---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal proceedings; disposition when defendant found incompetent."
description: "Criminal proceedings; disposition when defendant found incompetent."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1908"
citation: "Virginia HB 1908 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hope"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9a3d684-a543-4b3f-9412-144b9c8d5b47"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1908"
source_hash: "2f768d67f709ba4b2a7add36ac90513576d6516f2aee7e58a94cd05bdebfa4b1"
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 1908 (2023) — Criminal proceedings; disposition when defendant found incompetent.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0229** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0229)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105100D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1908H1)
3. **HB1908ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1908ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102233D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1908)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102233D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB1908)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23105100D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1908H1)
- **2023-01-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute agreed to 23105100D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1908H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-13** Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-15** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1908ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1908ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 229 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0229)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9a3d684-a543-4b3f-9412-144b9c8d5b47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).