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| Bill | Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets, Behavioral Health Docket Act. | Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets; Behavioral Health Docket Act. Authorizes a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court to retain jurisdiction over a felony offense for the purpose of allowing the accused to complete a specialty docket or behavioral health docket established pursuant to relevant law. Current law only explicitly provides such courts with the ability to certify felony charges to the circuit court or dismiss such charges after a preliminary hearing to determine if probable cause exists for such charges. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 245 | Virginia HB 245 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 245 (2026) — Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets, Behavioral Health Docket Act.
Jurisdiction of district courts in felony cases; specialty dockets; Behavioral Health Docket Act. Authorizes a general district court and a juvenile and domestic relations district court to retain jurisdiction over a felony offense for the purpose of allowing the accused to complete a specialty docket or behavioral health docket established pursuant to relevant law. Current law only explicitly provides such courts with the ability to certify felony charges to the circuit court or dismiss such charges after a preliminary hearing to determine if probable cause exists for such charges.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 18–1 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 76–19 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Vivian E. Watts — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102480D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-08 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Assigned HCJ sub: Criminal
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB245)
- 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-30 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Courts of Justice (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-24 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-25 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-02 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB245ER)
passage - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB245)
- 2026-03-02 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 580 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0580)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c49da6a-d8c3-409f-a22e-75dac62be843. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).