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type: "Bill"
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title: "Reapportionment; reallocation of populations, population data, civil commitment facilities."
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description: "Reapportionment; reallocation of populations; civil commitment facilities. Requires persons civilly committed to a residential behavioral health facility administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to be counted and reallocated for redistricting and reapportionment purposes. This bill is identical to SB 88."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 59"
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citation: "Virginia HB 59 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-12-30"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9628ba03-e5f3-4bd6-8c28-0b864411effb"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB59"
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source_hash: "73a28abc4214e9b446c6758cf5efe1dfad7775fd3a53acffd0fd9a827f93a96e"
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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 59 (2026) — Reapportionment; reallocation of populations, population data, civil commitment facilities.
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Reapportionment; reallocation of populations; civil commitment facilities. Requires persons civilly committed to a residential behavioral health facility administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services to be counted and reallocated for redistricting and reapportionment purposes. This bill is identical to SB 88.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082192.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218717.PDF)
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3. **Privileges and Elections Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179143.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1197771.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102061D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-30** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB59)
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Privileges and Elections (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute printed 26108517D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB59)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-10** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB59ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB59)
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 551 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0551)
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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/9628ba03-e5f3-4bd6-8c28-0b864411effb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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