Constitutional Amendments
Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualification of voters, executive clemency (first reference). [HJR-542]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualification of voters and executive clemency. Provides that no person convicted of a felony shall be qualified to vote unless his civil rights have been restored. The General Assembly shall prescribe by law the process for the automatic restoration of the civil rights of a person who has been convicted of any felony, other than a violent felony, upon such person's completion of service of his sentence and any modification of that sentence, including any period or condition of probation, parole, or suspension
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Sponsored by: Rep. John O'Bannon
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Constitutional amendment; qualifications to vote (first reference). [HJR-540]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications to vote. Removes the disqualification from voting of persons convicted of felonies.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; top two open primary election (first reference). [HJR-541]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); top two open primary election. Provides for a top two open primary election to be conducted to select the candidates for the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Attorney General, of the House of Delegates or the Senate of Virginia, and of the United States House of Representatives or Senate. All candidates for the particular office, regardless of the candidate's political party affiliation, appear on a single ballot, and the two candidates receiving the highest and next highest number of
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Rasoul
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; General Assembly term limits (first reference). [SJR-224]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly; term limits. Limits members of the Senate to three full terms (12 years) and members of the House of Delegates to six full terms (12 years). The limitations apply to service for both consecutive and nonconsecutive terms. Service for a partial term does not preclude serving the allowed number of full terms. In addition to any partial term, a person may serve 12 years in each house, or a total of 24 years in the General Assembly. The limits apply to terms of service beginning on and after
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of Governor; residency requirement. [SJR-225]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualifications of Governor; residency requirement. Increases from five to eight the number of years a person must have been a resident of and a registered voter in the Commonwealth in order to be eligible to the office of Governor.
Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda Chase
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-68]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission; partisan balance of districts. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission, an eight-member commission tasked with establishing the districts for the United States House of Representatives and for the Senate and the House of Delegates of the General Assembly and apportioning the members of the House of Representatives and the members of the Senate and the House of Delegates among the districts, respectively. The districts are to be drawn to reflect the voting patterns
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Sponsored by: Sen. George Barker
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; exemption from taxation of certain motor vehicles (first reference). [SJR-47]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); exemption from taxation of certain motor vehicles. Exempts privately owned motor vehicles used for nonbusiness purposes from property taxes.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Petersen
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established, criteria. [SJR-60]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. Appointments to the 13-member Commission are to be made in the census year as follows: two each by the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Delegates, the minority leader in each house, and the state chairman of each of the two political parties receiving the most votes in the prior gubernatorial election.
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Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference). [SJR-9]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment marriage; marriage (first reference). [SJR-2]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office. [SJR-4]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2021 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. Service for more than two years of a partial term counts as service for one term.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; qualification of voters and executive clemency (first reference). [SJR-223]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); qualification of voters and executive clemency. Amends the authority of the Governor to remove the political disabilities of persons convicted of felonies, thus restoring their civil rights. The resolution requires the Governor to automatically remove the political disabilities of a person convicted of a felony, other than a violent felony, who has completed service of his sentence and any modification of that sentence, and has met any other conditions that may be set by the General Assembly. The Governor
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Sponsored by: Sen. Emmett Hanger
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission established. [SJR-79]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Virginia Redistricting Commission. Establishes the seven-member Virginia Redistricting Commission to redraw congressional and General Assembly district boundaries after each decennial census. The Commission is directed to certify district plans for the General Assembly within 30 days of receipt of the new census data or by June 1 of the year following the census, whichever is later, and for the House of Representatives within 60 days of receipt of the census data or by July 1 of the year following the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Glen Sturtevant
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment marriage; marriage (first reference.) [HJR-538]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to the venue for suits and other actions against the state [HB-2028]
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The purpose of this bill is to allow a pro se plaintiff or petitioner to file a claim or petition against the state, a state officer, or state agency in the circuit court of a county in which the plaintiff or petitioner resides or in which a claim arose.
Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Fluharty
Resolution Adopted To Extend Conference on 03/30/2017
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. [SJR-220]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mamie Locke
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. [SJR-50]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2021 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. Service for more than two years of a partial term counts as service for one term.
Sponsored by: Sen. Adam Ebbin
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; Governor's term of office. [SJR-34]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits a Governor elected in 2021 and thereafter to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two four-year terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term. Service for more than two years of a partial term counts as service for one term.
Sponsored by: Sen. John Miller
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; real property tax exemption for certain primary residences. [SJR-7]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); real property tax exemption. Provides that the General Assembly may provide a local option for the real property tax exemption for the primary residence of any law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel who has been determined to have a 100 percent service-connected, permanent, and total disability or the surviving spouse of a law-enforcement officer, firefighter, search and rescue personnel, or emergency medical services personnel who was
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Sponsored by: Sen. Kenneth Alexander
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Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Constitutional amendment; marriage (first reference). [SJR-32]
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Constitutional amendment (first resolution); marriage. Proposes the repeal of the constitutional amendment dealing with marriage that was approved by referendum at the November 2006 election. That amendment to the Bill of Rights (i) defines marriage as "only a union between one man and one woman"; (ii) prohibits the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions from creating or recognizing "a legal status for relationships of unmarried individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, significance, or effects of marriage"; and (iii) prohibits
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Sponsored by: Sen. Donald McEachin
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