Signed by Governor Jim Justice, Jr.

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that amends state senatorial congressional districts.

Highlights:

• Amends state congressional districts to establish 17 new senatorial districts, composed of the following counties, including for (Sec. 1):

• District 1 the counties of Brooke, Hancock, and part of Marshall;

• District 2 the counties of Doddridge, Marion, and part of Marshall;

• District 3 the counties of Pleasants, Ritchie, and Wirt;

• District 4 the counties of Cabell, Jackson, Mason, and part of Putnam;

• District 5 the counties of Cabell and Wayne;

• District 6 the counties of McDowell, Mercer, Mingo, and part of Wayne;

• District 7 the counties of Boone, Lincoln, Logan, and part of Kanawha;

• District 8 the counties of Clay, Jackson, Putnam, Roane, and part of Wirt;

• District 9 the counties of Raleigh, Wyoming, and part of Fayette;

• District 10 the counties of Greenbrier, Monroe, Nicholas, Summers, and Fayette;

• District 11 the counties of Barbour, Braxton, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Randolph, Upshur, and Webster;

• District 12 the counties of Calhoun, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, and Taylor;

• District 13 the counties of Marion and Monongalia;

• District 14 the counties of Grant, Hardy, Mineral, Preston, Taylor, and Tucker;

• District 15 the counties of Berkeley, Hampshire, and Morgan;

• District 16 the counties of Jefferson and part of Berkeley; and

• District 17 the county of Kanawha.

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