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2020 SESSION
SJ 18 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission (second reference).
Introduced by: George L. Barker | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101031D pdf
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107759D-S1 pdf
- 03/05/20 House: Floor substitute printed 20109646D-H1 (Simon) pdf
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ18ER) pdf
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1196) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/02/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101031D
- 01/02/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SJ12 (Cosgrove)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Incorporates SJ70 (Hanger)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107759D-S1
- 02/06/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107759D-S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ18S1
- 02/11/20 Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/21/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 03/02/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 8-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Floor substitute printed 20109646D-H1 (Simon)
- 03/05/20 House: Passed by for the day (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Agree To (95-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Motion to reconsider pass by for the day agreed to
- 03/05/20 House: Taken up
- 03/05/20 House: Pending question ordered
- 03/05/20 House: Substitute by Delegate Simon rejected 20109646D-H1 (47-Y 53-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 53-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Pending question, not ordered
- 03/05/20 House: Amendments by Delegate Scott rejected (46-Y 54-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: REJECTED (46-Y 54-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Agreed to by House (54-Y 46-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/18/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ18ER)
- 03/18/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/19/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 04/11/20 House: Assigned Chapter 1196 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/11/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1196)