Skip to main content
CivicGate

SJ 27 VA

Constitutional amendment; qualifications of voters, United States citizenship (first reference).

VA · session 2026 · Senate · constitutional amendment

A state bill is a proposed law in a state legislature — separate from the U.S. Congress. Learn more →

Introduced Jan 13, 2026

Latest action (Jan 27, 2026) Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N)

Summary

Constitutional amendment (first reference); qualifications of voters; United States citizenship. Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia to clarify that a person who has not obtained United States citizenship either at birth or through naturalization is not qualified to vote.

Sponsor (1)
1 coauthor / cosponsor

Action history (3)
  1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and laid on Clerk's desk; Offered 01-14-2026 26100911D · upper
  2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections · upper
  3. Jan 27, 2026 Passed by indefinitely in Privileges and Elections (8-Y 6-N) · upper

Text versions (2)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Introduced · PDF
  • Introduced · HTML

Full text

The full text hasn’t been imported yet. CivicGate fetches it from the state legislature’s published version documents — check now.

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…

Data from OpenStates. View on OpenStates →