---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crime victim rights; notice of release of defendant found unrestorably incompetent."
description: "Crime victim rights; notice of release of defendant found unrestorably incompetent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2648"
citation: "Virginia HB 2648 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert D. Orrock, Sr."]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6166d015-c994-4f26-aeb8-9b6d23bb91c2"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2648"
source_hash: "d54e0acf8dd77fbb50054e03e9f2a7196d27cf2ebbd90fdb89ccf63955538c5a"
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 2648 (2019) — Crime victim rights; notice of release of defendant found unrestorably incompetent.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0216)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2648AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2648)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2648ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2648ER)
5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19103613D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2648)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103613D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2648E)

## Votes

- Reported from Courts of Justice — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 19103613D `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-01-24** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2648E
- **2019-01-24** Printed as engrossed 19103613D-E
- **2019-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Enrolled
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-18** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2019
- **2019-02-18** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6166d015-c994-4f26-aeb8-9b6d23bb91c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).