Virginia House Bill 1852 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 2 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; petition for release; procedures. Provides that when a petition for release of a sexually violent predator who has been civilly committed has been made by the Commissioner of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, no further evaluation of the committed respondent shall be required unless otherwise deemed necessary by the court. Under current law, if the Commissioner's recommendation is to release the committed respondent, such respondent's condition and need for secure inpatient treatment shall be evaluated by a second person with certain credentials to make such evaluations.

Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; petition for release, procedures.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

2019-01-18 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2019-01-18	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (8-Y 0-N)
2019-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2019-01-02	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2019-01-02	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100857D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
37	2	911	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1852
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1852+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H0801V0045+HB1852