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type: "Bill"
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title: "Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act."
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description: "Drug Treatment Court Act; name change. Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the state Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court Advisory Committee. This bill is identical to SB 725."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 292"
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citation: "Virginia HB 292 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-05"
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last_action: "2024-03-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b6c694-67ac-4049-a4ff-0ab082a028a3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB292"
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source_hash: "a6a71a1eabf0d3c4b5f32d9ac05296ce03159fa3a914a6bd75b0b4b78499568c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 292 (2024) — Drug Treatment Court Act; renames the Act as the Recovery Court Act.
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Drug Treatment Court Act; name change. Renames the Drug Treatment Court Act as the Recovery Court Act. The bill also directs the Supreme Court of Virginia to rename the state Drug Treatment Court Advisory Committee as the Recovery Court Advisory Committee. This bill is identical to SB 725.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0025)
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2. **HB292ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB292ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100773D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB292)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
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- Bill Wiley — cosponsor (person)
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- Chris Obenshain — cosponsor (person)
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- Delores Oates — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Jonathan "Jed" Arnold — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Earley, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendell S. Walker — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100773D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-26** Reported from Courts of Justice (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-31** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-02** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB292)
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- **2024-02-14** Reported from Courts of Justice (9-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB292ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB292ER)
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- **2024-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 25 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0025)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56b6c694-67ac-4049-a4ff-0ab082a028a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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