Virginia House Joint Resolution 598 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: Introduced on December 11 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Privileges and Elections
Pending: House Privileges and Elections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of voters and the right to vote. Establishes that the sole qualifications to vote in the Commonwealth are United States citizenship, being at least 18 years of age, residency in the Commonwealth, and registration to vote in accordance with the requirements set out in the Constitution of Virginia. The amendment further provides that any person who meets those qualifications has the right to vote and that such right cannot be abridged by law. The bill removes from current constitutional qualifications to vote not having been convicted of a felony and not having been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent.

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

Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]
Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Mark Sickles [D]
Del. Richard Sullivan [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Privileges and Elections
2019-01-12	House	Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #4
2018-12-11	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2018-12-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100814D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HJ598
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HJ598+hil