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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 HB 738. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 691 Virginia SB 691 (2022)
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Virginia SB 691 (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 HB 738.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0074 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Presented and ordered printed 22103575D (committee substitute) — source
  3. SB691ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (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.

  • 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22103575D introduction
  • 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on the Judiciary referral-committee
  • 2022-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB691)
  • 2022-01-26 Reported from Judiciary (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-31 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2022-02-01 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-01 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-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
  • 2022-02-21 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-24 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-24 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-28 Enrolled
  • 2022-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB691ER)
  • 2022-02-28 Signed by President
  • 2022-02-28 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-01 Approved by Governor-Chapter 74 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7038664f-48e1-430a-87f5-0d17ad2668f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).