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2022 SESSION
SJ 1 Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (second reference).
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Constitutional amendment (second reference); qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution shall have the fundamental right to vote in the Commonwealth and that such right shall not be abridged by law, except for persons who have been convicted of a felony and persons who have been adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting. A person who has been convicted of a felony shall not be entitled to vote during any period of incarceration for such felony conviction but upon release from incarceration for that felony conviction and without further action required of him, such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote during this period of incapacity until his capacity has been reestablished as prescribed by law. Currently, the Constitution provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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HISTORY
- 12/06/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100349D
- 12/06/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/18/22 Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (9-Y 6-N)
- 01/20/22 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 01/20/22 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/09/22 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/22 Senate: Read first time
- 02/11/22 Senate: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/14/22 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/15/22 Senate: Read third time and agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
- 02/22/22 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/22/22 House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/28/22 House: Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
- 03/01/22 House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
- 03/08/22 House: Left in Privileges and Elections