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| Bill | Competency to stand trial; order for evaluation or treatment. | Competency to stand trial; order for evaluation or treatment; copy to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that whenever a court orders an evaluation of a defendant's competency to stand trial, the clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the order to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. This bill is identical to SB 691. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | HB 738 | Virginia HB 738 (2022) |
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Virginia HB 738 (2022) — Competency to stand trial; order for evaluation or treatment.
Competency to stand trial; order for evaluation or treatment; copy to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. Provides that whenever a court orders an evaluation of a defendant's competency to stand trial, the clerk of the court shall provide a copy of the order to the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services. This bill is identical to SB 691.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0075 (committee substitute) — source
- HB738ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101063D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Robert B. Bell — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101063D
introduction - 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB738)
- 2022-01-22 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2022-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-03 Read third time and passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-03 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2022-02-03 Passed House (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-03 VOTE: Passage #2 (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2022-02-04 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-02-16 Reported from Judiciary (10-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-21 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-21 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-02-23 Enrolled
- 2022-02-23 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-02-23 Signed by President
- 2022-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB738ER)
- 2022-03-09 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 9, 2022
- 2022-03-09 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-01 Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c1b4342d-12f0-4b7e-919e-37eec061800c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).