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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 incorporates us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2017 SB 935 Virginia SB 935 (2017)
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4 20 6 2016-12-28 2017-03-16 openstates ocd-bill/d35e3a66-8b5e-48d6-8127-d66142758568 http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB935 17401eb96a06adfa8306cfb24c0a5e6383aedaf3bdc47542f052931c363d6f09 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Virginia SB 935 (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 incorporates

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0605) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB935ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104304D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101069D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — 120 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Courts of Justice — 210 (pass) · legislature
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 60 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 1000 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • David W. Marsden (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
  • John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-28 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101069D introduction
  • 2016-12-28 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-01-17 Incorporates SB895 (Marsden)
  • 2017-01-18 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-01-18 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2017-01-18 Committee substitute agreed to 17104304D-S1
  • 2017-01-18 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB935S1
  • 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2017-02-07 Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health referral-committee
  • 2017-02-21 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-22 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-22 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-03-07 Enrolled
  • 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
  • 2017-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
  • 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
  • 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d35e3a66-8b5e-48d6-8127-d66142758568. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).