HJR 2 — Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters and the right to vote; persons not entitled to vote.
VA 20261 session
Constitutional amendment (second 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 fundamental 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 such person shall be invested with all political rights, including the right to vote. Currently, in order to be qualified to vote a person convicted of a felony must have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority. The amendment also provides that a person adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction as lacking 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. Currently, the Constitution provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
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Sponsors (64)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, VA) — sponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Bonita G. Anthony (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alex Q. Askew (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David L. Bulova (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Katrina Callsen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Betsy B. Carr (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Laura Jane Cohen (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rae Cousins (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karrie K. Delaney (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lindsey Dougherty (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark C. Downey (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael B. Feggans (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Lily V. Franklin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Debra D. Gardner (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jackie H. Glass (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Dan I. Helmer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Phil M. Hernandez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charniele L. Herring (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Patrick A. Hope (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michael J. Jones (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Karen Keys-Gamarra (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Paul E. Krizek (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marty Martinez (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Adele Y. McClure (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Delores L. McQuinn (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Leslie Chambers Mehta (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Candi Mundon King (D, VA) — cosponsor
- May Nivar (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kimberly Pope Adams (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
- David A. Reid (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Don Scott (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Holly M. Seibold (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Briana D. Sewell (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Irene Shin (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Mark D. Sickles (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Marcus B. Simon (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua E. Thomas (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Virgil Thornton (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Luke E. Torian (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kathy K.L. Tran (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jeion A. Ward (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Vivian E. Watts (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Rodney T. Willett (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (22)
- · house · H4020 —
- · house · H1801 —
- · house · H1805 —
- · house · H4151 —
- · house · H4600 —
- · house · H5003 —
- · senate · S0801 —
- · senate · S0805 —
- · senate · S4120 —
- · senate · S4130 —
- · senate · S8123 —
- · senate · S4201 —
- · senate · S4232 —
- · senate · S5100 —
- · senate · S5130 —
- · house · H5601 —
- · senate · S5620 —
- · house · H5620 —
- · G7050 —
- · house · H7065 —
- · G9998 —
- · G9998 —
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Adele Y. McClure (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Q. Askew (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Alfonso H. Lopez (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Betsy B. Carr (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Bonita G. Anthony (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Briana D. Sewell (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Candi Mundon King (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | Charniele L. Herring (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Dan I. Helmer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | David A. Reid (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | David L. Bulova (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Debra D. Gardner (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Delores L. McQuinn (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Don Scott (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Holly M. Seibold (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 22 | Irene Shin (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 23 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 24 | Jackie H. Glass (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 25 | Jeion A. Ward (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no