Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Elena Parent, D-Decatur, introduced Senate Resolution 558, proposes an amendment to the Georgia Constitution that bars changes to the apportionment and districts of the General Assembly and Congress that don’t occur during the first odd-numbered year after each United States decennial census, whilc alowing for additional changes outside of this period but only when necessary to comply with a court order. The resolution was cosponsored by Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II, D-Atlanta, Senate Minority Whip Kim Jackson, D-Atlanta, Caucus Vice Chair Sonya Halpern, D-Atlanta, and Senator Nikki Merritt, D-Grayson.
