Virginia 2022 Regular Session Status: In Committee

HB 796 — Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration.

Last action — Left in Privileges and Elections

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House of Delegates
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Left in Privileges and Elections

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

  3. Assigned P & E sub: Subcommittee #1

  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB796)

  5. Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections

  6. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100018D

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (145)

145 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

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

Passed 6 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6401
Total 6401
% of votes cast 55%36%0%9%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Greenhalgh, Karen S. — Not Voting
Adams, Dawn M. — Nay
Adams, Les R. — Yea
Christopher T. Head — Yea
David A. Reid — Nay
Jackie H. Glass — Nay
James A. "Jay" Leftwich — Yea
McGuire, John J., III — Yea
Phillip A. Scott — Yea
Ransone, Margaret B. — Yea
Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — Nay

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Subjects

civil-rights elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 796 do?
Voter registration; restoration of politicalrights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications.Provides that any person who loses his political rights as a resultof a felony conviction shall be invested with those rights upon hisrelease from incarceration and shall be entitled to register to vote.The bill directs the Department of Corrections and the State Boardof Local and Regional Jails to transmit to the Department of Electionscertain information for incarcerated persons with a pending dateof release and requires the Department of Elections to process theinformation and make the necessary changes to the voter registrationsystem to permit such persons to register to vote by the date ofthe person's scheduled date of release. On the date of an incarcerated person's release, the appropriate authority is required by the billto provide a voter registration application, information on returningthe form by mail or completing it by electronic means, and an officialrelease document to serve as a safety net for voter registration.The bill amends the language regarding adjudications of mental incompetencyfor purposes of being qualified to vote; a person adjudicated tolack the capacity to understand the act of voting shall not be entitledto vote until that capacity has been reestablished.
Who sponsors HB 796?
HB 796 is sponsored by Marcia S. "Cia" Price, Nadarius E. Clark, and Plum, Kenneth R..
What is the current status of HB 796?
This bill died with 2022 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 796?
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