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Bill

Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

Standards and criteria for congressional and state legislative districts. Provides criteria by which congressional and state legislative districts are to be drawn. Such criteria include equal population requirements, with a deviation of no more than five percent permitted for state legislative districts; compliance with laws and judicial decisions relating to racial and ethnic fairness; preservation of communities of interest, which are defined to mean a neighborhood or any geographically defined group of people living in an area who share similar social, cultural, and economic interests; and compactness and contiguity. The bill also includes provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, as amended, related to redistricting, that prohibit the drawing of districts in ways that improperly dilute minority populations' voting power. The bill prohibits maps of districts, when considered on a statewide basis, from unduly favoring or disfavoring any political party. The bill further provides for the preparation and use of adjusted population data for redistricting and reapportionment purposes to reflect the reallocation of persons incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was in the Commonwealth are to be counted at that address and persons incarcerated in such a facility whose address at the time of incarceration was outside of the Commonwealth or cannot be determined are to be counted at the facility. This bill is identical to SB 717.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 1255

Virginia HB 1255 (2020)

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enacted

Marcia S. "Cia" Price

2020-01-08

2020-04-22

openstates

ocd-bill/3efbc992-ba67-4c05-8386-91f23b14ea85

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1255

1a8067f6e6cff3fc187d210b44912a18176347d97434d963711bf5a406e91bf1

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

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us-va

Virginia HB 1255 (2020) — Congressional and state legislative districts; standards and criteria.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1229) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1255ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1255H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1255) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB1255S1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (HB1255ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (50-Y 43-N) — 49–43 (pass) · lower
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100641D introduction
2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255)
2020-02-05 Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting referral-committee
2020-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-02-07 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
2020-02-07 Committee substitute printed 20107097D-H1 substitution
2020-02-07 Incorporates H1054 (Levine)
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107097D-H1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1255H1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255H1)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
2020-02-25 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108189D-S1 substitution
2020-02-25 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255S1)
2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20108189D-S1
2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1255S1
2020-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) passage
2020-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108189D-S1 (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 45-N)
2020-03-12 Enrolled
2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1255ER)
2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12 Signed by President
2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House
2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 43-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (50-Y 43-N)
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 19-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (HB1255ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1229 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3efbc992-ba67-4c05-8386-91f23b14ea85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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