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2017 SESSION
SJ 231 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, criteria to redraw certain districts.
Introduced by: Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; criteria for legislative and congressional districts. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission (the Commission) to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever occurs later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the census, whichever occurs later. The amendment also establishes the standards to govern redistricting plans, which include the current constitutional standards on population equality, compactness, and contiguity and additional standards to minimize splits of localities and to prohibit consideration of incumbency and political data.
FULL TEXT
- 11/30/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100989D pdf
- 01/31/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104950D-S1 pdf
- 02/06/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104950D-ES1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 11/30/16 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100989D
- 11/30/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/20/17 Senate: Assigned to P&E sub: Constitutional Amendments
- 01/31/17 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 2-N)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104950D-S1
- 01/31/17 Senate: Incorporates SJ230 (Sturtevant)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Incorporates SJ260
- 01/31/17 Senate: Incorporates SJ269 (Deeds)
- 01/31/17 Senate: Incorporates SJ280 (Lewis)
- 02/02/17 Senate: Reading waived (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/17 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/06/17 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/17 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 17104950D-S1
- 02/06/17 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/06/17 Senate: Amendment by Senator Hanger agreed to
- 02/06/17 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SJ231ES1
- 02/06/17 Senate: Printed as engrossed 17104950D-ES1
- 02/07/17 Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate (33-Y 7-N)
- 02/09/17 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/17 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/09/17 House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections
- 02/14/17 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/17/17 House: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (14-Y 7-N)