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SB717

Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

Status:
Enacted

Chief Patron:
Jennifer McClellan (D)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts.

Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn. Such criteria include equal population requirements, with a deviation of no more than five percent permitted for state legislative districts; compliance with laws and judicial decisions relating to racial and ethnic fairness; preservation of communities of interest, which are defined to mean a neighborhood or any geographically defined group of people living in an area who share similar social, cultural, and economic interests; and compactness and contiguity. The bill also includes provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, related to redistricting, prohibiting the drawing of districts in ways that improperly dilute minority populations' voting power. Maps of districts, when considered on a statewide basis, are prohibited from unduly favoring or disfavoring any political party. The bill further provides for the preparation and use of adjusted population data for redistricting and reapportionment purposes to reflect the reallocation of persons incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was in the Commonwealth are to be counted at that address and persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was outside of the Commonwealth or cannot be determined are to be counted at the facility. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/07/2020 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103882D
  • 01/07/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB717)
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
  • 02/04/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107234D-S1
  • 02/06/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Read second time
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107234D-S1
  • 02/07/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB717S1
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108082D-S2 (Suetterlein)
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Substitute by Senator Suetterlein withdrawn 20108082D-S2
  • 02/10/2020 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/11/2020 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/12/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB717S2)
  • 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 substitute (12-Y 8-N)
  • 02/21/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20108187D-H1
  • 02/24/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB717H1)
  • 02/25/2020 - House: Read second time
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Read third time
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108187D-H1
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB717H1
  • 02/26/2020 - House: Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N)
  • 02/26/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/28/2020 - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/28/2020 - Senate: Title replaced 20108187D-H1
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Enrolled
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB717ER)
  • 03/05/2020 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB717ER)
  • 03/06/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 03/07/2020 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/12/2020 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 03/12/2020 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 04/08/2020 - Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/22/2020 - House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
  • 04/22/2020 - House: VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 04/22/2020 - Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Reenrolled
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB717ER2)
  • 04/22/2020 - Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
  • 04/22/2020 - House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
  • 04/22/2020 - House: Enacted, Chapter 1265 (effective 7/1/20)
  • 04/22/2020 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265)

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