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type: "Bill"
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title: "Criminal cases; deferred disposition."
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description: "Deferred disposition in criminal cases. Allows a court to defer and dismiss a criminal case where the defendant has been diagnosed with autism or an intellectual disability and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the criminal conduct was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 133"
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citation: "Virginia SB 133 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2019-12-18"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/493796aa-cc16-49dd-898e-648d850741ec"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB133"
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source_hash: "5e0166c738acb4f2edaef0ae9ea1f219b5b8ce49c57f6e62b3fb9bb1237e79fc"
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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 133 (2020) — Criminal cases; deferred disposition.
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Deferred disposition in criminal cases. Allows a court to defer and dismiss a criminal case where the defendant has been diagnosed with autism or an intellectual disability and the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the criminal conduct was caused by or had a direct and substantial relationship to the person's disorder or disability.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1004)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1004)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB133ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB133ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB133)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB133)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB133H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB133H1)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) — **17–4** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 7-N) — **88–7** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N) — **4–3** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-18** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101156D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-18** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB133)
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- **2020-02-10** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting (4-Y 3-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Reconsidered by sub: Criminal
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- **2020-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (17-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Committee substitute printed 20109032D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB133H1)
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- **2020-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-03-04** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-03-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20109032D-H1
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- **2020-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB133H1
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- **2020-03-04** Passed House with substitute (89-Y 7-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Passage (89-Y 7-N)
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- **2020-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Title replaced 20109032D-H1
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB133ER)
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- **2020-03-17** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
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- **2020-03-17** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1004 (effective 7/1/20) `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/493796aa-cc16-49dd-898e-648d850741ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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