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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1784"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1784 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Prisons and Other Methods of Correction", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Robert B. Bell"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-02-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3826f5d7-f250-4613-8948-8a49b26b3a50"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1784"
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source_hash: "b83761d6fe6e77b77f27d2b6df9dd91f3c4271cac36a11d0f42c7ddda65df192"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1784 (2017) — Forensic discharge planning services; local and regional correctional facilities.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0192)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0192)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1784ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1784ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100865D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1784)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
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- David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
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- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100865D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-13** Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-16** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-16** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-17** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-17** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
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- **2017-02-17** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
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- **2017-02-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 192 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3826f5d7-f250-4613-8948-8a49b26b3a50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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