---
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: "SB 1507"
citation: "Virginia SB 1507 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e6b796b-2733-49e1-8174-f8a93598a02a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1507"
source_hash: "54fca914559ac08e2c523c43e415046a4a1415c34fd8adf6f3426bbbc9b36da7"
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 SB 1507 (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. **CHAP0230** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0230)
2. **Presented and ordered printed 23102234D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1507)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23102234D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1507E)
4. **SB1507ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1507ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mason — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23102234D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1507)
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Judiciary with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1507E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23102234D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB1507E)
- **2023-02-11** Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1507ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1507ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 230 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0230)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e6b796b-2733-49e1-8174-f8a93598a02a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).