Timeline
       
  Year 2000    
  Apr 1
  Census Day
  Dec 31
  State population totals reported to the President
  Year 2001    
  Jan 15   Deadline for legislative leaders to appoint voting members to Redistricting Commission
  Jan. 31   Deadline for four voting members to select a non-voting commission chairperson
  Apr 1   Deadline for delivery of census data to states for redistricting purposes
  May 16   First round of statewide public hearings begins
  Aug 2   First round of statewide public hearings concludes
  Aug 31   Commission deadline for receiving third party plans for consideration at Sept. 6 meeting
  Sep 6   Review of third-party plan submissions at regular Commission meeting (Olympia)
  Sep 24   Special Commission meeting/media availability to unveil four draft plans
  Oct 1   Draft plans Public Hearing I (Centralia)
  Oct 4   Regular Commission Meeting; review of third-party plan submissions (Olympia)
  Oct 5   Draft plans Public Hearing II (N. Seattle)
  Oct 9   Draft plans Public Hearing III (Spokane)
  Oct 30   Deadline for public comment on all draft plans
  Nov 1   Regular commission meeting; review of third-party plan submissions (Olympia)
  Dec 10   Deadline for written public comments on proposed final plan
  Dec 15   Statutory deadline for submitting a final legislative and congressional plan to Legislature as provided in RCW 44.05.100 – (effective December 2001)
  Dec 16   Legislative plan approved by commission
  Year 2002    
  Jan 1   Congressional portion of plan approved by commission
  Jan 1   Constitutional deadline for approving legislative and congressional plan
  Jan 10   Commission and Attorney General agreement to request legislation revising redistricting timeline
  Jan 14   Session begins – delivery of commission report to Legislature
  Jan 14   SB 6296 (revising redistricting timeline) passed by Senate
  Jan 16   SB 6296 passed by House
  Jan 22   SB 6296 signed by Gov. Locke – first bill of session (57th Legislature)
  Feb 6   Introduction and Senate passage of SCR 8429 modifying 27th, 28th, 18th and 49th districts, and SCR 8430 modifying 7th and 12th legislative districts.
  Feb 8   House passage of SCR 8429 and SCR 8430
  Feb 12   Deadline for the Legislature to amend the commission’s redistricting plan
  Jun 30   Redistricting Commission closes its doors until 2011