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style="display:none">Legislative branch of the state government of Virginia</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Virginia General Assembly</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/163rd_Virginia_General_Assembly" title="163rd Virginia General Assembly">163rd Virginia General Assembly</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_Virginia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/170px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/255px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Seal_of_Virginia.svg/340px-Seal_of_Virginia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Bicameral" class="mw-redirect" title="Bicameral">Bicameral</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Houses</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Virginia">Senate</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">House of Delegates</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">July 30, 1619<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1619-07-30</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">Senate President</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Winsome_Sears" title="Winsome Sears">Winsome Sears</a> (<a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Virginia" title="Republican Party of Virginia">R</a>) <br />since January 15, 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/President_pro_tempore_of_the_Senate_of_Virginia" title="President pro tempore of the Senate of Virginia">Senate President Pro Tempore</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Louise_Lucas" title="Louise Lucas">Louise Lucas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">D</a>) <br />since January 8, 2020 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Delegates" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates">House Speaker</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Don_Scott_(Virginia_politician)" title="Don Scott (Virginia politician)">Don Scott</a> (<a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">D</a>) <br />since January 10, 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>140</b><br />40 senators<br />100 delegates</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_Senate_(November_2023).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Virginia_Senate_%28November_2023%29.svg/250px-Virginia_Senate_%28November_2023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Virginia_Senate_%28November_2023%29.svg/375px-Virginia_Senate_%28November_2023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Virginia_Senate_%28November_2023%29.svg/500px-Virginia_Senate_%28November_2023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="263" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Senate political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">Democratic</a> (21)</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0000; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Virginia" title="Republican Party of Virginia">Republican</a> (19)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg/250px-Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg/375px-Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg/500px-Virginia_House_of_Delegates_after_2023_elections.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="263" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">House of Delegates political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist nowrap"><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF ; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">Democratic</a> (51)</li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF0000 ; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Virginia" title="Republican Party of Virginia">Republican</a> (49)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Senate: 4 years<br />House of Delegates: 2 years</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last Senate election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia_Senate_election" title="2023 Virginia Senate election">November 7, 2023</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last House of Delegates election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2023 Virginia House of Delegates election">November 7, 2023</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Redistricting</th><td class="infobox-data">Commission of eight lawmakers and eight citizens</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richmond_Virginia_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Richmond_Virginia_Capitol.jpg/275px-Richmond_Virginia_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="206" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Richmond_Virginia_Capitol.jpg/413px-Richmond_Virginia_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Richmond_Virginia_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="504" data-file-height="378" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label"><a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Capitol" title="Virginia State Capitol">Virginia State Capitol</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #3333FF; border-bottom: 2px solid #3333FF">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://virginiageneralassembly.gov">virginiageneralassembly<wbr />.gov</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Virginia General Assembly</b> is the <a href="/wiki/State_legislature_(United_States)" title="State legislature (United States)">legislative body</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Commonwealth of Virginia</a>, the oldest continuous law-making body in the <a href="/wiki/Western_Hemisphere" title="Western Hemisphere">Western Hemisphere</a>, and the first elected legislative assembly in the <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a>. It was established on July 30, 1619.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The General Assembly is a <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> body consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_House_of_Delegates" title="Virginia House of Delegates">Virginia House of Delegates</a>, with 100 members, and an <a href="/wiki/Upper_house" title="Upper house">upper house</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Senate_of_Virginia" class="mw-redirect" title="Senate of Virginia">Senate of Virginia</a>, with 40 members. Senators serve terms of four years, and delegates serve two-year terms. Combined, the General Assembly consists of 140 elected representatives from an equal number of constituent districts across the commonwealth. The House of Delegates is presided over by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Speakers_of_the_Virginia_House_of_Delegates" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Speakers of the Virginia House of Delegates">speaker of the House</a>, while the Senate is presided over by the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia" title="Lieutenant Governor of Virginia">lieutenant governor of Virginia</a>. The House and Senate each elect a clerk and <a href="/wiki/Sergeant-at-arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergeant-at-arms">sergeant-at-arms</a>. The Senate of Virginia's clerk is known as the clerk of the Senate (instead of as the <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_the_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of the Senate">secretary of the Senate</a>, the title used by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a>). </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2019_Virginia_elections" title="2019 Virginia elections">2019 election</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" title="Democratic Party of Virginia">Democratic Party</a> held a majority of seats in both the House and the Senate for the first time since 1996. They were sworn into office on January 8, 2020, at the start of the <a href="/wiki/161st_Virginia_General_Assembly" title="161st Virginia General Assembly">161st session</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the <a href="/wiki/2021_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2021 Virginia House of Delegates election">2021 election</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_Virginia" title="Republican Party of Virginia">Republican Party</a> recaptured a majority in the House of Delegates, then lost it after the <a href="/wiki/2023_Virginia_House_of_Delegates_election" title="2023 Virginia House of Delegates election">2023 election</a>, when the Democratic Party secured majorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Capitol">Capitol</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Capitol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The General Assembly meets in Virginia's capital of <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_Virginia" title="Richmond, Virginia">Richmond</a>. When sitting in Richmond, the General Assembly holds sessions in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_State_Capitol" title="Virginia State Capitol">Virginia State Capitol</a>, designed by <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a> in 1788 and expanded in 1904. During the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>, the building was used as the capitol of the <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States</a>, housing the <a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Confederate_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Congress of the Confederate States">Confederate Congress</a>. The building was renovated between 2005 and 2006. Senators and delegates have their offices in the General Assembly Building across the street directly north of the Capitol, which have been rebuilt and are expected to open in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> lives across the street directly east of the Capitol in the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Executive_Mansion" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Executive Mansion">Virginia Executive Mansion</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Virginia General Assembly is described as "the oldest continuous law-making body in the New World."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its existence dates to its establishment at <a href="/wiki/Jamestown,_Virginia" title="Jamestown, Virginia">Jamestown</a> on July 30, 1619, by instructions from the <a href="/wiki/London_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="London Company">Virginia Company of London</a> to the new Governor Sir <a href="/wiki/George_Yeardley" title="George Yeardley">George Yeardley</a>. It was initially a <a href="/wiki/Unicameralism" title="Unicameralism">unicameral</a> body composed of the Company-appointed Governor and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Governor%27s_Council" title="Virginia Governor's Council">Council of State</a>, plus 22 burgesses elected by the settlements and Jamestown.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Assembly became bicameral in 1642 upon the formation of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Burgesses" title="House of Burgesses">House of Burgesses</a>. The Assembly had a judicial function of hearing cases both original and <a href="/wiki/Appellate" class="mw-redirect" title="Appellate">appellate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At various times it may have been referred to as the Grand Assembly of Virginia.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The General Assembly met in Jamestown from 1619 until 1699, when it first moved to the <a href="/wiki/College_of_William_%26_Mary" title="College of William & Mary">College of William & Mary</a> near <a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a>, and from 1705 met in the colonial <a href="/wiki/Capitol_(Williamsburg,_Virginia)" title="Capitol (Williamsburg, Virginia)">Capitol</a> building. It became the General Assembly in 1776 with the <a href="/wiki/Ratification" title="Ratification">ratification</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Virginia Constitution">Virginia Constitution</a>. The government was moved to Richmond in 1780 during the administration of <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">Thomas Jefferson</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Salary_and_qualifications">Salary and qualifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Salary and qualifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The annual salary for senators is $18,000.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The annual salary for delegates is $17,640, with the exception that the Speaker's salary is $36,321.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members and one staff member also receive a <a href="/wiki/Per_diem" title="Per diem">per diem</a> allowance for each day spent attending to official duties such as attending session in Richmond or attending committee meetings. Transportation expenses are reimbursed.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Virginia" title="Constitution of Virginia">Constitution of Virginia</a>, senators and delegates must be twenty-one years of age at the time of the election, residents of the district they represent, and qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly. Under the Constitution, "a senator or delegate who moves his residence from the district for which he is elected shall thereby vacate his office."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The state constitution specifies that the General Assembly shall meet annually, and its regular session is a maximum of 60 days long in even-numbered years and 30 days long in odd-numbered years, unless extended by a two-thirds vote of both houses.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Virginia" title="Governor of Virginia">Governor of Virginia</a> may convene a special session of the General Assembly "when, in his opinion, the interest of the Commonwealth may require" and must convene a special session "upon the application of two-thirds of the members elected to each house."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Redistricting_reform">Redistricting reform</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Virginia_General_Assembly&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Redistricting reform"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article II, section 6 on apportionment states, "Members of the . . . Senate and of the House of Delegates of the General Assembly shall be elected from electoral districts established by the General Assembly. Every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory and shall be so constituted as to give, as nearly as is practicable, representation in proportion to the population of the district."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Redistricting Coalition of Virginia proposes either an independent commission or a <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan" class="mw-redirect" title="Bipartisan">bipartisan</a> <a href="/wiki/Redistricting_commission" title="Redistricting commission">commission</a> that is not polarized. Member organizations include the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Women_Voters" title="League of Women Voters">League of Women Voters</a> of Virginia, <a href="/wiki/AARP" title="AARP">AARP</a> of Virginia, <a href="/wiki/OneVirginia2021" title="OneVirginia2021">OneVirginia2021</a>, the Virginia <a href="/wiki/United_States_Chamber_of_Commerce" title="United States Chamber of Commerce">Chamber of Commerce</a> and <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Organizing" title="Virginia Organizing">Virginia Organizing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Governor <a href="/wiki/Bob_McDonnell" title="Bob McDonnell">Bob McDonnell</a>'s Independent Bipartisan Advisory Commission on Redistricting for the Commonwealth of Virginia made its report on April 1, 2011. It made two recommendations for each state legislative house that showed maps of districts more compact and contiguous than those adopted by the General Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, no action was taken after the report was released. </p><p>In 2011 the Virginia College and University Redistricting Competition was organized by Professors Michael McDonald of <a href="/wiki/George_Mason_University" title="George Mason University">George Mason University</a> and Quentin Kidd of <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Newport_University" title="Christopher Newport University">Christopher Newport University</a>. About 150 students on sixteen teams from thirteen schools submitted plans for legislative and U.S. Congressional Districts. They created districts more compact than the General Assembly's efforts. The "Division 1" maps conformed with the Governor's <a href="/wiki/Executive_order" title="Executive order">executive order</a>, and did not address electoral competition or representational fairness. In addition to the criteria of contiguity, equipopulation, the federal <a href="/wiki/Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965" title="Voting Rights Act of 1965">Voting Rights Act</a> and communities of interest in the existing city and county boundaries, "Division 2" maps in the competition did incorporate considerations of electoral competition and representational fairness. Judges for the cash award prizes were <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Mann" title="Thomas E. Mann">Thomas Mann</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Brookings_Institution" title="Brookings Institution">Brookings Institution</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Ornstein" title="Norman Ornstein">Norman Ornstein</a> of the <a href="/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute" title="American Enterprise Institute">American Enterprise Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2015 Republican state senator <a href="/wiki/Jill_Holtzman_Vogel" class="mw-redirect" title="Jill Holtzman Vogel">Jill Holtzman Vogel</a> of <a href="/wiki/Winchester,_Virginia" title="Winchester, Virginia">Winchester</a> and Democratic state senator <a href="/wiki/Louise_Lucas" title="Louise Lucas">Louise Lucas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_Virginia" title="Portsmouth, Virginia">Portsmouth</a> sponsored a Senate Joint Resolution to establish additional criteria for the Virginia Redistricting Commission of four identified members of political parties, and three other independent public officials. The criteria began with respecting existing political boundaries, such as cities and towns, counties and magisterial districts, election districts and voting precincts. Districts are to be established on the basis of population, in conformance with federal and state laws and court cases, including those addressing racial fairness. The territory is to be contiguous and compact, without oddly shaped boundaries. The commission is prohibited from using political data or election results to favor either political party or incumbent. It passed with a two-thirds majority of 27 to 12 in the Senate, and was then referred to committee in the House of Delegates.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, in <i>Vesilind v. Virginia State Board of Elections</i> in a Virginia state court, plaintiffs sought to overturn the General Assembly's redistricting in five House of Delegates and six state Senate districts as violations of both the Virginia and U.S. Constitutions because they failed to represent populations in "continuous and compact territory".<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, <a href="/wiki/2020_Virginia_Question_1" title="2020 Virginia Question 1">a constitutional amendment</a> moved redistricting power to a commission consisting of eight lawmakers, four from each party, and eight citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The amendment passed with all counties and cities supporting the measure except <a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Results_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Results-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commission failed to reach an agreement on new state and congressional districts by an October 25, 2021, deadline, and relied upon the amendment's provision that lets the state <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Virginia" title="Supreme Court of Virginia">Supreme Court of Virginia</a> draw the districts in the event that the commission could not do so.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Supreme Court did so and approved newly drawn districts on December 28, 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While newly drawn districts will currently first be used in 2023, a federal lawsuit is pending that calls for an election to be held using newly drawn districts as immediately as November 2022. 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style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="div-col numbered nowrap" style="column-width: 16em;"> <ol><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Hope" title="Patrick Hope">Patrick Hope</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Adele_McClure" title="Adele McClure">Adele McClure</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alfonso_H._Lopez" title="Alfonso H. Lopez">Alfonso Lopez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charniele_Herring" title="Charniele Herring">Charniele Herring</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Bennett-Parker" title="Elizabeth Bennett-Parker">Elizabeth Bennett-Parker</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rip_Sullivan" title="Rip Sullivan">Rip Sullivan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karen_Keys-Gamarra" title="Karen Keys-Gamarra">Karen Keys-Gamarra</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Irene_Shin" title="Irene Shin">Irene Shin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karrie_Delaney" title="Karrie Delaney">Karrie Delaney</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dan_Helmer" title="Dan Helmer">Dan Helmer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Bulova" title="David Bulova">David Bulova</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Holly_Seibold" title="Holly Seibold">Holly Seibold</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Simon" title="Marcus Simon">Marcus Simon</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Vivian_Watts" title="Vivian Watts">Vivian Watts</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Laura_Jane_Cohen" title="Laura Jane Cohen">Laura Jane Cohen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Krizek" title="Paul Krizek">Paul Krizek</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Sickles" title="Mark Sickles">Mark Sickles</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Tran" title="Kathy Tran">Kathy Tran</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rozia_Henson" title="Rozia Henson">Rozia Henson</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michelle_Maldonado" title="Michelle Maldonado">Michelle Maldonado</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Josh_Thomas_(politician)" title="Josh Thomas (politician)">Josh Thomas</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ian_Lovejoy" title="Ian Lovejoy">Ian Lovejoy</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Candi_King" title="Candi King">Candi King</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Luke_Torian" title="Luke Torian">Luke Torian</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Briana_Sewell" title="Briana Sewell">Briana Sewell</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kannan_Srinivasan" title="Kannan Srinivasan">Kannan Srinivasan</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Atoosa_Reaser" title="Atoosa Reaser">Atoosa Reaser</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_A._Reid" title="David A. Reid">David Reid</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marty_Martinez_(Virginia_politician)" title="Marty Martinez (Virginia politician)">Marty Martinez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Geary_Higgins" title="Geary Higgins">Geary Higgins</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delores_Riley_Oates" title="Delores Riley Oates">Delores Riley Oates</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bill_Wiley" title="Bill Wiley">Bill Wiley</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Todd_Gilbert" title="Todd Gilbert">Todd Gilbert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tony_Wilt" title="Tony Wilt">Tony Wilt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Runion" title="Chris Runion">Chris Runion</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Campbell" title="Ellen Campbell">Ellen Campbell</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Terry_Austin_(politician)" title="Terry Austin (politician)">Terry Austin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Sam_Rasoul" title="Sam Rasoul">Sam Rasoul</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Davis_(Virginia_politician)" title="Will Davis (Virginia politician)">Will Davis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joseph_McNamara_(Virginia_politician)" title="Joseph McNamara (Virginia politician)">Joe McNamara</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chris_Obenshain" title="Chris Obenshain">Chris Obenshain</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jason_Ballard" title="Jason Ballard">Jason Ballard</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Will_Morefield" title="Will Morefield">Will Morefield</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Israel_O%27Quinn" title="Israel O'Quinn">Israel O'Quinn</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Terry_Kilgore" title="Terry Kilgore">Terry Kilgore</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jed_Arnold" title="Jed Arnold">Jed Arnold</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wren_Williams" title="Wren Williams">Wren Williams</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eric_Philips_(politician)" title="Eric Philips (politician)">Eric Phillips</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Danny_Marshall" title="Danny Marshall">Danny Marshall</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Thomas_C._Wright" title="Thomas C. Wright">Tommy Wright</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eric_Zehr" title="Eric Zehr">Eric Zehr</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Wendell_Walker" title="Wendell Walker">Wendell Walker</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tim_Griffin_(Virginia_politician)" title="Tim Griffin (Virginia politician)">Tim Griffin</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Katrina_Callsen" title="Katrina Callsen">Katrina Callsen</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Amy_Laufer" title="Amy Laufer">Amy Laufer</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Tom_Garrett_(Virginia_politician)" title="Tom Garrett (Virginia politician)">Tom Garrett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/David_Owen_(Virginia_politician)" title="David Owen (Virginia politician)">David Owen</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rodney_Willett" title="Rodney Willett">Rodney Willett</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Buddy_Fowler" title="Buddy Fowler">Buddy Fowler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Scott_Wyatt_(politician)" title="Scott Wyatt (politician)">Scott Wyatt</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Webert" title="Michael Webert">Michael Webert</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nick_Freitas" title="Nick Freitas">Nick Freitas</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Scott_(Virginia_politician)" title="Phillip Scott (Virginia politician)">Phillip Scott</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Paul_Milde_(politician)" title="Paul Milde (politician)">Paul Milde</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joshua_G._Cole" title="Joshua G. Cole">Joshua G. Cole</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Orrock" title="Bobby Orrock">Bobby Orrock</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hillary_Pugh_Kent" title="Hillary Pugh Kent">Hillary Pugh Kent</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Keith_Hodges" title="Keith Hodges">Keith Hodges</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Chad_Green_(politician)" title="Chad Green (politician)">Chad Green</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Shelly_Simonds" title="Shelly Simonds">Shelly Simonds</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Amanda_Batten" title="Amanda Batten">Amanda Batten</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Lee_Ware" title="Lee Ware">Lee Ware</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mark_Earley_Jr." title="Mark Earley Jr.">Mark Earley Jr.</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Mike_Cherry_(Virginia_politician)" title="Mike Cherry (Virginia politician)">Mike Cherry</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carrie_Coyner" title="Carrie Coyner">Carrie Coyner</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Debra_Gardner_(politician)" title="Debra Gardner (politician)">Debra Gardner</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Jones_(Virginia_politician)" title="Michael Jones (Virginia politician)">Michael Jones</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Betsy_B._Carr" title="Betsy B. Carr">Betsy B. Carr</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Rae_Cousins" title="Rae Cousins">Rae Cousins</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Destiny_Levere_Bolling" title="Destiny Levere Bolling">Destiny Levere Bolling</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Delores_McQuinn" title="Delores McQuinn">Delores McQuinn</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kim_Taylor_(politician)" title="Kim Taylor (politician)">Kim Taylor</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Otto_Wachsmann" title="Otto Wachsmann">Otto Wachsmann</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Nadarius_Clark" title="Nadarius Clark">Nadarius Clark</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Marcia_Price" title="Marcia Price">Marcia Price</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Aijalon_Cordoza" title="Aijalon Cordoza">A.C. Cordoza</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jeion_Ward" title="Jeion Ward">Jeion Ward</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Don_Scott_(Virginia_politician)" title="Don Scott (Virginia politician)">Don Scott</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Baxter_Ennis" title="Baxter Ennis">Baxter Ennis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jay_Leftwich" title="Jay Leftwich">Jay Leftwich</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Hayes_Jr." title="Cliff Hayes Jr.">Cliff Hayes</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Bonita_Anthony" title="Bonita Anthony">Bonita Anthony</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Glass_(politician)" title="Jackie Glass (politician)">Jackie Glass</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Phil_Hernandez" title="Phil Hernandez">Phil Hernandez</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Alex_Askew" title="Alex Askew">Alex Askew</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kelly_Convirs-Fowler" title="Kelly Convirs-Fowler">Kelly Convirs-Fowler</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Michael_Feggans" title="Michael Feggans">Michael Feggans</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Barry_Knight_(politician)" title="Barry Knight (politician)">Barry Knight</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Anne_Ferrell_Tata" title="Anne Ferrell Tata">Anne Ferrell Tata</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bloxom_Jr." title="Robert Bloxom Jr.">Robert Bloxom Jr.</a> (R)</li></ol> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_of_Virginia" 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state legislatures">State legislatures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Legislature" title="Alabama Legislature">Alabama</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alabama_House_of_Representatives" title="Alabama House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Senate" title="Alabama Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alaska_State_Legislature" title="Alaska State Legislature">Alaska</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alaska_House_of_Representatives" title="Alaska House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alaska_State_Senate" title="Alaska State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arizona_State_Legislature" title="Arizona State Legislature">Arizona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arizona_House_of_Representatives" title="Arizona House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arizona_Senate" title="Arizona Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_General_Assembly" title="Arkansas General Assembly">Arkansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arkansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Arkansas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_Senate" title="Arkansas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/California_State_Legislature" title="California State Legislature">California</a> (<a href="/wiki/California_State_Assembly" title="California State Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/California_State_Senate" title="California State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Colorado_General_Assembly" title="Colorado General Assembly">Colorado</a> (<a href="/wiki/Colorado_House_of_Representatives" title="Colorado House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado_Senate" title="Colorado Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Connecticut_General_Assembly" title="Connecticut General Assembly">Connecticut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Connecticut_House_of_Representatives" title="Connecticut House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_State_Senate" title="Connecticut State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">Delaware</a> (<a href="/wiki/Delaware_House_of_Representatives" title="Delaware House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Senate" title="Delaware Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Florida_Legislature" title="Florida Legislature">Florida</a> (<a href="/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives" title="Florida House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Georgia_General_Assembly" title="Georgia General Assembly">Georgia</a> (<a href="/wiki/Georgia_House_of_Representatives" title="Georgia House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Georgia_State_Senate" title="Georgia State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawaii_State_Legislature" title="Hawaii State Legislature">Hawaii</a> (<a href="/wiki/Hawaii_House_of_Representatives" title="Hawaii House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hawaii_Senate" title="Hawaii Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Idaho_Legislature" title="Idaho Legislature">Idaho</a> (<a href="/wiki/Idaho_House_of_Representatives" title="Idaho House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Idaho_Senate" title="Idaho Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Illinois_General_Assembly" title="Illinois General Assembly">Illinois</a> (<a href="/wiki/Illinois_House_of_Representatives" title="Illinois House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Senate" title="Illinois Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Indiana_General_Assembly" title="Indiana General Assembly">Indiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Indiana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indiana_Senate" title="Indiana Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Iowa_General_Assembly" title="Iowa General Assembly">Iowa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iowa_House_of_Representatives" title="Iowa House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa_Senate" title="Iowa Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kansas_Legislature" title="Kansas Legislature">Kansas</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kansas_House_of_Representatives" title="Kansas House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_Senate" title="Kansas Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kentucky_General_Assembly" title="Kentucky General Assembly">Kentucky</a> (<a href="/wiki/Kentucky_House_of_Representatives" title="Kentucky House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kentucky_Senate" title="Kentucky Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Legislature" title="Louisiana State Legislature">Louisiana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Louisiana_House_of_Representatives" title="Louisiana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_State_Senate" title="Louisiana State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maine_Legislature" title="Maine Legislature">Maine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maine_House_of_Representatives" title="Maine House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maine_Senate" title="Maine Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Maryland_General_Assembly" title="Maryland General Assembly">Maryland</a> (<a href="/wiki/Maryland_House_of_Delegates" title="Maryland House of Delegates">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Senate" title="Maryland Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_General_Court" title="Massachusetts General Court">Massachusetts</a> (<a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives" title="Massachusetts House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Senate" title="Massachusetts Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Michigan_Legislature" title="Michigan Legislature">Michigan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Michigan_House_of_Representatives" title="Michigan House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Senate" title="Michigan Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Minnesota</a> (<a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Legislature" title="Mississippi Legislature">Mississippi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives" title="Mississippi House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_Senate" title="Mississippi State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Missouri_General_Assembly" title="Missouri General Assembly">Missouri</a> (<a href="/wiki/Missouri_House_of_Representatives" title="Missouri House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Senate" title="Missouri Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Montana_Legislature" title="Montana Legislature">Montana</a> (<a href="/wiki/Montana_House_of_Representatives" title="Montana House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montana_Senate" title="Montana Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature" title="Nebraska Legislature">Nebraska</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nevada_Legislature" title="Nevada Legislature">Nevada</a> (<a href="/wiki/Nevada_Assembly" title="Nevada Assembly">A</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nevada_Senate" title="Nevada Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_General_Court" title="New Hampshire General Court">New Hampshire</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_House_of_Representatives" title="New Hampshire House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire_Senate" title="New Hampshire Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Legislature" title="New Jersey Legislature">New Jersey</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_General_Assembly" title="New Jersey General Assembly">GA</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Senate" title="New Jersey Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Legislature" title="New Mexico Legislature">New Mexico</a> (<a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_House_of_Representatives" title="New Mexico House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico_Senate" title="New Mexico Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Legislature" title="New York State Legislature">New 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of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Senate" title="Ohio Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Legislature" title="Oklahoma Legislature">Oklahoma</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_House_of_Representatives" title="Oklahoma House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Senate" title="Oklahoma Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oregon_Legislative_Assembly" title="Oregon Legislative Assembly">Oregon</a> (<a href="/wiki/Oregon_House_of_Representatives" title="Oregon House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oregon_State_Senate" title="Oregon State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_General_Assembly" title="Pennsylvania General Assembly">Pennsylvania</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_House_of_Representatives" title="Pennsylvania House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Senate" title="Pennsylvania State Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_General_Assembly" title="Rhode Island General Assembly">Rhode Island</a> (<a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_House_of_Representatives" title="Rhode Island House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_Senate" title="Rhode Island Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_General_Assembly" title="South Carolina General Assembly">South Carolina</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_House_of_Representatives" title="South Carolina House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina_Senate" title="South Carolina Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Legislature" title="South Dakota Legislature">South Dakota</a> (<a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_House_of_Representatives" title="South Dakota House of Representatives">H</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota_Senate" title="South Dakota Senate">S</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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