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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 884<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2004, chapter 1000<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1229<\/a> and 1265<\/a>; in 2020, chapter 862<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70842,"section_number":"24.2-314","catch_line":"Population data; reallocation of prison populations","order_by":null,"url":"\/24.2-314\/"}],"permalink":{"id":200325,"object_type":"law","relational_id":65063,"identifier":"30-265","token":"30\/39\/30-265","url":"\/30-265\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/30-265\/","token":"30\/39\/30-265","dublin_core":{"Title":"Reapportionment of congressional and state legislative districts; United States Census population counts","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 30-265","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

For the purposes of redrawing the boundaries of the congressional, state Senate, and House of Delegates districts after the United States Census for the year 2020 and every 10 years thereafter, the Virginia Redistricting Commission established pursuant to Chapter 62 of Title 30 shall use the population data provided by the United States Bureau of the Census, as adjusted by the Division of Legislative Services pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-314<\/a>. The census data used for this apportionment purpose shall not include any population figure which is not allocated to specific census blocks within the Commonwealth, even though that population may have been included in the apportionment population figures of the Commonwealth for the purpose of allocating United States House of Representatives seats among the states.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREAPPORTIONMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS; UNITED STATES\nCENSUS POPULATION COUNTS (\u00a7 30-265)\n\nFor the purposes of redrawing the boundaries of the congressional, state Senate,\nand House of Delegates districts after the United States Census for the year\n2020 and every 10 years thereafter, the Virginia Redistricting Commission\nestablished pursuant to Chapter 62 of Title 30 shall use the population data\nprovided by the United States Bureau of the Census, as adjusted by the Division\nof Legislative Services pursuant to \u00a7 24.2-314. The census data used for this\napportionment purpose shall not include any population figure which is not\nallocated to specific census blocks within the Commonwealth, even though that\npopulation may have been included in the apportionment population figures of the\nCommonwealth for the purpose of allocating United States House of\nRepresentatives seats among the states.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 884, \u00a7 24.2-301.1; 2004, c. 1000; 2020, cc. 1229, 1265; 2020,\nc. 862; 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}