VA HB972 | 2012 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 30 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-30 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Criteria for involuntary commitment. Provides that when a court is to make a decision as to whether it should involuntarily commit a person for 30 days when less restrictive alternatives are inappropriate, it shall consider, in addition to other relevant evidence, whether the person recently has been found by a court to be unrestorably incompetent to stand trial.
Title
Involuntary commitment; criteria for commitment.
Sponsors
| Del. Robert Bell [R] |
Roll Calls
2012-02-29 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-03-30 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451) | |
| 2012-03-30 | Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/12) | |
| 2012-03-08 | Senate: Signed by President | |
| 2012-03-06 | House: Signed by Speaker | |
| 2012-03-06 | House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB972ER) | |
| 2012-03-06 | House: Enrolled | |
| 2012-02-29 | Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-29 | Senate: Read third time | |
| 2012-02-28 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-27 | Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-15 | Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
| 2012-02-15 | Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed | |
| 2012-02-14 | House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-14 | House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-13 | House: Read second time and engrossed | |
| 2012-02-12 | House: Read first time | |
| 2012-02-10 | House: Reported from Courts of Justice (18-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-02-06 | House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N) | |
| 2012-01-24 | House: Assigned Courts sub: #5 Mental Health | |
| 2012-01-11 | House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice | |
| 2012-01-11 | House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12102967D |
