Virginia House Bill 663 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Servicemembers and veterans courts. Establishes the Servicemembers and Veterans Court Act. The bill allows the establishment of servicemembers and veterans courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system, offering judicial monitoring of intensive treatment and supervision of offenders who appear to suffer from mental illness, alcohol or drug abuse, posttraumatic stress disorder, or traumatic brain injury, any of which appear to be related to military service, including, without limitation, any readjustment to civilian life that is necessary after service in the armed services. A state military members and veterans court advisory committee is established and localities intending to establish servicemembers and veterans courts are required to establish advisory committees. The Supreme Court of Virginia is given administrative oversight for the implementation of the Act.

Servicemembers and Veterans Court Act; created, report.

Del. Richard Anderson [R]	Del. Mamye BaCote [D]	Del. Thomas Gear [R]	Del. Harvey Morgan [R]
Del. Glenn Oder [R]	Del. Brenda Pogge [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-02-01		House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
2010-01-19		House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
2010-01-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100911D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	5.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB663
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB663+hil