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type: "Bill"
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title: "Constitutional amendment; apportionment, Virginia Redistricting Commission (voter referendum)."
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description: "Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2020, election to approve or reject amendments to the Constitution of Virginia establishing the Virginia Redistricting Commission and providing for the reapportionment of the Commonwealth to be done by such Commission. If approved by the voters, the amendments would become effective on November 15, 2020."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 784"
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citation: "Virginia HB 784 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Schuyler T. VanValkenburg"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e9ca72e-ed01-499d-8f38-9ef2f5ff6632"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB784"
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source_hash: "d55ebd563df588f10020940ec68a533aa1c7604eb1fa4e49bec5e44a7519c9ba"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 784 (2020) — Constitutional amendment; apportionment, Virginia Redistricting Commission (voter referendum).
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Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); apportionment; Virginia Redistricting Commission. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2020, election to approve or reject amendments to the Constitution of Virginia establishing the Virginia Redistricting Commission and providing for the reapportionment of the Commonwealth to be done by such Commission. If approved by the voters, the amendments would become effective on November 15, 2020.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1070)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1070)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB784ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB784ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB784)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB784)
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## Votes
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- Senate receded from amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (11-Y 1-N) — **11–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N) — **88–11** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N) — **19–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — **0–97** (fail) · lower
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- Senate receded from amendment (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsider receding from amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — primary (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100576D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB784)
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- **2020-02-05** Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (89-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 11-N)
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- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (11-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-03-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-05** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-03-05** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 98-N)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Senate receded from amendment (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Reconsider receding from amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Senate receded from amendment (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB784ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1070 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e9ca72e-ed01-499d-8f38-9ef2f5ff6632`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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