Virginia House Bill 130 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides for a referendum at the November 8, 2022, general election to approve or reject an amendment that would provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting.

Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (voter referendum).

Del. Mike Cherry [R]

Del. Carrie Coyner [R]

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]

Del. Kim Taylor [R]

2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2022-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
2022-02-07	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2022-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101942D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB130
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB130+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB130F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1801V0013+HB0130