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| Bill | Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote. | Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, general election to approve or reject an amendment that would provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. This bill is identical to SB 6. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 963 | Virginia HB 963 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 963 (2026) — Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.
Constitutional amendment (voter referendum); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides for a referendum at the November 3, 2026, general election to approve or reject an amendment that would provide for the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth, revise the qualifications of voters so that a person convicted of a felony is not entitled to vote during his period of incarceration but is automatically invested with the right to vote upon release from incarceration, and update the existing prohibition on voting by persons found to be mentally incompetent to instead apply to persons who have been found to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. This bill is identical to SB 6.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 7–6 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 65–34 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100137D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB963)
- 2026-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-28 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-01-30 Reported from Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-02 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB963ER)
passage - 2026-02-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 04, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-02-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 11, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-02-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective July 1, 2026)
executive-signature - 2026-02-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)
- 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB963)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c41ba467-f1ae-4898-bbf9-e171cc29f4de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).