Redistricting
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. [HJR-651]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. Provides for a temporary Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission (the Commission) to prepare redistricting plans in 2021 and each tenth year thereafter for the House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, and congressional districts. The Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by majority vote of the Supreme Court of Virginia from a list of retired judges who have indicated their willingness to serve
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
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Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference). [HJR-628]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election. The 12 partisan
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. [SJR-269]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election. The 12 partisan
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 01/31/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference). [SJR-260]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; partisan balance of districts. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, an eight-member commission tasked with establishing the districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly and apportioning the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates among the districts, respectively. The districts are to be drawn to reflect the voting patterns
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Sponsored by: Sen. Dave Marsden
Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 01/31/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
State House Boundary Amendments [HB-158]
State House Boundary Amendments
Sponsored by: Sen. Peter Knudson
Governor Signed In Lieutenant Governor's Office For Filing on 03/22/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting. [HJR-32]
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Read First Time on 02/16/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission. [HB-369]
Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Redistricting Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard
Read First Time on 02/16/2017
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Providing for the redistricting office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years [HB-2383]
The purpose of this bill is to provide for the Redistricting Office of the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to propose redistricting plans during census years. The main task of the Redistricting Office is to propose a plan to the Legislature which is based on Constitutional and legal requirements and considerations. The bill provides specific criteria that the redistricting office must observe in proposing district mappings. The bill requires the redistricting office to advertise a proposed draft map of districts to the public. The bill
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Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Espinosa
Filed For Introduction on 02/13/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the reapportionment of congressional districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Congressional Redistricting Commission. [SB-209]
Relating to the reapportionment of congressional districts and the creation, function, and duties of the Texas Congressional Redistricting Commission.
Sponsored by: Sen. Royce West
Read First Time on 01/25/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans. [SB-846]
Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans. Provides for the establishment of the Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission (Commission) when any congressional or state legislative district drawn as required by Article II, Section 6 of the Constitution of Virginia is declared unlawful or unconstitutional, in whole or in part, by order of any state or federal court. The Commission is tasked with determining and submitting to the General Assembly and the Governor a redistricting plan remedying such unlawful
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Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, criteria to redraw certain districts. [SJR-231]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; criteria for legislative and congressional districts. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission (the Commission) to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever occurs later, and for the House of Representatives within 60
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, criteria to redraw certain districts. [SJR-230]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; criteria for legislative and congressional districts. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission (the Commission) to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever occurs later, and for the House of Representatives within 60
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
Incorporated By Privileges And Elections on 01/31/2017
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Utah 2017 General Session
Joint Rules Resolution on Redistricting Standards [HJR-1]
Joint Rules Resolution on Redistricting Standards
Sponsored by: Sen. Margaret Dayton
House/ Filed In House File For Bills Not Passed on 03/09/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
House of Delegates and Senate districts; General Assembly authorized to make technical adjustments. [HB-1409]
House of Delegates and Senate district boundaries. Authorizes the General Assembly to make technical adjustments to legislative districts subsequent to the decennial redistricting solely for the purpose of causing legislative district boundaries to coincide with local voting precincts. Any adjustment shall change districts only to the extent necessary to accomplish this purpose and shall be consistent with the criteria for districts established for the preceding decennial redistricting.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Cole
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/21/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-68]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; partisan balance of districts. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, an eight-member commission tasked with establishing the districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly and apportioning the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates among the districts, respectively. The districts are to be drawn to reflect the voting patterns
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established, criteria. [SJR-60]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made in the census year as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-79]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-119]
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
Left In Privileges And Elections on 12/02/2016