House of Delegates and Senate districts; General Assembly authorized to make technical adjustments. (HB1409)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg) with support from co-patrons Del. Jeff Campbell (R-Marion), and Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
House of Delegates and Senate district boundaries. Authorizes the General Assembly to make technical adjustments to legislative districts subsequent to the decennial redistricting solely for the purpose of causing legislative district boundaries to coincide with local voting precincts. Any adjustment shall change districts only to the extent necessary to accomplish this purpose and shall be consistent with the criteria for districts established for the preceding decennial redistricting. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
Date | Action |
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09/30/2016 | Committee |
09/30/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100433D |
09/30/2016 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/10/2017 | Assigned P & E sub: Elections |
01/26/2017 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1409) |
01/31/2017 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) |
02/03/2017 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2017 | Read first time |
02/06/2017 | Read second time |
02/06/2017 | Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Toscano agreed to (62-Y 33-N) |
02/06/2017 | VOTE: PASS BY (62-Y 33-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2017 | Engrossed by House |
02/07/2017 | Read third time and passed House (62-Y 33-N) |
02/07/2017 | VOTE: PASSAGE (62-Y 33-N) (see vote tally) |
02/08/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/08/2017 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/14/2017 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 5-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2017 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2017 | Read third time |
02/17/2017 | Passed by for the day |
02/20/2017 | Read third time |
02/20/2017 | Motion to recommit to committee agreed to |
02/20/2017 | Recommitted to Privileges and Elections |
02/21/2017 | Left in Privileges and Elections |
Comments
Can someone explain to me if this is a legit bill or an attempt to gerrymander districts to benefit republicans?
Thanks!