Virginia Senate Constitutional Amendment 248
Session 2025
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote.
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Passed Senate on Mar 10, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Constitutional Amendment
Bill Number
248
State
Virginia
Session
2025
Senate votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote. Provides that every person who meets the qualifications of voters set forth in the Constitution of Virginia 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. The amendment provides that 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 of Virginia provides that a person who has been adjudicated to be mentally incompetent is not qualified to vote until his competency is reestablished.
Proposing an amendment to Section 1 of Article II of the Constitution of Virginia, relating to qualifications of voters; right to vote; persons not entitled to vote.
Chaptered
Enrolled
Senator McDougle Amendments
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03/24/2025
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0604)
03/24/2025
House
Assigned Chapter 604 (Effective 07/01/25)
03/10/2025
Senate
Signed by President
03/07/2025
House
Signed by Speaker
03/07/2025
Senate
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SJ248ER)
03/07/2025
Senate
Enrolled
02/13/2025
House
Agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N)
02/13/2025
House
Taken up
02/12/2025
House
Passed by for the day
02/07/2025
House
Reported from Privileges and Elections (13-Y 9-N)
02/04/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
01/21/2025
Senate
Read third time and agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
01/20/2025
Senate
Engrossed by Senate
01/20/2025
Senate
Senator McDougle Amendments rejected
01/20/2025
Senate
Reading of amendments waived
01/20/2025
Senate
Read second time
01/17/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
01/16/2025
Senate
Read first time
01/14/2025
Senate
Reported from Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)
11/25/2024
Senate
Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
11/25/2024
Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101531D
Sources
VA Legislature
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Record Created
Dec 3, 2024 10:55:57 PM
Record Updated
Sep 1, 2025 1:38:10 PM