Metrowest Daily News 11/2/11: House passes state redistricting bill. The House took less than 90 minutes to pass the state's complex redistricting bill yesterday after quickly rejecting amendments submitted by four local legislators to tweak the map. The 150-3 vote ended a process that began this fall when the Special Joint Committee on Redistricting traveled across the state to explain the redistricting process and to gather public comment. The Senate yesterday approved its redistricting map, 36-0. In the House, Rep. Brad Hill, R-Ipswich, a member of the redistricting committee, was one of the dissenters along with reps. Steven Levy, R-Marlborough, and Thomas Conroy, D-Wayland.