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| Bill | Unrestorably incompetent defendant; disposition, capital murder charge, inpatient custody. | Disposition of the unrestorably incompetentdefendant; capital murder charge; inpatient custody of the Commissionerof the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.Provides that a court may commit a capital murder defendant tothe inpatient custody of the Commissioner of the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services provided that such defendant hasremained unrestorably incompetent for a period of five years. Thebill provides that after such defendant has been committed to the inpatient custody of the Commissioner, he may make interfacilitytransfers and treatment and management decisions regarding such defendantafter obtaining prior approval of or review by the committing court. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1272 | Virginia SB 1272 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1272 (2021) — Unrestorably incompetent defendant; disposition, capital murder charge, inpatient custody.
Disposition of the unrestorably incompetentdefendant; capital murder charge; inpatient custody of the Commissionerof the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.Provides that a court may commit a capital murder defendant tothe inpatient custody of the Commissioner of the Department of BehavioralHealth and Developmental Services provided that such defendant hasremained unrestorably incompetent for a period of five years. Thebill provides that after such defendant has been committed to the inpatient custody of the Commissioner, he may make interfacilitytransfers and treatment and management decisions regarding such defendantafter obtaining prior approval of or review by the committing court. This bill is a recommendation of the Virginia Criminal Justice Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0312 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101328D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1272ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101328D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2021-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB1272)
- 2021-01-27 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-01 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
- 2021-02-09 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2021-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-17 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-19 Enrolled
- 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1272ER)
- 2021-02-19 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/895440f3-c939-4bb2-aa79-4f4445346b15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).