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type: "Bill"
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title: "Unrestorably incompetent defendant; disposition, capital murder charge, inpatient custody."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1272"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1272 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/895440f3-c939-4bb2-aa79-4f4445346b15"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1272"
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source_hash: "575e3277a28350e1a541605f987ef6c175e3155418dcf115e027a02018cbf6a5"
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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 1272 (2021) — Unrestorably incompetent defendant; disposition, capital murder charge, inpatient custody.
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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.
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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. **CHAP0312** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0312)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101328D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1272)
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3. **SB1272ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1272ER)
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## Votes
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — **35–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101328D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1272)
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-12** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1272ER)
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- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
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- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 312 (effective 7/1/21) `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/895440f3-c939-4bb2-aa79-4f4445346b15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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