VA HB1255 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn. Such criteria include equal population requirements, with a deviation of no more than five percent permitted for state legislative districts; compliance with laws and judicial decisions relating to racial and ethnic fairness; preservation of communities of interest, which are defined to mean a neighborhood or any geographically defined group of people living in an area who share similar social, cultural, and economic interests; and compactness and contiguity. The bill also includes provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, related to redistricting, that prohibit the drawing of districts in ways that improperly dilute minority populations' voting power. The bill prohibits maps of districts, when considered on a statewide basis, from unduly favoring or disfavoring any political party. The bill further provides for the preparation and use of adjusted population data for redistricting and reapportionment purposes to reflect the reallocation of persons incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was in the Commonwealth are to be counted at that address and persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was outside of the Commonwealth or cannot be determined are to be counted at the facility.
Title
Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (50-Y 43-N) (Y: 50 N: 43 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (Y: 55 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) (Y: 54 N: 45 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) (Y: 55 N: 45 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-04-22 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229) | |
| 2020-04-22 | House | Enacted, Chapter 1229 (effective 7/1/20) |
| 2020-04-22 | Senate | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 2020-04-22 | House | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 2020-04-22 | House | Reenrolled bill text (HB1255ER2) |
| 2020-04-22 | House | Reenrolled |
| 2020-04-22 | Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted | |
| 2020-04-22 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2020-04-22 | House | VOTE: (50-Y 43-N) |
| 2020-04-22 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 43-N) |
| 2020-04-22 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2020-04-08 | House | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 2020-03-17 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 | |
| 2020-03-17 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020 |
| 2020-03-12 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2020-03-12 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2020-03-12 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1255ER) |
| 2020-03-12 | House | Enrolled |
| 2020-03-05 | House | VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) |
| 2020-03-05 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108189D-S1 (54-Y 45-N) |
| 2020-03-05 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) |
| 2020-03-05 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1255S1 |
| 2020-03-05 | Senate | Committee substitute agreed to 20108189D-S1 |
| 2020-03-05 | Senate | Reading of substitute waived |
| 2020-03-05 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2020-03-04 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-03-02 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-02-25 | Senate | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 2020-02-25 | Senate | Committee substitute printed 20108189D-S1 |
| 2020-02-25 | Senate | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) |
| 2020-02-12 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2020-02-12 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2020-02-11 | House | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) |
| 2020-02-11 | House | Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) |
| 2020-02-10 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1255H1 |
| 2020-02-10 | House | Committee substitute agreed to 20107097D-H1 |
| 2020-02-10 | House | Read second time |
| 2020-02-09 | House | Read first time |
| 2020-02-07 | House | Incorporates H1054 (Levine) |
| 2020-02-07 | House | Committee substitute printed 20107097D-H1 |
| 2020-02-07 | House | Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) |
| 2020-02-06 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) |
| 2020-02-05 | House | Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting |
| 2020-01-08 | House | Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections |
| 2020-01-08 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100641D |
Same As/Similar To
SB717 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265)
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2 | 304.04 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 304.1 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
