Virginia House Joint Resolution 555 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Passed on March 31 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first 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 fundament 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, he shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. A person who has been adjudicated to lack 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.

Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote (first reference).

Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Alex Askew [D]
Del. Hala Ayala [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]
Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. C.E. Hayes [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]
Del. Sally Hudson [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]
Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. David Reid [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Don Scott [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]
Del. Kathy Tran [D]	Sen. Schuyler VanValkenburg [D]	Del. Vivian Watts [D]

2021-02-27 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 40-N) (Y: 56 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Senate requested second conference committee (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N) (Y: 0 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2021-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 4-N) (Y: 35 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-23 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (2-Y 93-N) (Y: 2 N: 93 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [FAIL]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Agreed to by Senate with substitute (20-Y 16-N) (Y: 20 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Agree To (58-Y 41-N) (Y: 58 N: 41 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - House - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-31		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0516)
2021-03-31	House	Assigned Chapter 516 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-09	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ555ER)
2021-03-09	House	Enrolled
2021-02-27	House	VOTE: Agreed To (56-Y 40-N)
2021-02-27	House	Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 40-N)
2021-02-27	House	Second Conference substitute printed 21200807D-H3
2021-02-27	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2021-02-27	Senate	Senators: Locke, Surovell, Vogel
2021-02-27	Senate	Second conferees appointed by Senate
2021-02-27	House	Delegates: Herring, Simon, Avoli
2021-02-27	House	Second conferees appointed by House
2021-02-27	House	House acceded to request for second conference committee
2021-02-27	Senate	Senate requested second conference committee (23-Y 16-N)
2021-02-27	Senate	Conference report rejected by Senate (0-Y 39-N)
2021-02-27	House	Conference substitute printed 21200745D-H2
2021-02-27		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2021-02-25	Senate	Senators: Locke, Surovell, Vogel
2021-02-25	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2021-02-25	House	Delegates: Herring, Simon, Avoli
2021-02-25	House	Conferees appointed by House
2021-02-25	House	House acceded to request
2021-02-24	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2021-02-24	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (35-Y 4-N)
2021-02-23	House	VOTE: REJECTED (2-Y 93-N)
2021-02-23	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 21200032D-S1 (2-Y 93-N)
2021-02-23	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-19	Senate	Agreed to by Senate with substitute (20-Y 16-N)
2021-02-19	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HJ555S1
2021-02-19	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21200032D-S1
2021-02-19	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-18	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-16	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21200032D-S1
2021-02-16	Senate	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-02-05	Senate	Reading waived
2021-02-04	House	VOTE: Agree To (58-Y 41-N)
2021-02-04	House	Agreed to by House (58-Y 41-N)
2021-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HJ555H1
2021-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21104281D-H1
2021-02-04	House	Taken up
2021-02-03	House	Incorporates HJ546 (Jones)
2021-02-03	House	Committee substitute printed 21104281D-H1
2021-02-03	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2021-02-01	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
2021-01-14	House	Assigned P & E sub: Constitutional Amendments
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102197D

HJ546 (Similar To)
HJ546 (Similar To)
HJR555 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Privileges and Elections (15-Y 0-N)
SJ272 (Same As) 2021-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)
SJ272 (Same As) 2021-03-31 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0519)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HJ555
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HJ555+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HJ555H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HJ555S1+hil
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Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HJ555ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0516+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200032D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HJ555AC
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HJ555ACR
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H1802C0002+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H18C0035+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1462+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S08C0072+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S08V0004+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0229HJ0555+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1896+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0410HJ0555+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0548HJ0555+HJ0555
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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0577HJ0555+HJ0555
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV2044+HJ0555