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Constitutional Amendment Resolutions

P Passed

P HJ503

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); property tax exemptions. Allows local governing bodies to grant tax exemptions for property used for charitable and certain other purposes by local ordinance subject to restrictions and conditions as provided by general law enacted by the General Assembly. The present Constitution allows the General Assembly to exempt such property by classification or by designation by a three-fourths vote in each house.
Patron - Howell

P SJ419

Constitution amendment (first resolution); claims of actual innocence. Provides that the Supreme Court may hear, as part of its original jurisdiction, claims of actual innocence presented by convicted felons in the cases and manner provided by the General Assembly.
Patron - Stolle

F Failed

F HJ190

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Transportation Trust Fund. Prohibits "raiding" of the Transportation Trust Fund by the General Assembly for nontransportation purposes.
Patron - Marshall

F HJ216

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Govenor's time to act on bills. Moves the reconvened session to the eighth Wednesday following adjournment sine die of a regular session to give the Governor an additional 15 days to act on legislation presented to him when there are fewer than seven days left in the session. The Governor's time to consider bills returned to him from a reconvened session of a regular or special session is reduced from 30 days to 15 days.
Patron - McDonnell

F HJ490

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); Governor's term of office. Permits the Governor to succeed himself in office. The amendment allows two terms (either in succession or not in succession) but prohibits election to a third term.
Patron - Purkey

F HJ547

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); surplus revenues; refunds to taxpayers. Provides for a refund to taxpayers of all surplus revenues remaining at the end of each biennium, as long as such surplus exceeds $50 million. The surplus will be refunded to income taxpayers based on the taxpayer's share of the total income tax revenues in the year of the surplus.
Patron - Purkey

F HJ583

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of right to vote for felons. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law, or establish a process by law, for the restoration of civil rights to persons convicted of nonviolent felonies who have completed service of sentence, probation, and parole and met such other conditions or limitations as may be prescribed by law.
Patron - Van Yahres

F HJ609

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taxation; exemptions. Exempts from taxation motor vehicles used for nonbusiness purposes as provided by general law. This resolution incorporates the provisions of HJR 811.
Patron - Rust

F HJ632

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); election of Justices of Supreme Court and judges of the other courts of record. Provides for the popular statewide election of the Justices and for the popular election of judges of other courts of record either statewide or by district as provided by law. Vacancies are to be filled as provided by law. The first election is scheduled for November 2003.
Patron - Stump

F HJ736

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); legislative sessions. Provides that regular annual sessions will begin on the fourth rather than the second Wednesday in January.
Patron - Joannou

F HJ796

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); appropriations to religious or charitable bodies. Permits the General Assembly to appropriate funds to religious or charitable bodies to minister to or reform criminals.
Patron - Grayson

F HJ799

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); voting methods. Provides that the right to vote is a fundamental right and requires that the General Assembly shall provide for uniformity, accuracy, and reliability as nearly as is practicable in the voting equipment used throughout the Commonwealth and for appropriations by the state to pay for the costs of such voting equipment.
Patron - Brink

F HJ811

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taxation; exemptions. Exempts from taxation motor vehicles used for nonbusiness purposes. This resolution has been incorporated into HJR 609.
Patron - Day

F SJ212

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); retirement of debt. Requires that 10 percent of surplus revenues remaining after (i) all appropriations for a fiscal year and (ii) the making of required deposits to the Revenue Stabilization Fund, shall be used to retire state debt.
Patron - Hawkins

F SJ252

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of right to vote for felons. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law, or establish a process by law, for the restoration of civil rights for felons who have completed service of sentence, probation, and parole and met such other conditions or limitations as may be prescribed by law.
Patron - Hanger

F SJ305

United States Constitution; Equal Rights Amendment. Ratifies the Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution that was proposed by Congress in 1972. This joint resolution advocates the position that the 1972 Equal Rights Amendment remains viable and may be ratified notwithstanding the expiration of the 10-year ratification period set out in the resolving clause, as amended, in the proposal adopted by Congress.
Patron - Byrne

F SJ307

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); restoration of right to vote for felons. Authorizes the General Assembly to provide by law, or establish a process by law, for the restoration of civil rights for felons who have completed service of sentence, probation, and parole and met such other conditions or limitations as may be prescribed by law.
Patron - Miller, Y.B.

F SJ366

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); county borrowing authority. Amends § 10 of Article VII of the Virginia Constitution to grant counties the same borrowing authority as cities and towns. The primary changes are to (i) apply a ceiling of 10 percent of assessed real estate valuation to county borrowing and (ii) eliminate the requirement for approval by a voter referendum that currently applies to county bond issues.
Patron - Miller, K.G.

F SJ398

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); local sources of revenues. Requires the General Assembly to maintain local sources of revenue and to appropriate general funds to localities to offset any loss of revenues occasioned by the passage of a law diminishing a local source of revenue. Local sources of revenue include, but are not limited to, monthly payments from the Commonwealth to local governments under the Personal Property Tax Relief Act of 1998.
Patron - Whipple

F SJ418

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); taxation; exemptions. Exempts from taxation motor vehicles and boats, as provided by general law.
Patron - Colgan

F SJ420

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); General Assembly; term limits. Limits members of the Senate to three terms (12 years) and members of the House of Delegates to six terms (12 years). The limitations apply to service for both consecutive and nonconsecutive terms. Service for a partial term does not preclude serving an additional 12 years. A person may serve 12 years in each house or a total of 24 years in the General Assembly in a lifetime. The limits apply to terms of service beginning on or after the start of the year 2002 regular session of the General Assembly.
Patron - Potts

F SJ447

Constitutional amendment (first resolution); voting methods. Provides that the right to vote is a fundamental right and requires that the General Assembly shall provide for uniformity, accuracy, and reliability as nearly as is practicable in the voting equipment used throughout the Commonwealth and for appropriations by the state to pay for the costs of such voting equipment.
Patron - Whipple


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