Amend SB 6 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES and cross-references to those ARTICLES accordingly:

ARTICLE ____.

SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that the following districts are protected by the provisions of the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. Section 10101 et seq.) and may not be retrogressed under the standards developed by the federal courts and the United States Department of Justice:

(1)  District 7;

(2)  District 9;

(3)  District 15;

(4)  District 16;

(5)  District 18;

(6)  District 20;

(7)  District 23;

(8)  District 27;

(9)  District 28;

(10)  District 29;

(11)  District 30;

(12)  District 32;

(13)  District 33;

(14)  District 34; and

(15)  District 35.