VA SB446 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
March 10 2012 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]
Summary
Bipartisan Redistricting Commission created. Establishes a seven-member temporary commission to prepare redistricting plans in each year ending in one for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commission shall be made one each by the four majority and minority party leaders of the House and Senate and by the state chairmen of the two major political parties. Those six appointees shall appoint the seventh member and chairman for the Commission. If they cannot agree, they shall submit the names of the two persons receiving the most votes to the Supreme Court of Virginia for the Court to select the chairman. The Commission will prepare plans and submit them as bills to the General Assembly. The General Assembly shall then proceed to act on the bills in the usual manner. The bill provides for Commission comments on plans as they change in the legislative process. It also spells out the standards and process to be followed by the Commission in preparing plans, including limitations on the use of political data and opportunities for public comment on the plans.
Title
Bipartisan Redistricting Commission; created.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2012-01-23 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-19 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-17 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-19 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-17 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-10 | House: Left in Privileges and Elections | |
| 2012-02-27 | House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments Subcommittee | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Read first time | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Placed on Calendar | |
| 2012-01-23 | Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-01-20 | Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB446S1 | |
| 2012-01-20 | Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12104343D-S1 | |
| 2012-01-20 | Senate: Reading of substitute waived | |
| 2012-01-20 | Senate: Read second time | |
| 2012-01-19 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-01-18 | Senate: Incorporates SB189 | |
| 2012-01-17 | Senate: Committee substitute printed 12104343D-S1 | |
| 2012-01-17 | Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-01-11 | Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections | |
| 2012-01-11 | Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101041D |
Same As/Similar To
SB189 (Similar To) 2012-01-17 - Senate: Incorporated by Privileges and Elections
Subjects
Code Citations
| Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2 | 301.2 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 301.3 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
| 24 | 2 | 301.4 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
