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2009 SESSION
HJ 181 Constitutional amendment; establishing Redistricting Commission (first reference).
Introduced by: William K. Barlow | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
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 11-member Commission are to be made in the census year by the most recently retired Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court. Appointments are to be made to represent each congressional district. Persons to be appointed to the Commission shall be retired justices or judges of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, or circuit courts. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within thirty days of receipt of the new census data and for the House of Representatives within sixty days of such receipt.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/08 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081102428
- 01/09/08 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/08 House: Continued to 2009 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote
- 12/04/08 House: Left in Privileges and Elections