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| Bill | Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting. | Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting. Provides that a finding that a person is incapacitated in a proceeding for guardianship or conservatorship shall not be synonymous with a finding that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting and therefore is not qualified to vote in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill provides that no person shall be deemed disqualified to vote due to a lack of capacity for the purposes of the Constitution of Virginia unless a court makes a specific finding by clear and convincing evidence that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. This bill is identical to SB 34. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 1014 | Virginia HB 1014 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 1014 (2026) — Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting.
Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting. Provides that a finding that a person is incapacitated in a proceeding for guardianship or conservatorship shall not be synonymous with a finding that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting and therefore is not qualified to vote in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution of Virginia. The bill provides that no person shall be deemed disqualified to vote due to a lack of capacity for the purposes of the Constitution of Virginia unless a court makes a specific finding by clear and convincing evidence that such person lacks the capacity to understand the act of voting. This bill is identical to SB 34.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 33–6 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 12–2 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100295D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1014)
- 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2026-01-30 Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-10 Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-25 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108491D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 6-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate substitute agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1014)
- 2026-03-13 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1014ER)
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-13 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1014)
- 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7215a6fb-524c-4360-a3d9-1a60f0c51589. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).