Safe and Fair Elections Act of 2026

(a) In General. A State that has been redistricted may not be redistricted again until after the next apportionment of Representatives under section 22(a) of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Representatives in Congress, approved June 18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a), unless a court requires the State to conduct such subsequent redistricting to comply with the Constitution of the United States, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), applicable State law, or the terms or conditions of this Act.

(b) No effect on elections for State and local office. Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the manner in which a State carries out elections for State or local office, including the process by which a State establishes the districts used in such elections.

(c) Effective date. This section shall apply with respect to any congressional redistricting that occurs after the date of enactment of this Act.