---
type: "Bill"
title: "Capital cases; replacing certain terminology."
description: "Replaces the term \"mental retardation\" in all of its various iterations with a corresponding iteration of the term \"intellectual disability\" for purposes of the statutes governing capital cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has held in"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1882"
citation: "Virginia HB 1882 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies and Procedure", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patrick A. Hope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 15
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-02-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e65672e-a6c2-4de8-94b2-dba007539c44"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1882"
source_hash: "412ef851ae4f34a3eb8c096aefb01c23a5b6c08a34eb6e2c36db262c5041ba4f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1882 (2017) — Capital cases; replacing certain terminology.

Replaces the term "mental retardation" in all of its various iterations with a corresponding iteration of the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of the statutes governing capital cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has held in

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0086)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1882ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1882ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103216D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1882)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103216D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-26** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Enrolled
- **2017-02-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-13** Signed by President
- **2017-02-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
- **2017-02-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
- **2017-02-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e65672e-a6c2-4de8-94b2-dba007539c44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).