Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HJR4: Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia and proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in the Schedule a section numbered 6, relating to apportionment; congressional districts; limited authority of the General Assembly to modify.
Status: Chaptered, April 13, 2026
Constitutional amendment (second reference); apportionment; congressional districts; limited authority of the General Assembly to modify. Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia related to the establishment of congressional districts. The amendment provides explicit authority for the General Assembly to modify one or more congressional districts, outside of the standard decennial redistricting cycle, in the event that any other state conducts a redistricting of the state's congressional districts outside of the standard decennial redistricting cycle or for any purpose other than complying with a state or federal court order to remedy an unlawful or unconstitutional district map. Additionally, an amendment to the Schedule of the Constitution of Virginia is proposed to specify the period of time to which such authorization is limited.
What the bill says
From the enrolled text, April 13, 2026:
CHAPTER 976 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 4 Proposing an amendment to Section 6 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia and proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia by adding in the Schedule a section numbered 6, relating to apportionment; congressional districts; limited authority of the General Assembly to modify. Agreed to by the House of Delegates, January 14, 2026 Agreed to by the Senate, January 16, 2026 WHEREAS, proposed amendments to the Constitution of Virginia, hereinafter set forth, were agreed to by a majority of the members elected to each of the two houses of the General Assembly at the special session I of 2024 and referred to this, the next regular session held after the 2025 general election of members of the House of Delegates, as required by the Constitution of Virginia; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the following amendments to the Constitution of Virginia be, and the same hereby are, proposed in conformity with the provisions of Section 1 of Article XII of the Constitution of Virginia, namely: Amend Section 6 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia and amend the Constitution of Virginia by adding in the Schedule a section numbered 6 as follows: ARTICLE II FRANCHISE AND OFFICERS Section 6. Apportionment. Members of …