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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 HB 259. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 670 | Virginia SB 670 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 670 (2020) — 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 HB 259.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB670ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB670) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100776D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB670)
- 2020-02-03 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-05 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-06 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2020-02-14 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-14 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-19 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2020-02-19 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2020-02-19 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2020-02-19 VOTE: (100-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 House amendments agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Enrolled
- 2020-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (SB670ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
- 2020-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
- 2020-03-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90fa9c95-d76f-4818-bc2f-2fd09f36576a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).