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type: "Bill"
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title: "Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent."
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description: "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"
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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: "SB 935"
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citation: "Virginia SB 935 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Behavioral Health and Developmental Services", "Criminal Procedure", "Health"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2016-12-28"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d35e3a66-8b5e-48d6-8127-d66142758568"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB935"
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source_hash: "17401eb96a06adfa8306cfb24c0a5e6383aedaf3bdc47542f052931c363d6f09"
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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 SB 935 (2017) — Inpatient psychiatric hospital admission; defendant found incompetent.
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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
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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 (CHAP0605)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0605)
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2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB935ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB935ER)
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3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104304D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB935S1)
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4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101069D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB935)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Courts of Justice — **21–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)
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- Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
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- David W. Marsden (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)
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- John A. Cosgrove, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101069D `introduction`
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- **2016-12-28** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-17** Incorporates SB895 (Marsden)
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- **2017-01-18** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-18** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2017-01-18** Committee substitute agreed to 17104304D-S1
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- **2017-01-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB935S1
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- **2017-01-30** Placed on Calendar
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- **2017-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Assigned Courts sub: Mental Health `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-22** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 605 (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/d35e3a66-8b5e-48d6-8127-d66142758568`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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