AMENDMENT(S) PROPOSED BY THE HOUSE

DEL. JONES

1. Line 7, substitute, Title, after 7, 2012

insert

; petition requirements

DEL. JONES

2. Line 14, substitute, after 2012.

insert

Moreover, (i) when the decennial redistricting of congressional districts has not been enacted and approved for implementation pursuant to § 5 of the United States Voting Rights Act of 1965 before January 1 of the year of the election for statewide office, the previously enacted congressional districts shall remain in effect for the purpose of meeting the petition signature requirements set out in §§ 24.2-506 and 24.2-521 and (ii) any reference on a petition to the usual primary date of the second Tuesday in June shall not be cause to invalidate the petition even though the date of the primary may be altered by law.

DEL. JONES

3. Line 61, substitute, after before

strike

March 20

insert

April 3