House of Delegates and Senate districts; General Assembly authorized to make technical adjustments.
Summary
Authorizes the General Assembly to make technical adjustments to legislative district boundaries subsequent to the decennial redistricting solely for the purpose of causing legislative district boundaries to coincide with local voting precinct boundaries. 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.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2017
Committee Review
Feb 2018
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2018
Senate Passage
Feb 2018
Governor
Introduced Dec 21, 2017
Last action Mar 6, 2018
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
15
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Feb 23, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Passed by for the day
legislature
Feb 2, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Feb 1, 2018
Legislature · Passed
Read third time and passed House (50-Y 48-N)
legislature
Jan 22, 2018
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
legislature
Dec 21, 2017
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
legislature
Dec 21, 2017
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101899D
legislature
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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