HB963
Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, right to vote, persons not entitled to vote.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
Feb. 4, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 11, 2026
Chief Patron:
Cia Price (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. 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 ... (More) 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 SB 6. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100137D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/22/2026 - House: Placed on Privileges and Elections Agenda
- 01/23/2026 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (15-Y 7-N)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB963)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Read first time
- 01/28/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (65-Y 34-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/29/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections (7-Y 6-N)
- 01/30/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/02/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/04/2026 - House: Enrolled
- 02/04/2026 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB963ER)
- 02/04/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/04/2026 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 04, 2026
- 02/04/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., February 11, 2026
