republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-671.md

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Bill	Jurors; exemptions from jury service upon request, competency to perform jury duty.	Jurors; exemptions from jury service upon request; competency to perform jury duty. Provides that no person shall be deemed incompetent to serve on any jury on the basis of disability if the person would otherwise be competent to serve if provided with reasonable accommodation. The bill also provides that any person under a disability that substantially impairs the person's ability to perform jury duty shall be exempt from jury duty upon such person's request.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 671	Virginia HB 671 (2026)	bill		enacted	Michelle Lopes Maldonado	7	29	7	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/77ff95de-b5e7-4494-bc65-5f55abbb23e6	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB671	351fe1b52a04041529437060b6f72cd7e9d485f04ae0a354d1c570807b369e10	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 671 (2026) — Jurors; exemptions from jury service upon request, competency to perform jury duty.

Jurors; exemptions from jury service upon request; competency to perform jury duty. Provides that no person shall be deemed incompetent to serve on any jury on the basis of disability if the person would otherwise be competent to serve if provided with reasonable accommodation. The bill also provides that any person under a disability that substantially impairs the person's ability to perform jury duty shall be exempt from jury duty upon such person's request.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Civil Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
• Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
• Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
• Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
• Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
• Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102084D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Assigned HCJ sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (19-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-20 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2026-02-23 (S5020) Passed Senate with amendment Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-03-02 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB671ER) passage
• 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 198 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0198)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77ff95de-b5e7-4494-bc65-5f55abbb23e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).