republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-416.md

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Bill	Deferred dispos. in criminal case; persons with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.	Deferred disposition in a criminal case; persons with autism, intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities; expungement. Adds developmental disabilities to the autism and intellectual disability deferred disposition statute. The bill also provides that when a court defers and dismisses a charge pursuant to the autism, intellectual disability, or developmental disability deferred disposition statute, such charge may be considered as otherwise dismissed for purposes of expungement of police and court records. The bill also (i) clarifies that the defendant may request a hearing to determine the appropriateness of a deferred disposition at any time before or after any plea and (ii) provides that no statement made by the defendant at such a hearing is admissible in any criminal proceeding, except that any such statement made under oath may be admissible in a criminal proceeding for perjury or for purposes of impeachment in a criminal matter. This bill is identical to HB 247.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 416	Virginia SB 416 (2026)	bill		enacted	Jennifer B. Boysko	5	30	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/1266cf55-5733-49ff-8e8c-38d9d75b9f98	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB416	516d3be1f4fb42ac4c48fefbf20ea3ee7ced1ed97a27e04a8f23cabd6765f07a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 416 (2026) — Deferred dispos. in criminal case; persons with autism, intellectual, or developmental disabilities.

Deferred disposition in a criminal case; persons with autism, intellectual disabilities, or developmental disabilities; expungement. Adds developmental disabilities to the autism and intellectual disability deferred disposition statute. The bill also provides that when a court defers and dismisses a charge pursuant to the autism, intellectual disability, or developmental disability deferred disposition statute, such charge may be considered as otherwise dismissed for purposes of expungement of police and court records. The bill also (i) clarifies that the defendant may request a hearing to determine the appropriateness of a deferred disposition at any time before or after any plea and (ii) provides that no statement made by the defendant at such a hearing is admissible in any criminal proceeding, except that any such statement made under oath may be admissible in a criminal proceeding for perjury or for purposes of impeachment in a criminal matter. This bill is identical to HB 247.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
4. House Amendment (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Concur House Amendment R — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 63–34 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 36–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
• Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
• Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100769D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-09 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendments (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-10 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-11 Courts of Justice Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 4-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB416)
• 2026-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-20 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-23 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-23 Passed House with amendment (63-Y 34-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-25 House amendment agreed to by Senate (29-Y 11-N 0-A) amendment-passage
• 2026-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-02-27 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB416ER) passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-02-27 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB416)
• 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 961 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1266cf55-5733-49ff-8e8c-38d9d75b9f98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).