Criminal defendants; orders for evaluation or treatment, duties of clerk of court. (SB342)
Introduced By
Sen. Louise Lucas (D-Portsmouth)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Criminal defendants; orders for competency and sanity evaluations and hospitalization. Requires the clerk of court to provide a copy of the order for an evaluation for sanity, competency to stand trial, and competency restoration to the appointed evaluator or hospital as soon as practicable but no later than the close of business on the next business day following entry of the order. The evaluator or hospital must acknowledge receipt of the order to the clerk on a form developed by the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia. The bill also requires the same verification of receipt procedures for an order for psychiatric hospitalization of an inmate from a local correctional facility. Read the Bill »
Status
03/05/2016: Passed the General Assembly
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/11/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103684D |
| 01/11/2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 01/27/2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2016 | Committee substitute printed 16104428D-S1 |
| 01/27/2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2016 | Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2016 | Read second time |
| 02/01/2016 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/01/2016 | Committee substitute agreed to 16104428D-S1 |
| 02/01/2016 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB342S1 |
| 02/02/2016 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/05/2016 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/05/2016 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2016 | Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice |
| 02/19/2016 | Assigned App. sub: Criminal Law |
| 02/19/2016 | Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law |
| 02/22/2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N) |
| 02/24/2016 | Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/25/2016 | Read second time |
| 02/26/2016 | Read third time |
| 02/26/2016 | Committee amendments agreed to |
| 02/26/2016 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| 02/26/2016 | Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
| 02/26/2016 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/01/2016 | House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2016 | Enrolled |
| 03/02/2016 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB342ER) |
| 03/02/2016 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/05/2016 | Signed by President |
| 03/07/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Monday, April 11, 2016 |
| 03/07/2016 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016 |
| 03/07/2016 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016 |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 1 minute.
Transcript
This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.
THE HOUSE WITH AMENDMENT. THE SENATOR FROM PORTSMOUTH, SENATOR LUCAS. YES, SIR, MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MOVE THAT WE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT. SPEAKING TO THAT, MR. PRESIDENT. THE SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR. THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE HOUSE MAKES THIS BILL IDENTICAL TO HOUSE BILL 645. ALL THE PARTIES CAME TO AGREEMENT BEFORE THE HOUSE VOTED ON HOUSE BILL 645. ALL THE CHANGES WERE MADE TO BE INCORPORATED. OUR BILL WENT OUT BEFORE THEY FINISHED THEIRS AND SO NOW THE BILLS ARE IN ALIGNMENT.Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS SHALL THE SENATE CONCUR WITH THE HOUSE RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE, THOSE OPPOSED NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.
[Unknown]: AYES 38, NOS 1. AYES 38, NOS 1. THE SENATE CONCURS WITH THE HOUSE AMENDMENT. SENATE BILL 368 PASSED THE HOUSE WITH A SUBSTITUTE. SENATOR FROM HANOVER, SENATOR McDOUGLE.