Virginia Senate Bill 535 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 24 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-03 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Congressional and legislative district boundaries; Congressional and legislative district boundaries; alignment with boundaries of counties and cities; review of a voter's registration. Provides that, for purposes of congressional, Senate, and House of Delegates districts, if a boundary of such a district virtually coincides with the boundary between two or more localities, the boundary of the district shall conform to the boundary between the localities that has been (i) agreed upon by those localities, (ii) adopted in ordinances by those localities, (iii) reported by those localities to the United States Bureau of the Census, and (iv) the population of the district as a result of the boundary adjustment is within the allowable deviation for that type of district. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to review any change of boundary to determine whether there is evidence that the change was made with fraudulent intent, and if it appears there was fraudulent intent, to refer the matter to a circuit court to approve or deny the change. If two or more localities sharing a boundary cannot agree on the true boundary line between them, the boundary shall be that which was in existence on April 1, 2011, and was reported by the United States Bureau of the Census in the 2010 Census reports provided pursuant to United States Public Law 94-171. The bill provides a process by which a voter who believes he has been incorrectly assigned to an election district or precinct may request and have his assignment reviewed by the general registrar and, if necessary,

Congressional and legislative district boundaries; alignment with boundaries.

Sen. Mark Peake [R]

Sen. Amanda Chase [R]

2020-02-17 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-03	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2020-02-17	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (5-Y 3-N)
2020-02-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2020-02-13	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-13	House	Read first time
2020-02-13	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-01-27	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2020-01-23	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2020-01-21	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104037D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	302.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	303.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	304.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	314	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB535
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB535+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0061+SB0535
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0135SB0535+SB0535
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0168SB0535+SB0535
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1802V0012+SB0535