Missouri House passes bill to undo "Clean Missouri" amendment vote

The Missouri House has passed a proposal to undo and replace the redistricting process enacted by voters in November.

House members voted 108-46 Monday to send a new plan to redraw legislative districts to the Senate for consideration.

If passed by the Legislature, the measure would be subject to voter approval.

Voters last year passed the ``Clean Missouri'' constitutional amendment . That measure created a new position of nonpartisan demographer to draft state House and Senate maps after the 2020 Census with a goal of achieving ``partisan fairness'' and ``competitiveness.''

The House proposal would instead have bipartisan panels redraw districts, as was done previously. It would make ``partisan fairness'' and ``competitiveness'' secondary to other factors, such as districts being compact and not disenfranchising minority voters.