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| Bill | Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties. | Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation;incapacitated adults; penalties. Changes the term "incapacitatedadult" to "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of abuseand neglect of such adults and defines "vulnerable adult" as any person18 years of age or older who is impaired by reason of mental illness,intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability,advanced age, or other causes to the extent the adult lacks sufficientunderstanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonabledecisions concerning his well-being or has one or more limitationsthat substantially impair the adult's ability to independently providefor his daily needs or safeguard his person, property, or legal interests.The bill adds the definition of "advanced age" as it is used in the definition of "vulnerable adult" to mean 65 years of age or older. The bill also changes the term "person with mental incapacity" tothe same meaning of "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crimeof financial exploitation. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCriminal Justice Conference. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 687 | Virginia SB 687 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 687 (2022) — Abuse & neglect; financial exploitation, changes term incapacitated adults, definitions, penalties.
Abuse and neglect; financial exploitation;incapacitated adults; penalties. Changes the term "incapacitatedadult" to "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crime of abuseand neglect of such adults and defines "vulnerable adult" as any person18 years of age or older who is impaired by reason of mental illness,intellectual or developmental disability, physical illness or disability,advanced age, or other causes to the extent the adult lacks sufficientunderstanding or capacity to make, communicate, or carry out reasonabledecisions concerning his well-being or has one or more limitationsthat substantially impair the adult's ability to independently providefor his daily needs or safeguard his person, property, or legal interests.The bill adds the definition of "advanced age" as it is used in the definition of "vulnerable adult" to mean 65 years of age or older. The bill also changes the term "person with mental incapacity" tothe same meaning of "vulnerable adult" for the purposes of the crimeof financial exploitation. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCriminal Justice Conference.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0642 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22105874D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22107413D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22104033D (committee substitute) — source
- SB687ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N) — 37–3 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
- Mark D. Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22104033D
introduction - 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
referral-committee - 2022-01-21 Impact statement from VCSC (SB687)
- 2022-01-31 Assigned Judiciary sub: Criminal Law
referral-committee - 2022-02-02 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-07 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-07 Reported from Judiciary with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105874D-S1
substitution - 2022-02-07 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-02-07 Impact statement from VCSC (SB687S1)
- 2022-02-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB687S1)
- 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-14 Passed by for the day
- 2022-02-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-15 Reading of substitute waived
- 2022-02-15 Committee substitute agreed to 22105874D-S1
- 2022-02-15 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB687S1
- 2022-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-15 Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
passage - 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2022-03-01 Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
referral-committee - 2022-03-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-07 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-03-07 Committee substitute printed 22107413D-H1
substitution - 2022-03-08 Impact statement from VCSC (SB687H1)
- 2022-03-08 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (SB687H1)
- 2022-03-09 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-03-09 Committee substitute agreed to 22107413D-H1
- 2022-03-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB687H1
- 2022-03-09 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2022-03-09 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-10 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 3-N)
- 2022-03-10 Title replaced 22107413D-H1
- 2022-03-10 Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-10 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- 2022-03-10 House insisted on substitute
- 2022-03-10 House requested conference committee
- 2022-03-10 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2022-03-10 Conferees appointed by House
- 2022-03-11 Amended by conference committee
- 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-11 Conference report agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-11 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-21 Enrolled
- 2022-03-21 Signed by President
- 2022-03-22 Signed by Speaker
- 2022-03-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB687ER)
- 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 642 (effective 7/1/22)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2878aefe-57ff-4233-a0c9-f8dc23ae82a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).