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SB216: Voluntary admission; report to Central Criminal Records Exchange.
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
03/27/2008: signed by governor
Summary
Involuntary mental health treatment; purchase of firearms; reporting to Central Criminal Records Exchange. Clarifies that orders for both involuntary inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment must be forwarded by the clerk of court to the Central Criminal Records Exchange, and that persons ordered to either involuntary inpatient or outpatient treatment are prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. This bill codifies Executive Order 50 (2007).
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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, 01/28/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/29/2008, 01/30/2008, 01/30/2008, 01/31/2008, 02/11/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/14/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/22/2008, 02/29/2008 and 03/11/2008.
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Comments
This bill includes people accidentally or improperly ordered to treatment, and those ordered to treatment by jealous, psychotic lovers with more money than sense in the long list of those who cannot handle weapons.
What of the woman I know who shall remain anonymous, who has been beaten by her husband, is in fear of her life, has beeen the subject of paid private investigations and telephone taps, and needs--legimately needs--a firearm to protect herself from her divorced and psychotic husband, who, characteristically of psychoses, projects his illness on her, and has had treatment ordered for her? She was released well before 48 hours because she was not a danger to anyone. This law could, no, probably would cost her her life.
This bill, which I don't support, would not apply to the woman you are writing about. If she was released before 48 hours, she was only Temporarily Detained, not committed involuntarily to a facility nor outpatient committed.
There should be provision for people to have their names removed from the list of those who can not buy firearms as there are in the new federal law.