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Bill

Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.

Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report. Provides that in cases where a defendant is likely to remain incompetent for the foreseeable future due to an ongoing and irreversible medical condition and prior medical or educational records are available to support the diagnosis, a competency report may recommend that the court find the defendant unrestorably incompetent to stand trial, and the court may proceed with the disposition of the case based on such recommendation. Under current law, the defendant is required to undergo treatment to restore his competency before the court can find a defendant unrestorably incompetent to stand trial. The bill also provides that such person who is found unrestorably incompetent to stand trial shall be prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm. This bill is identical to SB 670.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 259

Virginia HB 259 (2020)

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enacted

Marcus B. Simon

2019-12-30

2020-04-10

openstates

ocd-bill/d2ca5458-b698-491b-86d8-f71b974878c1

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB259

ddcc373c2bbc010edd175daa7489b209e6b20aa4133fff4982fef2582b2af6fc

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 259 (2020) — Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1121) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB259ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House as amended HB259E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB259) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB259S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 97-N) — 3–96 (fail) · lower
Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Agree to #2 (95-Y 0-N) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Agree To (92-Y 1-N) — 91–1 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2019-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101848D introduction
2019-12-30 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
2020-01-15 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB259)
2020-01-22 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-27 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-01-27 Engrossed by House as amended HB259E
2020-01-27 Printed as engrossed 20101848D-E
2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
2020-01-28 VOTE: (97-Y 0-N)
2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB259E)
2020-02-12 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-12 Committee substitute printed 20108211D-S1 substitution
2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB259S1)
2020-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 20108211D-S1
2020-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB259S1
2020-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-19 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-19 Senate substitute rejected by House 20108211D-S1 (3-Y 97-N)
2020-02-19 VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 97-N)
2020-02-21 Senate insisted on substitute (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-24 House acceded to request
2020-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-04 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-04 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 1-N)
2020-03-04 VOTE: Agree To (92-Y 1-N)
2020-03-04 Reconsideration of conference report agreed to by House
2020-03-04 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
2020-03-04 VOTE: Agree to #2 (95-Y 0-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB259ER)
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1121 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2ca5458-b698-491b-86d8-f71b974878c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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