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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2082 Virginia Redistricting Commission; transparency in redistricting process.
Introduced by: Mark H. Levine | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
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.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102783D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104053D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102783D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/14/21 House: Assigned P & E sub: Voting Rights
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 8-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104053D-H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104053D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2082H1
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N 4-A)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 41-N 4-A)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N 2-A)