Virginia House Bill 794 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 11 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-02-15 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Criminal proceedings; evidence of defendant's mental condition. Repeals provisions permitting the admission of evidence by the defendant concerning a defendant's mental condition at the time of an alleged offense, including expert testimony, if such evidence is relevant, is not evidence concerning an ultimate issue of fact, and (i) tends to show the defendant did or did not have the intent required for the offense charged and (ii) is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence. The bill also removes provisions permitting a court to issue an emergency custody order in cases where such evidence was admitted and repeals provisions requiring the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court to collect data regarding the cases that use such evidence.

Criminal proceedings; evidence of defendant's mental condition.

Del. Jason Ballard [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-15	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2022-01-11	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2022-01-11	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102321D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	271.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
37	2	808	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB794
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB794+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+HB794F122+PDF