Drug treatment courts; eliminates requirement for General Assembly approval. (SB649)

Introduced By

Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)

Description

Drug treatment courts. Eliminates the requirement for General Assembly approval when establishing drug treatment courts in localities of the Commonwealth and requires localities that intend to establish a drug court to apply to the state drug treatment court advisory committee which will review the application and make recommendations for approval or denial to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Amends § 18.2-254.1 (“Drug Treatment Court Act.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »

Outcome

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• 01/17/2006 Presented and ordered printed 068222752
• 01/17/2006 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/23/2006 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/23/2006 Rereferred to Finance
• 02/02/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (SB649)
• 02/07/2006 Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/2006 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/08/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/09/2006 Read second time
• 02/09/2006 Reading of amendments waived
• 02/09/2006 Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/09/2006 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB649E
• 02/09/2006 Printed as engrossed 068222752-E
• 02/10/2006 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/2006 VOTE: (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/10/2006 Communicated to House
• 02/14/2006 Placed on Calendar
• 02/14/2006 Read first time
• 02/14/2006 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/16/2006 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
• 02/17/2006 Fiscal impact statement from DPB (SB649E)
• 03/06/2006 Left in Courts of Justice

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