House of Delegates and Senate districts; General Assembly authorized to make technical adjustments. (HB158)
Introduced By
Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg) with support from co-patron 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 district boundaries subsequent to the decennial redistricting solely for the purpose of causing legislative district boundaries to coincide with local voting precinct boundaries. 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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12/21/2017 | Committee |
12/21/2017 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101899D |
12/21/2017 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
01/22/2018 | Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 |
01/25/2018 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 2-N) |
01/25/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB158) |
01/26/2018 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (11-Y 10-N) (see vote tally) |
01/30/2018 | Read first time |
01/31/2018 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/01/2018 | Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N) |
02/01/2018 | VOTE: PASSAGE (50-Y 48-N) (see vote tally) |
02/02/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/02/2018 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
02/20/2018 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/22/2018 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/23/2018 | Passed by for the day |
02/26/2018 | Read third time |
02/26/2018 | Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) (see vote tally) |
02/28/2018 | Enrolled |
02/28/2018 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB158ER) |
02/28/2018 | Impact statement from DPB (HB158ER) |
02/28/2018 | Signed by Speaker |
03/03/2018 | Signed by President |
03/06/2018 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 6, 2018 |
03/06/2018 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018 |
04/09/2018 | G Vetoed by Governor |
04/18/2018 | House sustained Governor's veto |
Comments
I don’t trust Repupublicans to “adjust” districts between census takings. This sort of law in other states has been used to actually protect gerrymandered district advantages, NOT rectify errors.