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type: "Bill"
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title: "Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 963"
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citation: "Virginia HB 963 (2026)"
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classification: ["constitutional amendment"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Marcia S. \"Cia\" Price"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-02-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c41ba467-f1ae-4898-bbf9-e171cc29f4de"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB963"
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source_hash: "269fd92b4371cd1e11e7d4eb2a4a966a9734e00f815db8b816128a9c014ca996"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 963 (2026) — Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086698.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169221.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108649.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **7–6** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **65–34** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Garrett McGuire — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100137D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB963)
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- **2026-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-30** Reported from Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-02** Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB963ER) `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 04, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-04** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 11, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-02-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective July 1, 2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB963)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c41ba467-f1ae-4898-bbf9-e171cc29f4de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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