republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1784.md

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Bill	Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.	Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive plan, by November 1, 2017, for the provision of forensic discharge planning services at local and regional correctional facilities for persons who have serious mental illnesses who are to be released from such facilities. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1784	Virginia HB 1784 (2017)	bill	Behavioral Health and Developmental Services Prisons and Other Methods of Correction Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	Robert B. Bell	3	15	6	2017-01-09	2017-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3826f5d7-f250-4613-8948-8a49b26b3a50	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1784	b83761d6fe6e77b77f27d2b6df9dd91f3c4271cac36a11d0f42c7ddda65df192	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1784 (2017) — Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.

Directs the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, in conjunction with the relevant stakeholders, to develop a comprehensive plan, by November 1, 2017, for the provision of forensic discharge planning services at local and regional correctional facilities for persons who have serious mental illnesses who are to be released from such facilities. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0192) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1784ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100865D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Courts of Justice — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — 14–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
• David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100865D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Enrolled
• 2017-02-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-17 Signed by President
• 2017-02-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
• 2017-02-17 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
• 2017-02-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 192 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3826f5d7-f250-4613-8948-8a49b26b3a50. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).