HJ142: Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).

Chief Patron

Del. William Barlow (D-64)

William Barlow (D-64)
Smithfield, VA
Served: 1992–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate

Status

01/11/2006: In Privileges and Elections Committee

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Summary

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission.  Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 11-member Commission are to be made in the census year by the most recently retired living Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. Appointments are to be made to represent each congressional district. Persons to be appointed to the Commission shall be retired justices or judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, or circuit courts. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within one month of receipt of the new census data or by March 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within three months of receipt or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later.   View Full Text »