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HJ615

Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission (first reference).

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Mark Cole (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Constitutional amendment (first resolution); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission.

Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, a 16-member Commission tasked with establishing districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly. The Commission consists of eight legislative members and eight citizen members. The legislative members consist of four members of the Senate of Virginia and four members of the House of Delegates, with equal representation given to the political parties having the highest and next highest number of members in their respective houses. The citizen members are selected by a selection committee consisting of five retired judges of the circuit courts of Virginia, from lists submitted to the selection committee by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the leader in the House of Delegates of the political party having the next highest number of members in the House of Delegates, the President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia, and the leader in the Senate of the political party having the next highest number of members in the Senate. The Commission is required to submit to the General Assembly plans of districts for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly no later than 45 days following the receipt of census data and plans of districts for the United States House of Representatives no later than 60 days following the receipt of census data, or July 1 of that year, whichever occurs later. The measure requires certain vote thresholds for plans, depending on the type of district, in order to be submitted to the General Assembly. No amendments may be made to a plan by the General Assembly or the Governor. The measure requires additional plans to be submitted, or additional time to be given to submit a plan, in certain circumstances, and further provides that districts will be drawn by the Supreme Court of Virginia if such efforts fail. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/01/2019 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101058D
  • 01/01/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/12/2019 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #4
  • 01/28/2019 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 01/28/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 02/01/2019 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
  • 02/01/2019 - House: Committee substitute printed 19105844D-H1
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Floor substitute printed 19106417D-H2 (Sickles)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Taken up
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Substitute by Delegate Sickles ruled out of order 19106417D-H2
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 19105844D-H1
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ615H1
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
  • 02/04/2019 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (51-Y 48-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/05/2019 - Senate: Reading waived
  • 02/05/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/12/2019 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (11-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 02/12/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 19106768D-S1
  • 02/14/2019 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/15/2019 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 19106768D-S1
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HJ615S1
  • 02/18/2019 - Senate: Agreed to by Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/19/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/19/2019 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House 19106768D-S1 (47-Y 52-N)
  • 02/19/2019 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 52-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/20/2019 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 02/21/2019 - House: House acceded to request
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 02/21/2019 - House: Delegates: Cole, Rush, Leftwich, Krizek
  • 02/21/2019 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 02/21/2019 - Senate: Senators: Barker, Vogel, Cosgrove
  • 02/23/2019 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 02/23/2019 - House: Conference substitute printed 19107738D-H3
  • 02/23/2019 - House: Pending question ordered
  • 02/23/2019 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (83-Y 15-N)
  • 02/23/2019 - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (83-Y 15-N)
  • 02/23/2019 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 03/07/2019 - House: Enrolled
  • 03/07/2019 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ615ER)
  • 03/07/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/09/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/26/2019 - House: Assigned Chapter 821 (effective 7/1/19)
  • 03/26/2019 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0821)

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