Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. (SJ284)

Introduced By

Sen. Jill Holtzman Vogel (R-Winchester) with support from co-patron Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate

Description

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 13-member Commission are to be made in the census year as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election. The 12 partisan members then select the thirteenth member by a majority vote or, if they cannot agree on a selection, certify the two names receiving the most votes to the Supreme Court of Virginia, which names the thirteenth member. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within one month of receipt of the new census data or by April 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within three months of receipt of the census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later. The standards to govern redistricting plans include the current constitutional standards on population equality, compactness, and contiguity and additional standards to minimize splits of localities and to prohibit consideration of incumbency and political data. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/14/2015Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100750D
01/14/2015Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/20/2015Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) (see vote tally)
01/20/2015Committee substitute printed 15104051D-S1
01/21/2015Incorporates SJ224
01/22/2015Reading waived (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/23/2015Read second time
01/23/2015Reading of substitute waived
01/23/2015Committee substitute agreed to 15104051D-S1
01/23/2015Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ284S1
01/26/2015Read third time and agreed to by Senate (27-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)
01/30/2015Placed on Calendar
01/30/2015Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
02/16/2015Assigned P & E sub: Elections
02/24/2015Left in Privileges and Elections

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 12 minutes.