Virginia House Bill 2082 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-16 - Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N 2-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Virginia Redistricting Commission; transparency in redistricting process. Requires meetings and hearings of the Virginia Redistricting Commission to be livestreamed, whether held virtually or in person, and to allow for public comment. Meetings and hearings that are held in person are required to be conducted in different regions of the Commonwealth, including the Northern Virginia region, the Central Virginia region, the Hampton Roads region, the Southside region, and the Southwest region. An additional public hearing is required to be held in the event that the initial plan for districts submitted by the Commission is rejected by the General Assembly. If adjustments are made to a proposed plan at any stage in response to public comment, the adjusted proposed plan is required to be published on the Commission's website. The bill requires all meetings and hearings of the Supreme Court of Virginia regarding the establishment of districts to be open to the public. Virginia Redistricting Commission; transparency in redistricting process. Requires meetings and hearings of the Virginia Redistricting Commission to be livestreamed, whether held virtually or in person, and to allow for public comment. Meetings and hearings that are held in person are required to be conducted in different regions of the Commonwealth, including the Northern Virginia region, the Central Virginia region, the Hampton Roads region, the Southside region, and the Southwest region. An additional public hearing is required to be held in the event that the initial plan for districts submitted by the Commission is rejected by the General Assembly. If adjustments are made to a proposed plan at any stage in response to public comment, the adjusted proposed plan is required to be published on the Commission's website. The bill requires all meetings and hearings of the Supreme Court of Virginia regarding the establishment of districts to be open to the public.

Virginia Redistricting Commission; transparency in redistricting process.

Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]
Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Kathy Tran [D]

2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N 2-A) (Y: 7 N: 6 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N 4-A) (Y: 55 N: 41 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N) (Y: 13 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 0-N) (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-16	Senate	Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N 2-A)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-05	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N 4-A)
2021-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N 4-A)
2021-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2082H1
2021-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21104053D-H1
2021-02-04	House	Read second time
2021-02-03	House	Read first time
2021-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 21104053D-H1
2021-02-03	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
2021-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 0-N)
2021-01-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Voting Rights
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102783D

HB2082 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	314	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2082
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2082+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2082H1+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2082F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2082FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1806C0008+HB2082
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H18C0040+HB2082
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1501+HB2082
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S08C0063+HB2082
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S08V0010+HB2082