VA HB381 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Redistricting; Virginia Redistricting Commission; local Redistricting; Virginia Redistricting Commission; local redistricting commissions. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission (the Commission) pursuant to Article II, Sections 6 and 6-A of the Constitution of Virginia. The 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, will consist of eight legislative commissioners and eight citizen commissioners. The legislative commissioners 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 commissioners are chosen 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 bill contains eligibility requirements for the citizen commissioners, including restrictions on holding or having held partisan national or state public office. As part of the application process for service on the Commission, the Division of Legislative Services acts as a repository for applications submitted by interested persons and is tasked with screening out applicants who are ineligible or submit incomplete applications. The applications of the citizen candidates selected by political leadership and submitted for consideration to the selection committee

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Title

Redistricting; Virginia Redistricting Commission, local redistricting commissions.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2020-02-11HouseLeft in Privileges and Elections
2020-02-05HouseAssigned P & E sub: Redistricting
2020-01-02HouseReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-02HousePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100230D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
242304.1(n/a)See Bill Text
242304.2(n/a)See Bill Text
242304.4(n/a)See Bill Text
242304.7(n/a)See Bill Text
242306(n/a)See Bill Text
242309.2(n/a)See Bill Text

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Bill Comments

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