republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-236.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Constitutional amendment; apportionment, Virginia Redistricting Commission (voter referendum)."
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. This bill incorporates SB 358 and SB 974."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 236"
citation: "Virginia SB 236 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-02"
last_action: "2020-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de5dfbf6-9557-43e0-a351-bc745a50ba7a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB236"
source_hash: "888e2a02afa7e8bd0922f247df734b63fbe166bb10b5c0936b3678eb54b9c8b4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 236 (2020) — Constitutional amendment; apportionment, Virginia Redistricting Commission (voter referendum).

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. This bill incorporates SB 358 and SB 974.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1071)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1071)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB236ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB236ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB236)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB236)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB236S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB236S1)

## Votes

- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 11-N) — **82–11** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
- House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — **15–1** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101035D `introduction`
- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB236)
- **2020-02-04** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-04** Incorporates SB358 (Cosgrove)
- **2020-02-04** Incorporates SB974 (Hanger)
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute printed 20107754D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-04** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB236S1)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20107754D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB236S1
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-03-02** Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-05** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-05** Passed by temporarily until after completion of Resolutions Regular Calendar
- **2020-03-05** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-05** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2020-03-05** Passed House with amendment (83-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 11-N)
- **2020-03-05** House amendment agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB236ER)
- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1071 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de5dfbf6-9557-43e0-a351-bc745a50ba7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).