Bill H.763, introduced by Representative Greer of Bennington, aims to modify the counting of certain offenders for the purpose of periodic reapportionment of districts for the General Assembly. The bill mandates the Department of Corrections to determine and maintain an electronic record of each offender's residential address prior to incarceration. This information will be used to adjust population counts reported in the decennial census, ensuring that offenders are counted based on their residential address rather than the correctional facility where they are incarcerated. The Department is required to provide this information to the Legislative Apportionment Board by May 1 of the year following each decennial census.

Additionally, the bill outlines how the Legislative Apportionment Board will utilize the offender address information to create initial districts for the election of the House of Representatives and the Senate. It specifies that if an offender's residential address is known and located within the state, they will be counted at that address for districting purposes. Conversely, if the address is unknown or outside the state, the offender will not be included in the population count for the geographic units that include the correctional facility. The bill also emphasizes the confidentiality of offender information, ensuring that individual identities remain protected and that the data is exempt from public inspection under the Public Records Act. The act is set to take effect upon passage.