Virginia House Bill 796 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who loses his political rights as a result of a felony conviction shall be invested with those rights upon his release from incarceration and shall be entitled to register to vote. The bill directs the Department of Corrections and the State Board of Local and Regional Jails to transmit to the Department of Elections certain information for incarcerated persons with a pending date of release and requires the Department of Elections to process the information and make the necessary changes to the voter registration system to permit such persons to register to vote by the date of the person's scheduled date of release. On the date of an incarcerated person's release, the appropriate authority is required by the bill to provide a voter registration application, information on returning the form by mail or completing it by electronic means, and an official release document to serve as a safety net for voter registration. The bill amends the language regarding adjudications of mental incompetency for purposes of being qualified to vote; a person adjudicated to lack the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitled to vote until that capacity has been reestablished.

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

Del. Marcia Price [D]

Del. Nadarius Clark [D]

Del. Kenneth Plum [D]

2022-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2022-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (6-Y 4-N)
2022-02-07	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100018D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
24	2	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	400.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	404	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	409	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	409.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	409.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	410	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	418	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	418.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
24	2	427	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	10	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	231.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	231.2	(n/a)	See Bill Text
53	1	5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
64	2	2000	(n/a)	See Bill Text
64	2	2009	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB796
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB796+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB796F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H1801V0016+HB0796