                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONSIDERATION OF PLANS BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY; TIMELINE (§ 30-398)

A. All plans for districts for the Senate and the House of Delegates shall be
embodied in and voted on as a single bill.

B. All bills embodying plans for districts for the United States House of
Representatives, the Senate, or the House of Delegates shall be voted on by the
General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Section 11 of
the Constitution of Virginia, except no amendments shall be permitted. All bills
embodying a plan that are approved by both houses shall become law without the
signature of the Governor and, pursuant to Article II, Section 6 of the
Constitution of Virginia, shall take effect immediately.

C. Within 15 days of receipt of any plan for districts, the General Assembly
shall take a vote on a bill embodying such plan. If the General Assembly fails
to adopt the bill by this deadline, the Commission shall submit a new plan for
districts within 14 days of the General Assembly&#8217;s failure to adopt the
bill. Within seven days of receipt of such plan, the General Assembly shall take
a vote on the bill embodying the plan, and if the General Assembly fails to
adopt the plan by this deadline, the districts shall be established by the
Supreme Court of Virginia pursuant to &#xA7; 30-399.

D. If the Commission submits a plan for districts pursuant to subsection C of
&#xA7; 30-397, the General Assembly shall take a vote on such plan within seven
days of its receipt. If the General Assembly fails to adopt the plan by this
deadline, the districts shall be established by the Supreme Court of Virginia
pursuant to &#xA7; 30-399.

HISTORY: 2020, Sp. Sess. I, c. 56; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.