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HB 1255 Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.
Introduced by: Marcia S. "Cia" Price | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn. Such criteria include equal population requirements, with a deviation of no more than five percent permitted for state legislative districts; compliance with laws and judicial decisions relating to racial and ethnic fairness; preservation of communities of interest, which are defined to mean a neighborhood or any geographically defined group of people living in an area who share similar social, cultural, and economic interests; and compactness and contiguity. The bill also includes provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, related to redistricting, that prohibit the drawing of districts in ways that improperly dilute minority populations' voting power. The bill prohibits maps of districts, when considered on a statewide basis, from unduly favoring or disfavoring any political party. The bill further provides for the preparation and use of adjusted population data for redistricting and reapportionment purposes to reflect the reallocation of persons incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was in the Commonwealth are to be counted at that address and persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was outside of the Commonwealth or cannot be determined are to be counted at the facility. This bill is identical to SB 717.
FULL TEXT
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100641D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107097D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108189D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1255ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1255ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100641D
- 01/08/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/05/20 House: Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting
- 02/06/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107097D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Incorporates H1054 (Levine)
- 02/09/20 House: Read first time
- 02/10/20 House: Read second time
- 02/10/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107097D-H1
- 02/10/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1255H1
- 02/11/20 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/11/20 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/12/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108189D-S1
- 02/25/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/05/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108189D-S1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1255S1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108189D-S1 (54-Y 45-N)
- 03/05/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1255ER)
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/17/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/08/20 House: Governor's recommendation received by House
- 04/22/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 43-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (50-Y 43-N)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Reenrolled bill text (HB1255ER2)
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1229 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229)