Virginia 2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 319 — Redistricting; population data, reallocation of prison populations.

Last action — Left in Privileges and Elections

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House of Delegates
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Redistricting; population data; reallocation of prisonpopulations. Provides for the preparation of adjusted population data forredistricting and reapportionment purposes to reflect the reallocation ofpersons incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Thebill provides that a person incarcerated in a correctional facility whose legalresidence prior to entering custody was located within the Commonwealth will bedeemed to reside at such residence, and a person incarcerated in a correctionalfacility whose legal residence prior to entering custody was located outside ofthe Commonwealth or whose legal residence prior to entering custody cannot bedetermined will not be included in the population count for the locality inwhich the facility is located; instead, such persons shall be allocated to astate unit not tied to a specific determined geographic location in the samemanner as other state residents with an unknown address are allocated. Underthe current residence criteria of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, incarceratedpersons are counted at the facility in which they are incarcerated. The billdirects the Division of Legislative Services to prepare the adjusted populationdata, and the General Assembly and local governing bodies are required to usethis data as the basis for reapportioning and drawing new districts. TheDirector of the Department of Corrections and the Board of Corrections arerequired to provide to the Division certain information about each personincarcerated who was incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility onthe day the decennial census is taken, April 1 of a year ending in zero, forthese purposes. The Division is directed to request such information from eachagency operating a federal correctional facility in the Commonwealth, andpersons incarcerated in a federal correctional facility for whom a record isnot received shall be deemed to have a legal residence prior to enteringcustody that cannot be determined.

Bill Text

  • Impact statement from DPB (HB319) View text Current html December 31, 2019

Action History

  1. Left in Privileges and Elections

  2. Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)

  3. Assigned P & E sub: Redistricting

  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB319)

  5. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102052D

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Not signed on (147)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 319 do?
Redistricting; population data; reallocation of prisonpopulations. Provides for the preparation of adjusted population data forredistricting and reapportionment purposes to reflect the reallocation ofpersons incarcerated in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Thebill provides that a person incarcerated in a correctional facility whose legalresidence prior to entering custody was located within the Commonwealth will bedeemed to reside at such residence, and a person incarcerated in a correctionalfacility whose legal residence prior to entering custody was located outside ofthe Commonwealth or whose legal residence prior to entering custody cannot bedetermined will not be included in the population count for the locality inwhich the facility is located; instead, such persons shall be allocated to astate unit not tied to a specific determined geographic location in the samemanner as other state residents with an unknown address are allocated. Underthe current residence criteria of the U.S. Bureau of the Census, incarceratedpersons are counted at the facility in which they are incarcerated. The billdirects the Division of Legislative Services to prepare the adjusted populationdata, and the General Assembly and local governing bodies are required to usethis data as the basis for reapportioning and drawing new districts. TheDirector of the Department of Corrections and the Board of Corrections arerequired to provide to the Division certain information about each personincarcerated who was incarcerated in a state or local correctional facility onthe day the decennial census is taken, April 1 of a year ending in zero, forthese purposes. The Division is directed to request such information from eachagency operating a federal correctional facility in the Commonwealth, andpersons incarcerated in a federal correctional facility for whom a record isnot received shall be deemed to have a legal residence prior to enteringcustody that cannot be determined.
Who sponsors HB 319?
HB 319 is sponsored by Levine, Mark H..
What is the current status of HB 319?
This bill died with 2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 319?
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