Committee reports HB 963 implementing voter‑qualification amendment; League of Women Voters urges passage

Chair Price presented House Bill 963, tied to House Joint Resolution 2, which would implement constitutional language related to voter qualifications and restoration of voting rights for those released from incarceration and clarify capacity issues for people under guardianship.

Chair Price said sections of the proposed text would be placed into the constitution and that the ballot question would be on the November ballot as worded in the bill. Joan Port of the League of Women Voters of Virginia urged committee members to pass the implementing legislation, saying it would restore voting rights to people released from incarceration and clarify capacity standards for those under guardianship.

The committee moved the bill, and HB 963 was reported out by a roll‑call vote of 15‑6. No in‑committee opposition testimony was recorded during the meeting.