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| Bill | Voting Rights Act of Virginia; revises provisions. | Elections; Voting Rights Act of Virginia. Revises provisions of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (the Act) by (i) clarifying the legal standards for evaluating claims of alleged voter suppression and vote dilution, (ii) providing guidance to the courts to follow when determining whether a violation of the prohibition against voter suppression or vote dilution has occurred, and (iii) outlining the factors that the courts are permitted to consider and those factors that the courts are prohibited from considering. The bill expands the class of persons who may initiate a cause of action for an alleged violation of the Act to include organizations whose membership includes members of a protected class, organizations whose mission would be frustrated by a violation of the Act, and organizations that would expend resources in order to fulfill their mission as a result of a violation of the Act. The population thresholds for a locality to be designated as a covered locality for purposes of minority language accessibility pursuant to the Act are also amended. Current law designates a locality as a covered locality if, in the locality, (a) more than five percent of the voting age population or (b) more than 10,000 of the voting age population are members of a single language minority and are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process; the bill reduces those thresholds from five to three percent and from 10,000 to 5,000. The bill contains technical amendments for organizational purposes. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 967 | Virginia HB 967 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 967 (2026) — Voting Rights Act of Virginia; revises provisions.
Elections; Voting Rights Act of Virginia. Revises provisions of the Voting Rights Act of Virginia (the Act) by (i) clarifying the legal standards for evaluating claims of alleged voter suppression and vote dilution, (ii) providing guidance to the courts to follow when determining whether a violation of the prohibition against voter suppression or vote dilution has occurred, and (iii) outlining the factors that the courts are permitted to consider and those factors that the courts are prohibited from considering. The bill expands the class of persons who may initiate a cause of action for an alleged violation of the Act to include organizations whose membership includes members of a protected class, organizations whose mission would be frustrated by a violation of the Act, and organizations that would expend resources in order to fulfill their mission as a result of a violation of the Act. The population thresholds for a locality to be designated as a covered locality for purposes of minority language accessibility pursuant to the Act are also amended. Current law designates a locality as a covered locality if, in the locality, (a) more than five percent of the voting age population or (b) more than 10,000 of the voting age population are members of a single language minority and are unable to speak or understand English adequately enough to participate in the electoral process; the bill reduces those thresholds from five to three percent and from 10,000 to 5,000. The bill contains technical amendments for organizational purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Privileges and Elections Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 62–35 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 6–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- May Nivar — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101432D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB967)
- 2026-02-11 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-24 Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendments and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-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 Committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate amendments agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)
amendment-passage - 2026-03-13 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-13 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB967ER)
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 (HB967)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e1ff28dc-6da9-4455-9ea9-7d1e191d4304. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).