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type: "Bill"
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title: "Behavioral health dockets; established."
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description: "Behavioral health dockets; established. Establishes, by the Behavioral Health Docket Act (the Act), behavioral health courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system, offering judicial monitoring of intensive treatment and supervision of offenders who have mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse issues. The bill establishes a state behavioral health docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such dockets to establish local behavioral health docket advisory committees. The bill gives the Supreme Court of Virginia administrative oversight of the implementation of the Act. The Act is modeled on the Drug Treatment Court Act (§ 18.2-254.1)."
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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 818"
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citation: "Virginia SB 818 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad961e80-32af-4a3e-b6e6-13a18d2cb509"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB818"
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source_hash: "8988bd784fa51fde672df8166f3b732784e06e216244520692389fe0aee69bf8"
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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 818 (2020) — Behavioral health dockets; established.
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Behavioral health dockets; established. Establishes, by the Behavioral Health Docket Act (the Act), behavioral health courts as specialized court dockets within the existing structure of Virginia's court system, offering judicial monitoring of intensive treatment and supervision of offenders who have mental illness and co-occurring substance abuse issues. The bill establishes a state behavioral health docket advisory committee and requires localities intending to establish such dockets to establish local behavioral health docket advisory committees. The bill gives the Supreme Court of Virginia administrative oversight of the implementation of the Act. The Act is modeled on the Drug Treatment Court Act (§ 18.2-254.1).
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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 (CHAP1096)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1096)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB818ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB818ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - floor substitute with amendment SB818H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB818H2)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB818ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB818ES1)
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5. **SB818H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB818H1)
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6. **SB818S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB818S2)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N) — **1–39** (fail) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103858D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Judiciary with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107782D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-05** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB818S1)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20107782D-S1
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- **2020-02-11** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-11** Amendment by Senator Edwards agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB818ES1
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- **2020-02-11** Printed as engrossed 20107782D-ES1
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Motion to recommit to committee rejected
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-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** Impact statement from DPB (SB818ES1)
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- **2020-02-17** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-19** Committee substitute printed 20108513D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Floor substitute printed 20108918D-H2 (Rasoul)
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-24** Committee substitute rejected 20108513D-H1
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- **2020-02-24** Substitute by Delegate Rasoul agreed to 20108918D-H2
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- **2020-02-24** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-02-24** Amendment by Delegate Orrock agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-24** Engrossed by House - floor substitute with amendment SB818H2
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House with substitute with amendment (97-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 1-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB818H2)
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- **2020-02-26** House substitute with amendment rejected by Senate (1-Y 39-N)
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- **2020-02-27** House insisted on substitute with amendment
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- **2020-02-27** House requested conference committee
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- **2020-03-02** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-03** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-05** Conference substitute printed 20109684D-S2
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- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB818ER)
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1096 (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/ad961e80-32af-4a3e-b6e6-13a18d2cb509`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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