Bill Text: VA HB433 | 2024 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: State legislative districts; how districts numbered.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-13 - Left in Privileges and Elections [HB433 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-HB433-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §24.2-304.05 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§24.2-304.05. Legal boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts.
A. There shall be 11 Virginia members of the United States House of Representatives elected from 11 congressional districts, and each district is entitled to one representative. The district numbers and boundaries of the 11 congressional districts shall be those designated in the block equivalency file and resulting shapefile that is the electronic version of the districts established pursuant to Article II, §6-A of the Constitution of Virginia and Chapter 62 (§30-391 et seq.) of Title 30.
B. There shall be 40 members of the Senate of Virginia elected from 40 senate districts, and each district is entitled to representation by one senator. The district numbers and boundaries of the 40 senate districts shall be those designated in the block equivalency file and resulting shapefile that is the electronic version of the districts established pursuant to Article II, §6-A of the Constitution of Virginia and Chapter 62 (§30-391 et seq.) of Title 30. The senate district with the eastern-most boundary shall be numbered one and the numbering shall proceed sequentially from there, taking a clockwise path around the remaining 39 senate districts.
C. There shall be 100 members of the House of Delegates elected from 100 House of Delegates districts and each district is entitled to representation by one delegate. The district numbers and boundaries of the 100 House of Delegates districts shall be those designated in the block equivalency file and resulting shapefile that is the electronic version of the districts established pursuant to Article II, §6-A of the Constitution of Virginia and Chapter 62 (§30-391 et seq.) of Title 30. The house district with the western-most boundary shall be numbered one and the numbering shall proceed sequentially from there, taking a counterclockwise path around the remaining 99 house districts.
D. The block equivalency files and shapefiles for a congressional, senate, or House of Delegates district shall be controlling in any legal determination of the boundary of such district.
2. That the provisions of this act shall be applicable to the Senate and House districts established following the 2030 decennial census by the United States Bureau of the Census.
