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SB203

Redistricting; Virginia Redistricting Commission established.

Status:
Killed

Chief Patron:
Louise Lucas (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed House of Origin. Redistricting; Virginia Redistricting Commission; standards and criteria.

Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission (the Commission) pursuant to Article II, Sections 6 and 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia. The 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, will consist of eight legislative commissioners and eight citizen commissioners. The legislative commissioners 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 commissioners are chosen 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 bill contains eligibility requirements for the citizen commissioners, including restrictions on holding or having held partisan national or state public office. As part of the application process for service on the Commission, the Division of Legislative Services acts as a repository for applications submitted by interested persons and is tasked with screening out applicants who are ineligible or submit incomplete applications. The applications of the citizen candidates selected by political leadership and submitted for consideration to the selection committee are public records. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 12/30/2019 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102515D
  • 12/30/2019 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107237D-S1
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
  • 02/06/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N)
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB203)
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB203S1)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107237D-S1
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB203S1
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute reconsidered (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108171D-S2 ( Vogel and Hanger)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107237D-S1 (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB203S1
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Chair votes Yes
  • 02/18/2020 - House: Placed on Calendar
  • 02/18/2020 - House: Read first time
  • 02/18/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/21/2020 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 02/21/2020 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (16-Y 3-N)
  • 02/25/2020 - House: Read second time
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Read third time
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Committee amendment agreed to
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Passed House with amendment (86-Y 13-N)
  • 02/26/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (86-Y 13-N)
  • 02/28/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 03/02/2020 - Senate: House amendment rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
  • 03/03/2020 - House: House insisted on amendment
  • 03/03/2020 - House: House requested conference committee
  • 03/04/2020 - Senate: Senate acceded to request (25-Y 15-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 03/04/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 03/04/2020 - Senate: Senators: Lucas, Barker, Ruff
  • 03/05/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 03/05/2020 - House: Delegates: Simon, VanValkenburg, Price
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Senate requested second conference committee (33-Y 5-N)
  • 03/08/2020 - House: House acceded to request for second conference committee
  • 03/12/2020 - Senate: No further action taken
  • 03/12/2020 - Senate: Failed to pass in Senate

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