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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-118]
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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. Victoria Neave Criado
Read First Time on 03/20/2017
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Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of Representatives. [HB-3986]
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Relating to the composition of districts for the election of members of the Texas House of Representatives.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rafael Anchia
Read First Time on 03/31/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the composition of the congressional districts for the State of Texas. [HB-3984]
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Relating to the composition of the congressional districts for the State of Texas.
Sponsored by: Rep. Rafael Anchia
Read First Time on 03/31/2017
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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-74]
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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. Rafael Anchia
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission, established, apportionment. [HJR-749]
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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 of the United States. 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 earlier, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/08/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission. [HB-2280]
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Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission. Provides for a statewide referendum on the question of whether the General Assembly should adopt a resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would establish an independent redistricting commission to create and propose redistricting plans for House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, and congressional districts. The results would be advisory only and are intended only to demonstrate the preference of the citizens of the Commonwealth on the manner in which electoral
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Sponsored by: Rep. Jeion Ward
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Redistricting process. [SB-1206]
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Redistricting process. Provides a new method for the preparation of state legislative and congressional redistricting plans. The bill spells out standards for developing plans, including population equality, compactness, maintenance of cores of existing districts, and respect for locality boundaries; precludes consideration of incumbency and political data in developing plans; assigns responsibility to the Division of Legislative Services (the Division) to prepare plans for submission to the General Assembly; and establishes a temporary redistricting
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Sponsored by: Sen. Lynwood Lewis
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Virginia Interim Redistricting Commission; criteria for remedial redistricting plans. [HB-2160]
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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: Rep. Sam Rasoul
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission. [SB-1133]
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Voter referendum; independent redistricting commission. Provides for a statewide referendum on the question of whether the General Assembly should adopt a resolution to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would establish an independent redistricting commission to create and propose redistricting plans for House of Delegates, Senate of Virginia, and congressional districts. The results would be advisory only and are intended only to demonstrate the preference of the citizens of the Commonwealth on the manner in which electoral
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Passed By Indefinitely In Finance (16-y 0-n) on 02/02/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Election district boundaries, local; adjustment subsequent to decennial redistricting. [HB-2069]
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Adjustment of local election district boundaries subsequent to decennial redistricting. Limits changes in election district boundaries in order to conform them to state legislative or congressional district boundaries to changes that affect no more than one percent of the district population or 250 persons, whichever is greater. The current limit is the lesser of five percent of the district population or 250 persons.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vivian Watts
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Utah 2017 General Session
Redistricting Amendments [HB-411]
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Redistricting Amendments
Sponsored by: Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck
House/ Strike Enacting Clause In Clerk Of The House on 03/09/2017
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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the inclusion of an incarcerated person in the population data used for redistricting according to the person's last residence before incarceration. [HB-1215]
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Relating to the inclusion of an incarcerated person in the population data used for redistricting according to the person's last residence before incarceration.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eric Johnson
Read First Time on 02/27/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission created. [HJR-651]
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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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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established (first reference). [HJR-628]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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