PA Senate State Govt Committee Passes Empty Bill

Yesterday I wrote on the Pennsylvania State and House State Government Committees meeting next week to discuss congressional redistricting but the new maps have not been released.

The PA State Senate State Government Committee went further than that.  Yesterday they voted to approve SB 1249, which describes the congressional districts in this way:

For the purpose of electing representatives of the people of Pennsylvania to serve in the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States, this Commonwealth shall be divided into 18 districts which shall have one Congressman each, as follows:
(1) The First District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(2) The Second District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(3) The Third District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(4) The Fourth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(5) The Fifth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(6) The Sixth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(7) The Seventh District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(8) The Eighth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(9) The Ninth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(10) The Tenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(11) The Eleventh District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(12) The Twelfth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(13) The Thirteenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(14) The Fourteenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(15) The Fifteenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(16) The Sixteenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(17) The Seventeenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.
(18) The Eighteenth District is composed of a portion of this Commonwealth.

According to the State Senate website, all of the senators on the State Government committee voted in favor of the bill.  If you senator is on this list, you might want to ask them about it:

BRUBAKER
CORMAN
DINNIMAN
FOLMER
PIPPY
TARTAGLIONE
WASHINGTON
D. WHITE
WILLIAMS
MCILHINNEY, Chair
SCARNATI , ex-officio