Virginia Senate Bill 717 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

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.

Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. Barbara Favola [D]

Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]

2020-05-01 - House - House: VOTE: (49-Y 44-N) (Y: 49 N: 44 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) (Y: 21 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N) (Y: 21 N: 17 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) (Y: 54 N: 46 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 8-N) (Y: 12 N: 8 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1265 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB717ER2)
2020-04-22	Senate	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
2020-04-08	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-07	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB717ER)
2020-03-05	Senate	Enrolled
2020-02-28	Senate	Title replaced 20108187D-H1
2020-02-28	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N)
2020-02-26	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB717H1
2020-02-26	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108187D-H1
2020-02-26	House	Read third time
2020-02-25	House	Read second time
2020-02-21	House	Committee substitute printed 20108187D-H1
2020-02-21	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
2020-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-02-18	House	Read first time
2020-02-18	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-10	Senate	Substitute by Senator Suetterlein withdrawn 20108082D-S2
2020-02-10	Senate	Floor substitute printed 20108082D-S2 (Suetterlein)
2020-02-07	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB717S1
2020-02-07	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107234D-S1
2020-02-07	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-07	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107234D-S1
2020-02-04	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2020-01-07	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2020-01-07	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103882D

HB1255 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229)

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB717
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB717+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB717S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB717S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB717H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB717ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB717ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1265+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S08V0086+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0382SB0717+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0472SB0717+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H18V0136+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1492+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1239SB0717+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1983SB0717+SB0717
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2279+SB0717