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SB 717 Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.
Introduced by: Jennifer L. McClellan | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
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. This bill is identical to HB 1255.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103882D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107234D-S1 pdf
- 02/10/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108082D-S2 (Suetterlein) pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108187D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB717ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB717ER2) pdf
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103882D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/04/20 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
- 02/04/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20107234D-S1
- 02/06/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/20 Senate: Read second time
- 02/07/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/07/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20107234D-S1
- 02/07/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB717S1
- 02/10/20 Senate: Floor substitute printed 20108082D-S2 (Suetterlein)
- 02/10/20 Senate: Substitute by Senator Suetterlein withdrawn 20108082D-S2
- 02/10/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/11/20 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
- 02/18/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/20 House: Read first time
- 02/18/20 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/21/20 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (12-Y 8-N)
- 02/21/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20108187D-H1
- 02/25/20 House: Read second time
- 02/26/20 House: Read third time
- 02/26/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20108187D-H1
- 02/26/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB717H1
- 02/26/20 House: Passed House with substitute (54-Y 46-N)
- 02/26/20 House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Title replaced 20108187D-H1
- 03/05/20 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB717ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/07/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/08/20 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/22/20 Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
- 04/22/20 House: House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 House: VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled
- 04/22/20 Senate: Reenrolled bill text (SB717ER2)
- 04/22/20 Senate: Signed by President as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- 04/22/20 House: Enacted, Chapter 1265 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/22/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1265)