Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria. (HB1255)

Introduced By

Del. Cia Price (D-Newport News) with support from co-patron Del. Joe Lindsey (D-Norfolk)

Progress

✓	Introduced
✓	Passed Committee
✓	Passed House
☐	Passed Senate
☐	Signed by Governor
☐	Became Law

Description

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. Read the Bill »

Status

02/12/2020: In Committee

History

Date	Action
01/08/2020	Committee
01/08/2020	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100641D
01/08/2020	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/21/2020	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
02/04/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB1255)
02/05/2020	Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting
02/06/2020	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/06/2020	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
02/07/2020	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2020	Committee substitute printed 20107097D-H1
02/07/2020	Incorporates H1054 (Levine)
02/09/2020	Read first time
02/10/2020	Read second time
02/10/2020	Committee substitute agreed to 20107097D-H1
02/10/2020	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1255H1
02/11/2020	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
02/11/2020	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2020	Impact statement from DPB (HB1255H1)
02/12/2020	Constitutional reading dispensed
02/12/2020	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections