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SJR87,8,93 2. To the extent consistent with pars. (a) to (c), districts shall be compact in
4form. Compact districts are those which are square, rectangular, or hexagonal in
5shape to the extent permitted by natural or political boundaries. When it is
6necessary to compare the relative compactness of 2 or more districts, or of 2 or more
7alternative redistricting plans, the tests prescribed by subds. 3. and 4. shall be used.
8Should the results of these 2 tests be contradictory, the standard under subd. 3. shall
9be given greater weight than the standard under subd. 4.
SJR87,8,1210 3. a. The compactness of a district is greatest when the length of the district and
11the width of the district are equal. The measure of a district's compactness is the
12absolute value of the difference between the length and the width of the district.
SJR87,8,1713 b. In measuring the compactness of a district by means of electronic data
14processing, the difference between the x-coordinates of the easternmost and the
15westernmost geographic unit centers included in the district shall be compared to the
16difference between the y-coordinates of the northernmost and southernmost
17geographic unit centers included in the district.
SJR87,9,618 c. To determine the length and width of a district by manual measurement, the
19distance from the northernmost point or portion of the boundary of a district to the
20southernmost point or portion of the boundary of the same district and the distance
21from the westernmost point or portion of the boundary of the district to the
22easternmost point or portion of the boundary of the same district shall each be
23measured. If the northernmost or southernmost portion of the boundary, or each of
24these points, is a part of the boundary running due east and west, the line used to
25make the measurement required by this subd. 3. c. shall be drawn either due north

1and south or as nearly so as the configuration of the district permits. If the
2easternmost or westernmost portion of the boundary, or each of these points, is a part
3of the boundary running due north and south, a similar procedure shall be followed.
4The lines to be measured for the purpose of this subd. 3. c. shall each be drawn as
5required by this subd. 3. c., even if some part of either or both lines lies outside the
6boundaries of the district which is being tested for compactness.
SJR87,9,127 d. The absolute values computed for individual districts under this subdivision
8may be cumulated for all districts in a plan in order to compare the overall
9compactness of 2 or more alternative redistricting plans for the state or for a portion
10of the state. However, it is not valid to cumulate or compare absolute values
11computed using the measurements under subd. 3. b. with those computed using the
12measurements under subd. 3. c.
SJR87,9,1513 4. a. The compactness of a district is greatest when the ratio of the dispersion
14of population about the population center of the district to the dispersion of
15population about the geographic center of the district is one to one.
SJR87,9,2416 b. The population dispersion about the population center of a district or about
17the geographic center of a district is computed as the sum of the products of the
18population of each population data unit included in the district multiplied by the
19square of the distance from the geographic unit center of that population data unit
20to the population center or the geographic center of the district, as the case may be.
21The geographic center of the district is defined by averaging the locations of all
22geographic unit centers which are included in the district. The population center of
23the district is defined by computing the population–weighted average of the
24x-coordinates and y-coordinates of each geographic unit center assigned to the

1district, it being assumed for the purpose of this calculation that each population
2data unit possesses uniform density of population.
SJR87,10,53 c. The ratios computed for individual districts under this subdivision may be
4averaged for all districts in a plan in order to compare the overall compactness of 2
5or more alternative redistricting plans for the state or for a portion of the state.
SJR87,10,126 (h) In preparing any redistricting plan, the legislative reference bureau shall
7be strictly nonpartisan. No district may be drawn for the purpose of favoring a
8political party, incumbent legislator or member of Congress, or other person or group
9or, except to the extent required under par. (a), for the purpose of augmenting or
10diluting the voting strength of a language or racial minority group. Except as
11provided in par. (j), in establishing districts, no use shall be made of any of the
12following data:
SJR87,10,1313 1. The residence addresses of incumbent legislators or members of Congress.
SJR87,10,1414 2. Political affiliations of registered voters.
SJR87,10,1515 3. Previous election results.
SJR87,10,1716 4. Demographic information except as necessary to meet the requirements of
17pars. (a) and (j).
SJR87,10,2218 (i) Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, to the extent possible, each
19congressional district shall contain only whole senate districts. The other standards
20specified in this subsection shall take precedence where a conflict arises between
21those standards and the requirement of including only whole senate districts within
22a congressional district.
SJR87,11,323 (j) In preparing any redistricting plan, the legislative reference bureau shall
24test the efficiency gap and competitiveness of each district and make the test results
25available to the public, including publishing the results on its Internet site, no later

1than 72 hours prior to the first public hearing on the proposed plan. The legislative
2reference bureau may use the data described under par. (h) 2. to 4. to perform the
3tests under this paragraph.
SJR87,11,44 (6) Each bill delivered under sub. (4) shall provide all of the following:
SJR87,11,65 (a) That, wherever territory is described in the bill by geographic boundaries,
6the following conventions are used:
SJR87,11,87 1. Each bound continues to the intersection with the bound next named, or to
8the intersection with a straight-line extension of such bound.
SJR87,11,109 2. If the bound is a street, it follows the center line of the street or the center
10line of the street extended.
SJR87,11,1211 3. If the bound is a railroad right-of-way, it follows the center line of the
12railroad right-of-way.
SJR87,11,1413 4. If the bound is a river or stream, it follows the center of the main channel of
14such river or stream.
SJR87,11,1515 5. If the bound follows a municipal boundary, it coincides with such boundary.
SJR87,11,1916 (b) That the bill first applies, with respect to regular elections, to offices filled
17at the next occurring general election after the bill takes effect and, with respect to
18special or recall elections, to offices filled or contested on or after the date of that
19general election.
SJR87,12,420 (7) If an action is brought challenging a legislative redistricting plan under this
21section on the basis of an excessive population variance among senate or assembly
22districts established in the plan, the legislature has the burden of justifying any
23variance in excess of 10 percent between the population of a senate or assembly
24district and the applicable ideal district population. If an action is brought
25challenging a congressional redistricting plan under this section on the basis of an

1excessive population variance among congressional districts established in the plan,
2the legislature has the burden of justifying any variance in excess of 1 percent
3between the population of a congressional district and the applicable ideal district
4population.
SJR87,12,55 (8) (a) In this subsection:
SJR87,12,66 1. “Chief election officer" means the elections commission administrator.
SJR87,12,77 2. “Four selecting authorities" means all of the following:
SJR87,12,88 a. The majority leader of the senate.
SJR87,12,99 b. The minority leader of the senate.
SJR87,12,1010 c. The speaker of the assembly.
SJR87,12,1111 d. The minority leader of the assembly.
SJR87,12,1212 3. “Partisan public office" means any of the following:
SJR87,12,1413 a. The office of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer,
14attorney general, state senator, or state representative to the assembly.
SJR87,12,1615 b. A county office that is filled by an election process involving nomination and
16election of candidates on a partisan basis.
SJR87,12,1817 4. “Political party office" means an elective office in a political party or in a
18national political party.
SJR87,12,2419 5. “Relative" means an individual who is related to the person in question as
20father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece,
21husband, wife, grandfather, grandmother, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
22son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather,
23stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, or half
24sister.
SJR87,13,9
1(b) 1. Not later than February 15 of the first year following the decennial federal
2census, a temporary redistricting advisory commission shall be created consisting of
35 members. Each of the 4 selecting authorities shall certify to the chief election
4officer the selecting authority's appointment of a person to serve on the commission.
5Within 30 days after the last selecting authority has certified his or her appointment,
6but not later than February 15 of the first year following the decennial federal
7census, the 4 commission members so appointed shall select, by a vote of at least 3
8members, and certify to the chief election officer the 5th commission member, who
9shall serve as chairperson.
SJR87,13,1110 2. No individual may be appointed to the redistricting advisory commission
11who satisfies any of the following:
SJR87,13,1312 a. The individual is not an eligible elector of this state at the time of the
13appointment.
SJR87,13,1414 b. The individual holds partisan public office or political party office.
SJR87,13,1615 c. The individual is a relative of or is employed by a member of the legislature
16or of Congress or is employed directly by the legislature or Congress.
SJR87,13,2117 3. Members of the redistricting advisory commission appointed by a selecting
18authority shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
19performance of duties as a commission member. The member who is not appointed
20by a selecting authority shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses
21incurred in performance of duties as a commission member.
SJR87,13,2322 4. A vacancy on the redistricting advisory commission shall be filled as
23provided by law within 15 days after the vacancy occurs.
SJR87,13,2524 5. Each redistricting advisory commission terminates upon complying with
25par. (c).
SJR87,14,1
1(c) The redistricting advisory commission shall do all of the following:
SJR87,14,52 1. If requested to do so by the legislative reference bureau, provide direction
3to the legislative reference bureau concerning any decision the legislative reference
4bureau must make in preparing a redistricting plan for which no clearly applicable
5guideline is provided under sub. (5).
SJR87,14,116 2. Oversee the work of legislative reference bureau employees engaged in
7preparing a redistricting plan and may enter into contracts for hiring experts to
8assist in the preparing of such plans. The commission may enter into a contract to
9retain experts for preparing a redistricting plan only with the approval of
10three-fourths of the members of the commission and may terminate a contract
11employee only with the approval of three-fourths of the members of the commission.
SJR87,14,1412 3. Upon delivery by the legislative reference bureau of a bill embodying a
13redistricting plan as required under sub. (4), make available to the public at the
14earliest feasible time all of the following information:
SJR87,14,1515 a. Copies of the bill.
SJR87,14,1616 b. Maps illustrating the plan.
SJR87,14,1817 c. A summary of the standards prescribed under sub. (5) for development of the
18plan.
SJR87,14,2019 d. A statement of the population of each district included in the plan and the
20relative deviation of each district population from the ideal district population.
SJR87,14,2221 4. Upon delivery by the legislative reference bureau of an initial bill embodying
22a redistricting plan as required under sub. (4) (a), do all of the following:
SJR87,15,223 a. As expeditiously as reasonably possible, schedule and conduct public
24hearings, in different geographic regions of the state, on the plan embodied in the
25bill. No more than one public hearing may be held in the city of Madison, and at least

1one public hearing shall be held in each congressional district of the state. The
2commission shall hold public hearings on weekends whenever it is practicable.
SJR87,15,83 b. Following the hearings held under subd. 4. a., promptly prepare and submit
4to the legislature in the manner provided by law a report summarizing information
5and testimony received by the commission in the course of the hearings. The report
6may include any comments and conclusions that the commission's members deem
7appropriate concerning the information and testimony received at the hearings or
8otherwise presented to the commission.
SJR87,15,129 (d) 1. Except as provided in subd. 2., the redistricting advisory commission may
10establish policies limiting the information that the legislative reference bureau may
11provide to persons outside of the bureau staff concerning any redistricting plan
12prepared under this section.
SJR87,15,2013 2. Any policy established under subd. 1. does not apply to a redistricting plan
14after a bill embodying that plan is delivered by the legislative reference bureau as
15required under sub. (4) or to population data furnished to the legislative reference
16bureau by the federal government. Any draft maps, along with the data sets used
17to create them, that are produced by the legislative reference bureau in the course
18of its work in preparing a bill under sub. (4) shall be open to public inspection and
19copying and made available on the Internet site of the legislative reference bureau
20as soon as they are produced.
SJR87,3 21Section 3 . Section 4 of article IV of the constitution is amended to read:
SJR87,16,222 [Article IV] Section 4. The members of the assembly shall be chosen biennially,
23by single districts, on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November in
24even-numbered years, by the qualified electors of the several districts , such districts

1to be bounded by county, precinct, town or ward lines, to consist of contiguous
2territory and be in as compact form as practicable
.
SJR87,4 3Section 4 . Section 5 of article IV of the constitution is amended to read:
SJR87,16,94 [Article IV] Section 5. The senators shall be elected by single districts of
5convenient contiguous territory
, at the same time and in the same manner as
6members of the assembly are required to be chosen; and no assembly district shall
7be divided in the formation of a senate district. The senate districts shall be
8numbered in the regular series, and the senators shall be chosen alternately from the
9odd and even-numbered districts for the term of 4 years.
SJR87,5 10Section 5 . Section 9 (3) of article IV of the constitution is created to read:
SJR87,16,1211 [Article IV] Section 9 (3) The legislature shall provide by law for the
12establishment of a legislative reference bureau.
SJR87,6 13Section 6 . Numbering of new provisions. If another constitutional
14amendment ratified by the people creates the number of any provision created in this
15joint resolution, the chief of the legislative reference bureau shall determine the
16sequencing and the numbering of the provisions whose numbers conflict.
SJR87,16,19 17Be it further resolved, That this proposed amendment be referred to the
18legislature to be chosen at the next general election and that it be published for 3
19months previous to the time of holding such election.
SJR87,16,2020 (End)
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