Virginia House Joint Resolution 2

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 14 2025 - 50% progression
Action: 2025-01-15 - Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
Pending: Senate Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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. 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.

Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.

Del. Elizabeth Bennett-Parker [D]	Del. Nadarius Clark [D]	Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]
Del. Luke Torian [D]	Del. Bonita Anthony [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]	Del. David Bulova [D]
Del. Katrina Callsen [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Laura Jane Cohen [D]	Del. Joshua Cole [D]
Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rae Cousins [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Michael Feggans [D]
Del. Debra Gardner [D]	Del. Jackie Glass [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]
Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Phil Hernandez [D]	Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Michael Jones [D]	Del. Karen Keys-Gamarra [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Amy Laufer [D]
Del. Destiny LeVere Bolling [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]	Del. Marty Martinez [D]
Del. Adele McClure [D]	Del. Candi Mundon King [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Atoosa Reaser [D]	Del. David Reid [D]	Del. Holly Seibold [D]	Del. Briana Sewell [D]
Del. Irene Shin [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]
Del. J.J. Singh [D]	Sen. Kannan Srinivasan [D]	Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Joshua Thomas [D]
Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Del. Jeion Ward [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]
Sen. Jeremy McPike [D]

2025-01-14 - House - Agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N 0-A) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2025-01-14 - House - Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 agreed to (51-Y 48-N 0-A) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2025-01-14 - House - Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 agreed to (52-Y 47-N 0-A) (Y: 0 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2024-11-13 - House - Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-15	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2025-01-15	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2025-01-15	Senate	Laid on Clerk's Desk
2025-01-15	Senate	Received
2025-01-14	House	Agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
2025-01-14	House	Engrossed by House
2025-01-14	House	Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 passed by
2025-01-14	House	Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendments #2, #3 agreed to (51-Y 48-N)
2025-01-14	House	Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 passed by
2025-01-14	House	Motion to pass by Delegate Cherry Amendment #1 agreed to (52-Y 47-N)
2025-01-14	House	Taken up
2025-01-13	House	Passed by for the day
2024-11-13	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (12-Y 9-N)
2024-02-09	House	Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections (Voice Vote)
2023-11-20	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2023-11-20	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101042D

HJR2 (Carry Over) 2024-02-09 - Continued to 2025 in Privileges and Elections by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HJ2
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HJR2/text/HJ2
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HJ2/text/HJ2
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HJ2/text/HJ2AH1
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HJ2/20251/2510002
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HJ2/20251/2518181
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HJ2/20251/2518182
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HJ2/20251/2518183