Bill > SB7004

This bill revises the boundaries of Tennessee's nine congressional districts, using data from the 2020 federal decennial census, including census descriptions, counties, voting districts (VTDs), tracts, blocks, and other geographic designations as recorded in the TIGER system. The bill specifies the exact counties and, in cases where counties are split, the specific voting districts or census blocks that comprise each of the nine congressional districts. It also states the legislative intent that all districts be contiguous, with contiguity by water being sufficient, and provides a mechanism for reassigning noncontiguous areas to the nearest contiguous district with the smallest population.