Virginia House Bill 2280 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-08 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission. Provides for a statewide referendum on the question of whether the General Assembly should adopt a resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would establish an independent redistricting commission to create and propose redistricting plans for House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, and congressional districts. The results would be advisory only and are intended only to demonstrate the preference of the citizens of the Commonwealth on the manner in which electoral districts are created. The referendum would be held at the November 2017 general election.

Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission.

Del. Jeion Ward [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-08	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2017-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2017-01-16	House	Assigned P & E sub: Elections
2017-01-11	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2017-01-11	House	Presented and ordered printed 17103909D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2280
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2280+hil