HB758
Redistricting; establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, rules and procedures.
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Redistricting; Virginia Redistricting Commission; standards and criteria.
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 ... (More) 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 are public records. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2020 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104706D
- 01/07/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/29/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB758)
- 02/05/2020 - House: Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting
- 02/06/2020 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/06/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2020 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
- 02/07/2020 - House: Committee substitute printed 20106862D-H1
- 02/09/2020 - House: Read first time
- 02/10/2020 - House: Read second time
- 02/10/2020 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106862D-H1
- 02/10/2020 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB758H1
- 02/10/2020 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB758H1)
- 02/11/2020 - House: Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N 2-A)
- 02/11/2020 - House: VOTE: Passage (83-Y 14-N 2-A)
- 02/12/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/12/2020 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (11-Y 2-N)
- 02/25/2020 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/02/2020 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2020 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (31-Y 9-N)
- 03/05/2020 - House: Senate amendment rejected by House (2-Y 97-N)
- 03/05/2020 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 97-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 11-N)
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 03/05/2020 - House: House acceded to request
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 03/05/2020 - Senate: Senators: Lucas, Barker, Ruff
- 03/05/2020 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 03/05/2020 - House: Delegates: VanValkenburg, Simon, Price
- 03/12/2020 - House: No further action taken
- 03/12/2020 - House: Failed to pass in House
