republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-706.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility.	Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility.Replaces the restriction that renders persons convicted of certainviolent felonies or acts of violence within the preceding 10 years ineligible to participate in a drug treatment court with a restrictionon participation if any of the following conditions apply: (i) theoffender is presently charged with a felony offense or is convictedof a felony offense while participating in any drug treatment courtwhere (a) the offender carried, possessed, or used a firearm or anydangerous weapon during such offense; (b) the death or serious bodilyinjury of any person occurred during such offense; or (c) the useof force against any other person besides the offender occurred duringsuch offense or (ii) the offender was previously convicted as an adult of any felony offense that involved the use of force or attempteduse of force against any person with the intent to cause death orserious bodily injury. This bill is a recommendation of the VirginiaCriminal Justice Conference.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 706	Virginia SB 706 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	27	7	2024-01-19	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/6404bf3c-79c1-401e-b3d0-11003512454c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB706	27d90050781c5fda626eaf70e7e0888d4fe37cf301d6a2f8321cd0bbb68ed61c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 706 (2024) — Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility.

Drug Treatment Court Act; eligibility.Replaces the restriction that renders persons convicted of certainviolent felonies or acts of violence within the preceding 10 years ineligible to participate in a drug treatment court with a restrictionon participation if any of the following conditions apply: (i) theoffender is presently charged with a felony offense or is convictedof a felony offense while participating in any drug treatment courtwhere (a) the offender carried, possessed, or used a firearm or anydangerous weapon during such offense; (b) the death or serious bodilyinjury of any person occurred during such offense; or (c) the useof force against any other person besides the offender occurred duringsuch offense or (ii) the offender was previously convicted as an adult of any felony offense that involved the use of force or attempteduse of force against any person with the intent to cause death orserious bodily injury. 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.

1. CHAP0260 (committee substitute) — source
2. Presented and ordered printed 24104032D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB706ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24104032D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB706)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB706ER) passage
• 2024-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB706ER)
• 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 260 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0260)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6404bf3c-79c1-401e-b3d0-11003512454c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).