Reapportionment Act of 2021

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Reapportionment Act of 2021
Coat of arms of Sierra
Other short titles Reapportionment Act
Long title An act to provide for reapportionment in Parliament to account for the admission of new PSAs
Nicknames 2021 Reapportionment Act
Enacted by the 66th Parliament of Sierra
Effective March 6, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-06)
Citations
Public law Pub.L. 66–45
Legislative history
  • Introduced in the House on February 11, 2021
  • Passed the House on February 22, 2021 (194–82)
  • Passed the Senate on February 26, 2021 (95–30)
  • Received royal assent from Queen Elizabeth II on March 2, 2021

The Reapportionment Act of 2021 (Pub.L 66–45) was an apportionment bill passed by the Parliament of Sierra on March 2, 2021. The law raised the number of members of the House of Commons from 276 to 326 (an increase of 50 seats), to be effective on March 6, 2021 with the admission of 8 new PSAs (Cancún, the Channel Islands, Mérida, New Oneida, Pacífico Norte, Pacífico Sur, South Sonora, and Sweetwater). It also raised the number of members in the Senate from 125 to 155 (an increase of 30 total seats, with 16 new regular seats, 8 new commissioned seats, and 6 new leveraged seats). It also included a provision to preserve the redistricted geography used during the 2020 election that was based on the 2020 Sierran census until the next census in 2030 for the veteran PSAs.

Background

Legislative history

Map of the 2021 reapportionment

See also