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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 HB 292."
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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: "SB 725"
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citation: "Virginia SB 725 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Todd E. Pillion"]
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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: "2024-01-19"
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last_action: "2024-03-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1aeaabe-5268-4b17-965a-1d6a6042d645"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB725"
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source_hash: "a2b442406f93c2b5be245b08df39b6f7868664bb5a8d285a048cf5d7f2869a03"
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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 SB 725 (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 HB 292.
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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. **CHAP0130** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0130)
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2. **Presented and ordered printed 24105103D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB725)
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3. **SB725ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB725ER)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Todd E. Pillion — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-19** Presented and ordered printed 24105103D `introduction`
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- **2024-01-19** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB725)
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- **2024-02-07** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Courts of Justice (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB725ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB725ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-20** Approved by Governor-Chapter 130 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-20** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0130)
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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/f1aeaabe-5268-4b17-965a-1d6a6042d645`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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