Virginia House Bill 259 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1121)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report. Provides that in cases where a defendant is likely to remain incompetent for the foreseeable future due to an ongoing and irreversible medical condition and prior medical or educational records are available to support the diagnosis, a competency report may recommend that the court find the defendant unrestorably incompetent to stand trial, and the court may proceed with the disposition of the case based on such recommendation. Under current law, the defendant is required to undergo treatment to restore his competency before the court can find a defendant unrestorably incompetent to stand trial. The bill also provides that such person who is found unrestorably incompetent to stand trial shall be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm.

Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.

Del. Marcus Simon [D]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Agree to #2 (95-Y 0-N) (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - House - House: VOTE: Agree To (92-Y 1-N) (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-21 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (3-Y 97-N) (Y: 3 N: 97 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-12 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1121)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1121 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB259ER)
2020-03-18	House	Enrolled
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04	House	VOTE: Agree to #2 (95-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04	House	Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04	House	Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
2020-03-04	House	VOTE: Agree To (92-Y 1-N)
2020-03-04	House	Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N)
2020-03-04		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-02-25	Senate	Senators: Mason, Deeds, McDougle
2020-02-25	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-24	House	Delegates: Simon, Mullin, Adams, L.R.
2020-02-24	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-24	House	House acceded to request
2020-02-21	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-21	Senate	Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-19	House	VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 97-N)
2020-02-19	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 20108211D-S1 (3-Y 97-N)
2020-02-19	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-17	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB259S1
2020-02-17	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108211D-S1
2020-02-17	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-17	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108211D-S1
2020-02-12	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2020-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-28	House	VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Printed as engrossed 20101848D-E
2020-01-27	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB259E
2020-01-27	House	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-27	House	Read second time
2020-01-24	House	Read first time
2020-01-22	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-15	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2019-12-30	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-12-30	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101848D

SB670 (Same As) 2020-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
18	2	308.1:3	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	169.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB259
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB259+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB259E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB259S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB259ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1121+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0801V0008+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H08V0026+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0121+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S03V0319+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0655HB0259+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0660HB0259+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1014+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0787HB0259+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1778+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1776+HB0259
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1695HB0259+HB0259