Virginia House Bill 556 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-02-12 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Restoration of civil rights. Provides for the automatic restoration of a felon's civil right to be eligible to vote upon the completion of his sentence, including any term of probation or parole, and the payment of all restitution, fines, costs, and fees assessed as a result of the felony conviction. The bill has a contingent effective date of January 1, 2017, provided that the voters approve an amendment to Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia at the 2015 November election.

Restoration of civil right to vote; felon eligible to vote upon completion of sentence.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-02-12	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2014-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table by voice vote
2014-01-22	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2014-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2014-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/14 14101665D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
53	1	231.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+sum+HB556
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?141+ful+HB556+hil