Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission (second reference). (SJ18)
Introduced By
Sen. George Barker (D-Alexandria) with support from co-patron Sen. Dick Saslaw (D-Springfield)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
Description
Constitutional amendment (second resolution); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, a 16-member Commission tasked with establishing districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly. The Commission consists of eight legislative members and eight citizen members. The legislative members consist of four members of the Senate of Virginia and four members of the House of Delegates, with equal representation given to the political parties having the highest and next highest number of members in their respective houses. The citizen members are selected by a selection committee consisting of five retired judges of the circuit courts of Virginia, from lists submitted to the selection committee by the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the leader in the House of Delegates of the political party having the next highest number of members in the House of Delegates, the President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia, and the leader in the Senate of the political party having the next highest number of members in the Senate. The Commission is required to submit to the General Assembly plans of districts for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly no later than 45 days following the receipt of census data and plans of districts for the United States House of Representatives no later than 60 days following the receipt of census data, or July 1 of that year, whichever occurs later. The measure requires certain vote thresholds for plans, depending on the type of district, in order to be submitted to the General Assembly. No amendments may be made to a plan by the General Assembly, and any plan approved by the General Assembly becomes law without the signature of the Governor. The measure requires additional plans to be submitted, or additional time to be given to submit a plan, in certain circumstances, and further provides that districts will be drawn by the Supreme Court of Virginia if such efforts fail. This resolution incorporates SJ 12 and SJ 70. Read the Bill »
Status
03/05/2020: Passed the House
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/02/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101031D |
| 01/02/2020 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 02/04/2020 | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/04/2020 | Incorporates SJ12 (Cosgrove) |
| 02/04/2020 | Incorporates SJ70 (Hanger) |
| 02/04/2020 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/04/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20107759D-S1 |
| 02/06/2020 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2020 | Reading waived (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2020 | Read second time |
| 02/11/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/11/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20107759D-S1 |
| 02/11/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ18S1 |
| 02/11/2020 | Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2020 | Agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/21/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/21/2020 | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 03/02/2020 | Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/05/2020 | Floor substitute printed 20109646D-H1 (Simon) |
| 03/05/2020 | Passed by for the day (95-Y 0-N) |
| 03/05/2020 | VOTE: Agree To (95-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/05/2020 | Motion to reconsider pass by for the day agreed to |
| 03/05/2020 | Taken up |
| 03/05/2020 | Pending question ordered |
| 03/05/2020 | Substitute by Delegate Simon rejected 20109646D-H1 (47-Y 53-N) |
| 03/05/2020 | VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 53-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/05/2020 | Pending question, not ordered |
| 03/05/2020 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 03/05/2020 | Amendments by Delegate Scott rejected (46-Y 54-N) |
| 03/05/2020 | VOTE: REJECTED (46-Y 54-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/05/2020 | Agreed to by House (54-Y 46-N) |
| 03/05/2020 | VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/18/2020 | Enrolled |
| 03/18/2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ18ER) |
| 04/11/2020 | Assigned Chapter 1196 (effective 7/1/20) |
| 04/11/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1196) |
Comments
In the name of true representative government, this bill should be passed. Opinions and priorities change, and districts should not be manipulated to prevent change being brought forward.