Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 79 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-02 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later. The amendment also establishes the standards to govern redistricting plans, which include the current constitutional standards on population equality, compactness, and contiguity and additional standards to minimize splits of localities and to prohibit consideration of incumbency and political data.

Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established.

Sen. Glen Sturtevant [R]

2016-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-02	Senate	Left in Privileges and Elections
2016-01-19	Senate	Continued to 2017 in Privileges and Elections (12-Y 0-N)
2016-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2016-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100928D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SJ79
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SJ79+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S08C0024+SJ0079