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Bill Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report. Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competencyreport. Provides that in cases where a defendant was previouslydetermined to be unrestorably incompetent in the past two years,a competency report may recommend that the court find the defendantunrestorably incompetent to stand trial, and the court may proceedwith the disposition of the case based on such recommendation. Undercurrent law, the defendant is required to undergo treatment to restorehis competency before the court can find a defendant unrestorablyincompetent to stand trial. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1431 Virginia SB 1431 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1431 (2021) — Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competency report.

Unrestorably incompetent defendant; competencyreport. Provides that in cases where a defendant was previouslydetermined to be unrestorably incompetent in the past two years,a competency report may recommend that the court find the defendantunrestorably incompetent to stand trial, and the court may proceedwith the disposition of the case based on such recommendation. Undercurrent law, the defendant is required to undergo treatment to restorehis competency before the court can find a defendant unrestorablyincompetent to stand trial.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. CHAP0316 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Presented and ordered printed 21101773D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB1431ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Courts of Justice — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N) — 350 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 21101773D introduction
  • 2021-01-15 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 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 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 316 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/202dfb4d-d687-4576-9c79-46571a87052e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).