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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 HB 963."
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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: "SB 6"
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citation: "Virginia SB 6 (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: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-11-17"
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last_action: "2026-02-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf0b8a74-c785-421a-a1c1-d4d4f72b42a4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB6"
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source_hash: "0e97b87fb5e3cdc752d4f91951ec3ebfc0c1457644e768fc56a986b07bfd0ba0"
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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 SB 6 (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 HB 963.
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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/1081245.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1169232.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1108334.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **65–34** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Privileges and Elections — **8–7** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–17** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100404D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-11-17** Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-22** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-22** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-23** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-23** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-26** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-26** Passed Senate `passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-01-29** Read first time `reading-1`
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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 (15-Y 7-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 House (64-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-02-02** Passed House (65-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-02-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-02-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB6ER) `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 5 (effective July 1, 2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)
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- **2026-02-11** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB6)
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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/bf0b8a74-c785-421a-a1c1-d4d4f72b42a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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