VirginiaConstitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.
What it does
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction, but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote.
More detail
Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Mar 24Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0601)Latest
- Mar 24Assigned Chapter 601 (Effective 07/01/25)Minor
- Mar 10Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 7Signed by SpeakerPassed 2nd Chamber
- Mar 7Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ2ER)Passed 1st Chamber
- Mar 7EnrolledMinor
- Jan 31Agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- Vote recorded Agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 31Read third timeMinor
- Jan 30Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 30Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Jan 30Rules suspended
- Jan 28Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 15Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 15Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 15Laid on Clerk's Desk
- Jan 15Received
- Jan 14Agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
- Vote recorded Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 agreed to (52-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 agreed to (51-Y 48-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 14Engrossed by House
- Jan 14Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 passed by
- Jan 14Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 agreed to (51-Y 48-N)Major
- Jan 14Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 passed by
- Jan 14Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 agreed to (52-Y 47-N)Major
- Jan 14Taken up
- Jan 13Passed by for the day
- 2024
- Nov 13Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 9Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
- Nov 13Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- 2023
- Nov 20Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Nov 20Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101042DIntroduced