HB815: Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.

Chief Patron

Dave Albo (R-42)
Served: 1994–

Progress

	Introduced
	Passed Committee
	Passed House
	Passed Senate
	Signed by Governor
	Became Law

Status

04/02/2008: signed by governor

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01/08/2008 Committee
01/08/2008 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 081441432
01/08/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/16/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health
01/25/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2008 Committee substitute printed 081474432-H1
01/29/2008 Read first time
01/30/2008 Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
01/30/2008 Rereferred to Courts of Justice
02/08/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2008 Committee substitute printed 086008520-H2
02/09/2008 Read first time
02/11/2008 Committee substitute from Courts of Justice rejected 081474432-H1
02/11/2008 Committee substitute from Courts of Justice agreed to 086008520-H2
02/11/2008 Read second time
02/11/2008 Committee substitute #1 from Courts of Justice rejected 081474432-H1
02/11/2008 Committee substitute #2 from Courts of Justice agreed to 086008520-H2
02/11/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB815H2
02/12/2008 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
02/12/2008 VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/12/2008 Communicated to Senate
02/13/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
02/13/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Special on Proposed Mental Health Legislation
02/28/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/29/2008 Committee substitute printed 089605228-S1
03/03/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/04/2008 Read third time
03/04/2008 Reading of substitute waived
03/04/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 089605228-S1
03/04/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB815S1
03/04/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (2-Y 95-N) (see vote tally)
03/05/2008 Placed on Calendar
03/05/2008 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 95-N)
03/05/2008 VOTE: --- REJECTED (2-Y 95-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/06/2008 Senate requested conference committee
03/06/2008 House acceded to request
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by House
03/06/2008 Delegates: Albo, Miller, J.H., Toscano
03/06/2008 Conferees appointed by Senate
03/06/2008 Senators: Edwards, McDougle, Smith
03/08/2008 Conference substitute printed 086028404-H3
03/08/2008 Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
03/08/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/08/2008 Reading of conference report waived
03/08/2008 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/24/2008 Enrolled
03/24/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB815ER)
03/24/2008 Signed by Speaker
03/26/2008 Signed by President
04/01/2008 Impact statement from DPB (HB815ER)
04/02/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 788 (effective 7/1/08)

Summary

Voluntary admission; report to CCRE. Adds to the section requiring reporting of involuntary commitment persons who were the subject of a temporary detention order and who subsequently agreed to voluntary commitment.

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Video

Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/28/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/30/2008, 01/30/2008, 02/11/2008, 02/12/2008, 02/13/2008, 02/13/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/29/2008 and 03/06/2008.

Comments

Doug Goncz writes:

Subsequently in this bill could probably be interpreted as years later, so once threatened with unneeded or unwanted treatment, a person who later sought intensive treatment would be forbidden self-defense. It would make sense if we all lived in the suburbs and we all had cars, as the lawmakers do, but for those who live and work in the street, this just isn't a survivable law. Adults and children living with and ever so slowly recovering from mental illness(es) are much more likely (dozens of times more likely) to be victims than perpetrators of violence.

Posted 4 months ago. #

Alison Hymes writes:

People volunteer for admission out of fear of facing up to 6 months of involuntary hospitalization even when they don't need to be in the hospital at all. So now they will be faced with the choice of risking 6 months being locked up or being put on a list with the FBI, well either way they end up on a list with the FBI. And we supposedly want to decriminalize mental illness?? I guess not.

Posted 4 months ago. #

Alison Hymes writes:

The Senate substitute takes out the provision to report voluntary admissions to the criminal database.

Posted 2 months ago. #

Alison Hymes writes:

But the last version of this bill that was signed by the Governor puts it back in. So now folks have less incentive to agree to voluntary hospitalization after a TDO because they will know their name will be sent to the FBI and the state database.

But of course all this reform was aimed at reducing involuntary commitment and promoting voluntariness, right Mr. Bonnie?

Posted 2 months ago. #