SB 1102 Virginia Senate · 2019 Regular Session

Congressional & legislative district boundaries; alignment with boundaries of counties & cities.

Summary
Provides that, for purposes of congressional, senate, and House of Delegates districts, if a boundary of such a district virtually coincides with the boundary between two or more localities, the boundary of the congressional district shall conform to the boundary between the localities that has been (i) agreed upon by those localities, (ii) adopted in ordinances by those localities, and (iii) reported by those localities to the United States Bureau of the Census. The bill requires the State Board of Elections to review any change of boundary to determine whether there is evidence that the change was made with fraudulent intent, and if it appears there was fraudulent intent, the Board refers the matter to a circuit court to approve or deny the change. If two or more localities sharing a boundary cannot agree on the true boundary line between them, the boundary shall be that which was in existence on April 1, 2011, and was reported by the United States Bureau of the Census in the 2010 Census reports provided pursuant to United States Public Law 94-171. The bill provides a process by which a voter who believes he has been incorrectly assigned to an election district or precinct may request and have his assignment reviewed by the general registrar and, if necessary, the governing body of the county or city.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2018
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Jan 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Dec 21, 2018 Last action Feb 4, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Jan 24, 2019

How they voted

340
Passed
Total votes 34
Jan 24, 2019
D Democratic14
14 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
11
Key actions
3
Committee
5
Feb 4, 2019
Committee
Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
lower
Jan 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1102S1
upper
Jan 25, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105257D-S1
upper
Jan 24, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Dec 21, 2018
Committee
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
upper
Dec 21, 2018
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101188D
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors