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Bill Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent. Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. This bill is identical to us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 HB 2462 Virginia HB 2462 (2017)
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Virginia HB 2462 (2017) — Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.

Removes the prohibition on inpatient psychiatric hospital admission for defendants who have already been ordered to receive treatment to restore their competency to stand trial. 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 (CHAP0468) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2462ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Presented and ordered printed 17104544D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 200 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 70 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 970 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 130 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
  • Steve E. Heretick — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 17104544D introduction
  • 2017-01-20 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-24 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 for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-20 Enrolled
  • 2017-02-20 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-02-21 Signed by President
  • 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
  • 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e53abe92-0e4b-4e74-899e-de92e16c2f52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).