylvania, and the Legislative Data Processing Center (Agenda). Watch the meeting.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a public hearing on Tuesday, August 3, 2021 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm, to gather feedback from Pennsylvania citizens regarding legislative reapportionment. The hearing will be held in the North Office Building, Hearing Room 1 in Harrisburg, PA, and will use Zoom to allow virtual participation. The hearing will also be livestreamed at https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/commission/livestream.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission has scheduled a Public hearing (Agenda) featuring presentations from representatives of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Center for Rural Pennsylvania, and the Legislative Data Processing Center for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2021, in North Office Building Hearing Room 1, which will be livestreamed at https://www.redistricting.state.pa.us/commission/livestream.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a public hearing to focus on census data, primary election deadlines, and reapportionment criteria.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds an administrative meeting (Agenda, Resolutions, and Minutes). Watch the meeting.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will hold a very brief administrative meeting on Friday, June 25, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds an organizational meeting (Agenda, Resolutions, and Minutes). Watch the meeting.

At its May 26 organizational meeting, members of the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission approved the selection of three individuals who will occupy key positions with the Commission.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission will hold an organizational meeting on Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 4:00pm in Hearing Room #1 - North Office Building (Agenda).

Mark A. Nordenberg of Allegheny County, Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Pittsburgh, has been appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to chair the Legislative Reapportionment Commission. Read the announcement.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission was unable to reach agreement on the fifth member by the constitutional deadline. The decision is now in the hands of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, which has until May 30 to make a selection. View statement from Commission.

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a second public meeting. The LRC hears testimony from twelve additional candidates interested in the position of Chair. Watch the meeting here [Part 1] [Part 2]

The Legislative Reapportionment Commission holds a public meeting to consider 24 candidates interested in the position of Chair. Watch the meeting.

Apportionment counts (total population by state plus those individuals living abroad) released by U.S. Census Bureau. For more information visit the U.S. Census Bureau website.

The four legislative members of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission announced today that the Commission's first public meetings will be held on April 26 and 27, 2021.

The four caucus floor leaders today announced that they are seeking applications from individuals interested in serving as the chair of the 2021 Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC).

Pennsylvania's process of adjusting state legislative districts is officially underway after Republican leaders in the legislature formally announced their appointments to the Legislative Reapportionment Commission.

2020 TIGER/line Shapefiles for Pennsylvania released by U.S. Census Bureau.

The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that it will deliver the Public Law 94-171 redistricting data to all states by Sept. 30, 2021.

The United States Census Bureau announced that due to delays caused by COVID-19, the 2020 Census data collection program would be delayed by 20 calendar days, and the P.L. 94-171 data set would be delivered no later than July 31, 2021.