SB 767

  • Virginia Senate Bill
  • 2022 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Jan 21, 2022
  • Passed Senate Feb 14, 2022
  • House
  • Governor

Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration, effective date.

Abstract

Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who is convicted of a felony and sentenced to a period of incarceration for such felony conviction is not entitled to register to vote or to vote for the duration of the period of incarceration, but that he is to be invested with all political rights lost as a result of the felony conviction upon release from incarceration and is thereafter entitled to register to vote. The bill requires the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to transmit to the Department of Elections certain information related to an incarcerated person with a scheduled date of release. The bill also requires the Director of the Department of Corrections to provide to any person being released from incarceration, on the date of his release, (i) an application to register to vote with instructions for returning the application by mail; (ii) information regarding how to register to vote by electronic means or in person, in the form prescribed by the State Board of Elections for this purpose; and (iii) an official release document for voter registration purposes. Enactment of the provisions of this bill are contingent upon the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November 2022 providing for the qualifications of voters and the right to vote by amending Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution of Virginia related to persons convicted of a felony and persons adjudicated as lacking the capacity to understand the act of voting.

Voter registration; restoration of politicalrights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications.

Bill Sponsors (1)

Votes


Actions


Mar 08, 2022

House

Left in Privileges and Elections

Mar 01, 2022

House

Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)

Feb 28, 2022

House

Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1

Feb 23, 2022

House

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

House

Read first time

House

Placed on Calendar

Feb 16, 2022

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB767E)

Feb 14, 2022

Senate

Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N)

Feb 11, 2022

Senate

Committee amendment agreed to

Senate

Read second time

Senate

Reading of amendment waived

Senate

Engrossed by Senate as amended SB767E

Senate

Printed as engrossed 22104979D-E

Feb 10, 2022

Senate

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)

Feb 09, 2022

Senate

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N)

Feb 03, 2022

Senate

Impact statement from DPB (SB767)

Feb 01, 2022

Senate

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

Senate

Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations

Senate

Reported from Privileges and Elections with amendment (10-Y 5-N)

Jan 21, 2022

Senate

Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

Senate

Presented and ordered printed 22104979D

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Presented and ordered printed 22104979D PDF HTML
Printed as engrossed 22104979D-E PDF HTML

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB767FE122.PDF PDF
Fiscal Impact Statement: SB767F122.PDF PDF
Amendment: SB767AS HTML

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