BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A proposal to add two new seats to the Louisiana Supreme Court is nearing final legislative passage.
The expansion is expected to create at least one new majority-minority district on the high court and require districts that haven't been redrawn for decades to get reshaped.
The legislation received the backing of the House civil law committee in a 10-5 vote Monday and heads next to the full House for debate. It's already won support from the Senate.
If approved by the Legislature and voters in a statewide election, the measure would boost the state Supreme Court to nine justices, up from seven.
The new terms would start in 2025.
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