Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 15 2022 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-03-08 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution 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 provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished. Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution 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 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 and the right to vote (second reference).

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]	Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2022-03-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-03-08	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2022-03-01	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
2022-02-28	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-02-22	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2022-02-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2022-02-15	Senate	Read third time and agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2022-02-14	Senate	Passed by for the day
2022-02-11	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2022-02-10	Senate	Read first time
2022-02-09	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2022-01-20	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2022-01-20	Senate	Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
2022-01-18	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
2021-12-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-12-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100349D

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Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SJ1
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SJ1+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S08V0004+SJ0001
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S05V0186+SJ0001
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0501SJ0001+SJ0001
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1801V0021+SJ0001