Virginia House Bill 1255 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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.

Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

Del. Marcia Price [D]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]

Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (50-Y 43-N) (Y: 50 N: 43 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (Y: 55 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1229 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB1255ER2)
2020-04-22	House	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (50-Y 43-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 43-N)
2020-04-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-04-08	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2020-03-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-17	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-12	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1255ER)
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108189D-S1 (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1255S1
2020-03-05	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108189D-S1
2020-03-05	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-05	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108189D-S1
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1255H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107097D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Incorporates H1054 (Levine)
2020-02-07	House	Committee substitute printed 20107097D-H1
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
2020-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-05	House	Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100641D

SB717 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	304.04	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	304.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1255
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1255+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1255H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1255S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1255ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1255ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1229+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1805V0005+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0095+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0824+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0156+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0495+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1529HB1255+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1606HB1255+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1923+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2034HB1255+HB1255
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2179+HB1255