Virginia House Bill 831 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-14 - House: Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. Establishes a seven-member temporary commission to prepare redistricting plans in 2021 and each 10th year thereafter for the House of Delegates, state Senate, and congressional districts. Appointments to the Commission shall be made by majority vote of the Supreme Court of Virginia from a list of retired judges who have indicated their willingness to serve on the Commission. 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. The bill 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.

Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission; created.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-14		House: Left in Privileges and Elections
2012-01-24		House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2012-01-17		House: Assigned P & E sub: Elections Subcommittee
2012-01-11		House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2012-01-11		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12101038D

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

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB831
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB831+hil