republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-34.md

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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 HB 1014.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 34	Virginia SB 34 (2026)	bill		enacted	Barbara A. Favola	5	38	8	2025-11-19	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/762fb466-5909-4bc8-abf7-6e33ea027ced	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB34	756a47578476738fbc91c91b047f2bbe1f37471abc8a2a5796ecd5987b485adb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 34 (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 HB 1014.

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. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Privileges and Elections Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute — 15–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 65–34 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-11-19 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100162D filing, introduction
• 2025-11-19 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB34)
• 2026-02-04 Reported from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107752D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB34)
• 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections referral-committee
• 2026-02-20 House committee offered
• 2026-02-26 House committee offered
• 2026-02-27 Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108489D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (65-Y 34-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 House substitute agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB34)
• 2026-03-12 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB34ER) passage
• 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB34)
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-12 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 443 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0443)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/762fb466-5909-4bc8-abf7-6e33ea027ced. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).