Virginia Senate Bill 1315 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 4 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition and intellectual and developmental disabilities. Permits the admission of evidence offered by the defendant concerning a defendant's mental condition at the time of an alleged offense, including expert testimony, is relevant, is not evidence concerning an ultimate issue of fact, if such evidence (i) tends to show the defendant did or did not have the specific mental state required for the offense charged and (ii) is otherwise admissible pursuant to the general rules of evidence. If a defendant intends to introduce such evidence, the bill requires him or his counsel to give notice in writing to the attorney for the Commonwealth. The bill also clarifies that a diagnosis of an intellectual or developmental disability shall be considered by a judicial officer for the purpose of rebuttal of a presumption against bail and that a court may order that a sentencing report prepared by a probation officer contain any diagnoses of an intellectual or developmental disability. Lastly, the bill adds to the requirements to be met for qualification as a court-appointed attorney two hours of continuing legal education, which shall cover the representation of individuals with behavioral or mental health disorders and individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Criminal proceedings; consideration of mental condition & intellectual & developmental disabilities.

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]	Sen. Barbara Favola [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]
Sen. Mamie Locke [D]	Sen. Louise Lucas [D]	Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 13-N) (Y: 25 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) (Y: 15 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 3-N) (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
2021-02-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2021-02-07	House	Read first time
2021-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-05	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 13-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2021-02-04	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1315S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103834D-S1
2021-02-04	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-04	Senate	Read second time
2021-02-03	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-03	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N)
2021-01-27	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-27	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103834D-S1
2021-01-27	Senate	Incorporates SB1383 (Favola)
2021-01-27	Senate	Reported from Judiciary with substitute (8-Y 3-N)
2021-01-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
2021-01-12	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102652D

SB1315 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice by voice vote
SB1383 (Similar To) 2021-01-27 - Incorporated by Judiciary
SB1383 (Similar To) 2021-01-27 - Incorporated by Judiciary

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
19	2	120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	163.03	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	271.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
19	2	299	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1315
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1315+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1315S1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103834D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1315F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1315FS1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S03V0089+SB1315
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05V0145+SB1315
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0293SB1315+SB1315
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0379SB1315+SB1315