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SB1579

Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

Status:
Vetoed

Chief Patron:
Dave Suetterlein (R)

Session:
2019 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts.

Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn, including equal population, racial and ethnic fairness, respect for existing political boundaries, contiguity, compactness, and communities of interest. The criteria set out would apply to those districts drawn following the 2020 United States Census and thereafter.

  • Bill History

  • 01/09/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101768D
  • 01/09/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 01/22/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1579)
  • 01/22/2019 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N)
  • 01/24/2019 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 01/25/2019 - Senate: Read second time and engrossed
  • 01/28/2019 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/30/2019 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 01/30/2019 - House: Read first time
  • 01/30/2019 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/04/2019 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
  • 02/12/2019 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N)
  • 02/15/2019 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 10-N)
  • 02/18/2019 - House: Read second time
  • 02/19/2019 - House: Read third time
  • 02/19/2019 - House: Passed House (53-Y 46-N)
  • 02/19/2019 - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (53-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/22/2019 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 02/22/2019 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1579ER)
  • 02/22/2019 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB1579ER)
  • 02/22/2019 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 02/22/2019 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/04/2019 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
  • 03/04/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 03/25/2019 - Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  • 04/03/2019 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
  • 04/03/2019 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 04/03/2019 - Senate: Communicated to Governor
  • 04/03/2019 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 3, 2019
  • 04/29/2019 - Governor: Vetoed by Governor

Full text and vote history:

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