republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1014.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Incapacitated persons; finding of lack of capacity to understand act of voting."
description: "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 SB 34."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1014"
citation: "Virginia HB 1014 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy K.L. Tran"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7215a6fb-524c-4360-a3d9-1a60f0c51589"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1014"
source_hash: "075db1ba3aee4cabae0feb244fa08eb54c5ae7d9b28a4de768629ddb234ed2dd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1014 (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 SB 34.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086907.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217929.PDF)
3. **Courts of Justice Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186487.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1203408.PDF)

## Votes

- Rereferred from Privileges and Elections — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage R — **33–6** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100295D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-26** Assigned HPE sub: Voting Rights `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1014)
- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2026-01-30** Reported from Privileges and Elections (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Rereferred from Privileges and Elections to Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-25** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108491D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-03-03** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-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** Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 6-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** Senate substitute agreed to by House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `substitution`
- **2026-03-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1014)
- **2026-03-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-13** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1014ER) `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 (HB1014)
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 442 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0442)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7215a6fb-524c-4360-a3d9-1a60f0c51589`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).