n The Census Bureau collected state legislative district boundaries.

n The Census Bureau collected ongoing changes to Congressional boundaries and developed new tabulations as needed.

n The Census Bureau collects updates to legislative and congressional districts, if any.

n The Census Bureau collects VTD boundaries.

n The Census Bureau tabulates data for legislative districts using the American Community Survey data and Census 2000.

n States submit block boundary suggestions for inclusion in the 2010 Census block tabulations.

n The Census Bureau collects state legislative district and Congressional plans (drawn using Phase 3 materials).

n The Census Bureau produces geographic and data products and materials for Congress and Congressional District data summaries and maps.

n States review the successes and failures of the Census Bureau to meet the requirements under P.L. 94-171.

n The Census Bureau produces final report incorporating states' views for the Census 2020 program.

n The Office of Legislative Research (OLR) and the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS) initiated a project to enter election returns at the voting district level.

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices entered 2002 election results.

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices entered 2004 election results.

n Phase 1 mapping completed.

n Connecticut provided to the Census Bureau a census block equivalency file and Arcview shapefiles describing state legislative districts.

n OLR began preparing for Phase 2 by mapping voting districts.

n VTD maps for 2002 and 2004 elections are complete.

n The Census Bureau invited states to join Phase 2 of the program. Acceptance means that the state will receive population counts for VTDs. Connecticut accepted.

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices entered 2006 election results.

n Staff redistricting working group formed consisting of representatives from all four caucuses and nonpartisan staff to plan the redistricting project.

n Group authorizes nonpartisan staff to work with the Secretary of the State's office to determine a means to acquire voting district-level election results more quickly following an election.

n The Census Bureau provided software and one county's TIGER map (New Haven) to test entry of VTD boundaries in summer 2008. States were scheduled to receive the balance of the state's counties for VTD entry in October 2008.

n Connecticut, like many other states, found the software time-consuming to use and the map files flawed.

n The Census Bureau reviewed state reactions to its software and map files, examined the map files, and announced in September that it would release improved software in November 2008 and that the balance of the maps for the state will also be released in November.

n The Census Bureau also announced that if it finds errors in the map files for certain counties, it will release improved map files in February 2009 for states to enter VTD boundaries.

n All of Connecticut's counties have errors and will be released some time in February. VTD boundaries must be entered and returned to the bureau by May 1, 2009.

n In September, Connecticut asked for an extension until July 15, 2009. The bureau denied the request but offered additional staff support.

n Legislative leadership determines organizational structure for redistricting.

n Issues include: common purchase of computer equipment and software, support role of nonpartisan staff, assigning caucus staff, and whether to hire one or more consultants to assist in preparing for and conducting redistricting.

n The Secretary of the State's office asks towns to submit voting district-level returns immediately after the election (two months before their statutory deadline).

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices enter voluntarily-submitted 2008 election results in December 2008 prior to the start of the legislative session.

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices enter the remainder of the 2008 election results.

n The Office of Legislative Management (OLM) issues a request for proposals (RFP) for redistricting software.

n Possible demonstration by software vendors who respond to the redistricting software RFP.

n Census count taken.

n Caucuses choose a software vendor or vendors.

n OLM requests legislative leadership approval to award software vendor contract or contracts.

n Redistricting offices are created for the four caucuses and nonpartisan support staff.

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices enter 2010 election results if (1) the statutory deadline for towns to submit voting district-level election returns is made earlier or (2) towns agree to voluntarily submit them earlier.

n Caucus staff receive redistricting software training from vendor.

n By February 15, the top four legislative leaders appoint members to the Reapportionment Committee to advise “on matters of apportionment” in accordance with Article Two, § 6 of the Connecticut Codified Constitution.

n Reapportionment Committee organizational meeting. (Establish public hearing schedule, among other things.)

n Mail notices to legislators and other interested parties informing them of public hearings.

n The Census Bureau's deadline for reporting Census 2010 redistricting data per P.L .94-171 for, among other places, counties, towns, Congressional and legislative districts, voting districts, census tracts, block groups, and blocks.

n ITS and OLR construct Reapportionment Committee Website and make it public after obtaining approval from the caucuses.

n Reapportionment Committee conducts public hearings in each Congressional district.

n Clerical staff from the nonpartisan offices complete entering 2010 election results if the statutory deadline is not pushed forward or towns do not voluntarily submit them earlier.

n If the General Assembly fails to adopt a redistricting plan by two-thirds vote of the membership of each house by September 15, 2011, the governor must appoint eight members designated by the four top legislative leaders to a commission that then chooses a ninth member.

n The commission must prepare a plan by November 30, 2011. Once complete, it submits its plan to the secretary of the state. The secretary must publish it “forthwith,” and once published, it has the full force of law.