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Bill	Redistricting; GIS maps required, review by the Department of Elections.	Requires the clerk of the county, city, or town to send a Geographic Information System (GIS) map, along with the ordinance containing a description of the boundaries, to the local electoral board, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Department of Elections, and the Division of Legislative Services when redistricting local election districts or making any changes to the local election districts or precincts. If a county, city, or town does not have GIS capabilities, the locality may request the Department of Elections to create a GIS map on its behalf and the Department of Elections shall create such a map. The bill requires the Department to review any ordinance and GIS map received and compare the boundaries contained within with the information in the voter registration system to ensure voters have been assigned to the correct districts and to notify localities of any corrections that may be necessary. The Department is further required to maintain and make available on its official website maps showing the current election district and precinct boundaries of each county and city. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2760	Virginia HB 2760 (2019)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Elections	enacted	Mark D. Sickles	7	25	9	2019-01-17	2019-03-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7b7c0c03-92db-4e2b-ba5b-13344a3f3651	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2760	3433858b0a737bc4cb6c80f66610e8eddd56ac46dcf00604ca476bdcacdaa98e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2760 (2019) — Redistricting; GIS maps required, review by the Department of Elections.

Requires the clerk of the county, city, or town to send a Geographic Information System (GIS) map, along with the ordinance containing a description of the boundaries, to the local electoral board, the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the Department of Elections, and the Division of Legislative Services when redistricting local election districts or making any changes to the local election districts or precincts. If a county, city, or town does not have GIS capabilities, the locality may request the Department of Elections to create a GIS map on its behalf and the Department of Elections shall create such a map. The bill requires the Department to review any ordinance and GIS map received and compare the boundaries contained within with the information in the voter registration system to ensure voters have been assigned to the correct districts and to notify localities of any corrections that may be necessary. The Department is further required to maintain and make available on its official website maps showing the current election district and precinct boundaries of each county and city. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0777) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2760ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104650D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19104650D-E (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107305D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Finance with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Privileges and Elections — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark D. Sickles — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 19104650D introduction
• 2019-01-17 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2019-01-21 Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2019-02-01 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House as amended HB2760E
• 2019-02-04 Printed as engrossed 19104650D-E
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2019-02-12 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee substitute rejected 19107305D-S1
• 2019-02-20 Amendment by Senator Peake ruled out of order
• 2019-02-22 Enrolled
• 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-22 Signed by President
• 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-22 Approved by Governor-Chapter 777 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7b7c0c03-92db-4e2b-ba5b-13344a3f3651. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).