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SB214: Special justices; required to complete minimum training program.
Chief Patron
Sen.
John Edwards (D-21)
John Edwards
(D-21)
Served: 1996–
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Status
01/28/2008: Failed to Pass in Committee
Summary
Special justices; training. Provides that all special justices, upon their appointment or reappointment, are required to complete the minimum training program prescribed by the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court. Currently, only special justices who are appointed on or after January 1, 1996, are required to complete this program. The bill also requires all special justices to complete annually six hours of continuing legal education directly related to their duties. Such education is to be developed or approved by the Executive Secretary and shall be considered an approved Continuing Legal Education course for the purposes of the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education Rule of the Supreme Court of Virginia.
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Votes were cast on this bill on the following dates for which Richmond Sunlight has video: 01/21/2008, 01/21/2008 and 01/28/2008.
Poll Results
1 vote
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Comments
This is a start, but it is not enough. The current training is an old video. Special justices lack knowledge of mental health, consumer viewpoints, trauma's impact on behavior and psychiatric illness, choices other than drugs and confinement, alternatives and most of all they do not have enough training in the equality of citizens with psychiatric diagnoses.