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| Bill | Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision. | Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision. Provides that if an offender determined to be eligible to participate in a behavioral health docket resides in a locality other than that in which the behavioral health docket is located, or such offender desires to move to a locality other than that in which the behavioral health docket is located, and the court determines it is practicable and appropriate, the supervision of such offender may be transferred to a supervising agency in the new locality. The bill states that if the receiving agency accepts the transfer, it shall confirm in writing that it can and will comply with all of the conditions of supervision of the behavioral health docket, including the frequency of in-person and other contact with the offender and updates from the offender's treatment providers and that if the receiving agency cannot comply with the conditions of supervision, the agency shall deny the transfer in writing and the sending agency shall notify the court. The bill also provides that where supervision is transferred, the sending agency shall be responsible for providing to the court reports on an offender's conduct, treatment, and compliance with the conditions of supervision. Additionally, the bill provides that the standards prescribed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the development, implementation, operation, and evaluation of local community-based probation services and facilities shall include standards for the transfer of supervision between local community-based probation agencies. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2236 | Virginia HB 2236 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2236 (2021) — Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision.
Behavioral health docket; transfer of supervision. Provides that if an offender determined to be eligible to participate in a behavioral health docket resides in a locality other than that in which the behavioral health docket is located, or such offender desires to move to a locality other than that in which the behavioral health docket is located, and the court determines it is practicable and appropriate, the supervision of such offender may be transferred to a supervising agency in the new locality. The bill states that if the receiving agency accepts the transfer, it shall confirm in writing that it can and will comply with all of the conditions of supervision of the behavioral health docket, including the frequency of in-person and other contact with the offender and updates from the offender's treatment providers and that if the receiving agency cannot comply with the conditions of supervision, the agency shall deny the transfer in writing and the sending agency shall notify the court. The bill also provides that where supervision is transferred, the sending agency shall be responsible for providing to the court reports on an offender's conduct, treatment, and compliance with the conditions of supervision. Additionally, the bill provides that the standards prescribed by the Department of Criminal Justice Services for the development, implementation, operation, and evaluation of local community-based probation services and facilities shall include standards for the transfer of supervision between local community-based probation agencies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0191 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103541D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2236ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101813D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101813D
introduction - 2021-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2021-01-22 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-27 Committee substitute printed 21103541D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-27 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 21103541D-H1
- 2021-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2236H1
- 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB2236H1)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Judiciary (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2236ER)
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 191 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fe9ee91b-48ab-48d6-a4ae-9f966b8e813c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).