VA SJR18 | 2020 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on April 11 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1196)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Constitutional amendment (second resolution); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, a 16-member 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. The Commission consists of eight legislative members and eight citizen members. The legislative members 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 members are selected 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 Commission is required to submit to the General Assembly plans of districts for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly no later than 45 days following the receipt of census data and plans of districts for the United States House of Representatives no later than 60 days following the receipt of census data, or July 1 of that year, whichever occurs later. The measure requires certain vote thresholds for plans, depending on the type of district, in order to be submitted to the General Assembly. No amendments may be made to a plan by the General Assembly, and any plan approved by the General Assembly becomes law without the signature of the Governor. The measure requires additional plans to be submitted, or additional time to be given to submit a plan, in certain circumstances, and further provides that districts will be drawn by the Supreme Court of Virginia if such efforts fail.

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Title

Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission (second reference).

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N) (Y: 54 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (46-Y 54-N) (Y: 46 N: 54 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 53-N) (Y: 47 N: 53 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Agree To (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Agreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N) (Y: 38 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Reading waived (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) (Y: 15 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 1-N) (Y: 13 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2020-04-11 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1196)
2020-04-11HouseAssigned Chapter 1196 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-18SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SJ18ER)
2020-03-18SenateEnrolled
2020-03-05HouseVOTE: Adoption (54-Y 46-N)
2020-03-05HouseAgreed to by House (54-Y 46-N)
2020-03-05HouseVOTE: REJECTED (46-Y 54-N)
2020-03-05HouseAmendments by Delegate Scott rejected (46-Y 54-N)
2020-03-05HousePending question, not ordered
2020-03-05HouseVOTE: REJECTED (47-Y 53-N)
2020-03-05HouseSubstitute by Delegate Simon rejected 20109646D-H1 (47-Y 53-N)
2020-03-05HousePending question ordered
2020-03-05HouseTaken up
2020-03-05HouseMotion to reconsider pass by for the day agreed to
2020-03-05HouseVOTE: Agree To (95-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05HousePassed by for the day (95-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05HouseFloor substitute printed 20109646D-H1 (Simon)
2020-03-02HouseReported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 8-N)
2020-02-21HouseReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-21HousePlaced on Calendar
2020-02-11SenateAgreed to by Senate (38-Y 2-N)
2020-02-11SenateReading waived (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SJ18S1
2020-02-11SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 20107759D-S1
2020-02-11SenateReading of substitute waived
2020-02-11SenateRead second time
2020-02-10SenateReading waived (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N)
2020-02-04SenateCommittee substitute printed 20107759D-S1
2020-02-04SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-04SenateIncorporates SJ70 (Hanger)
2020-02-04SenateIncorporates SJ12 (Cosgrove)
2020-02-04SenateReported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 1-N)
2020-01-02SenateReferred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-02SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101031D

Same As/Similar To

SJ12 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
SJ70 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Privileges and Elections

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SJ18
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SJ18+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SJ18S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SJ18H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SJ18ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1196+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0095+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0266+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0458SJ0018+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0621SJ0018+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0622SJ0018+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0153+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1989+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1898+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1897+SJ0018
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1896+SJ0018

Bill Comments

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