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Bill Capital cases; replacing certain terminology. Replaces the term "mental retardation" in all of its various iterations with a corresponding iteration of the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of the statutes governing capital cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has held in us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 1882 Virginia HB 1882 (2017)
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3 15 6 2017-01-10 2017-02-20 openstates ocd-bill/3e65672e-a6c2-4de8-94b2-dba007539c44 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1882 412ef851ae4f34a3eb8c096aefb01c23a5b6c08a34eb6e2c36db262c5041ba4f 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia HB 1882 (2017) — Capital cases; replacing certain terminology.

Replaces the term "mental retardation" in all of its various iterations with a corresponding iteration of the term "intellectual disability" for purposes of the statutes governing capital cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has held in

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0086) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1882ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103216D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 990 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 150 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 110 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 200 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed Senate — 390 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
  • Eileen Filler-Corn — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17103216D introduction
  • 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-13 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law referral-committee
  • 2017-01-24 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-25 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-26 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2017-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2017-01-27 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-08 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-10 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-10 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-13 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/13/17
  • 2017-02-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 20, 2017
  • 2017-02-20 Approved by Governor-Chapter 86 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3e65672e-a6c2-4de8-94b2-dba007539c44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).